Tom Avgenicos has been announced as the 2022 Freedman Jazz Fellow. The finals of this prestigious award were held in The Studio at the Sydney Opera House. The three finalists were Tom Avgenicos, Flora Carbo and Holly Conner. They presented …
On Sunday, June 5 (12 noon until 9 pm) the fifth Sydney Con Jazz Festival (SCJF) will take place at Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music, a world-class venue nestled amongst the picturesque Royal Botanic Gardens. Leading jazz artists from the …
Foundry 616, with its dark red walls, atmospheric jazz photos on the walls and the lights turned low, was the scene for a passionate performance from THIS WORLD, a band comprised of four of Australia’s finest jazz musicians. Presented …
Above and featured image : Bassist, composer and band leader Claire Cross.
The stream of sensitivity which is Claire Cross’ chamber/jazz music
suite Into Light focusses on an ambient vibe. At the intimate venue of Mary’s Underground for the SIMA …
Listening to live music is a real treat when it is performed with the skill and enthusiasm that New Exchange displayed at the quirky Lazybones Lounge in Marrickville.
New Exchange were performing on the idiosyncratic Level 1, which still has …
This Thursday night February 17 between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm the Double Bill of Claire Cross: Into Light and COAST will play Mary’s Underground, Reiby Place, Circular Quay to kickstart this year’s SIMA jazz festival.
Claire Cross has forged …
The eclectic jazz trio, ‘New Exchange’, will be making a return to the live stage in February 2022, during a 10-day tour across the east coast of Australia. Battling through the landscapes of a post-COVID world, expect a revival of …
Lock down has given rise to all kinds of reflections, artistic and otherwise. This particular piece harks back to my first and still singular moment as a poet/lyricist.
In early 2015 my wife Jenny Eriksson was in the midst of …
‘One cannot dispute that an instrument has never come so close to resembling the human voice as the viol has, which indeed is only distinguished from it by the fact that it cannot utter any words.’ (Jean Rousseau, 1687)
I, …
The Joan has announced that it is delighted to present the official launch concert for Frances Madden’s new album ‘Beautiful World’ released in Australia by ABC Music.
The Joan’s Concert and Music Program Producer, Valda Silvy OAM says “having Frances