Live music is back and that is a wonderful thing. I have been listening to jazz albums and the marvelous digital radio station ABC Jazz but hearing a band and a singer is a more visceral and engaging experience. …
The Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival (SIWJF) today announced additional new shows to the 2020 festival bill, which kicks off at the end of the month on Friday October 30.
The 10-day live music festival will feature more than 30 …
The Mark Ginsburg Band returns to Foundry616 on Saturday 31 October after a long hiatus. As Mark notes “It’s been a crazy time which has forced many of us to think differently about what we do and how we go …
‘Chasing Stars To The Mother Tree’ is the debut release from Yulugi, a fresh collaboration between Gamilaroi and Wakka Wakka man Gumaroy Newman and British-Australian composer Keyna Wilkins launching on Wednesday 28 October at LazyBones Lounge.
The launch double bill …
After a search for Australia’s most promising young jazz artist, The Music Trust’s 2020 Freedman Jazz Fellowship finalists have been announced from a list of 18 nominees from across the nation. This year, the distinguished judges comprised Mike Nock, Chris …
UNDERWARDS
Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet, vocals), Hilary Geddes (guitar, effects)
Unsettling times and subconscious rumblings can cloud perception, but are we all sharing the same unease? Underwards explore the depths of these murmurings through …
“Here is a sound so disorientating it’s like dreaming someone else’s dreams…this time-bending, mind-bending project makes music that sounds modern and hundreds of years old simultaneously. (Sydney Morning Herald)
“Masterful musicians at play in the creation of new works and …
Ella Fitzgerald was not the only black person to suffer racism and discrimination. In 1946 Ella, whose contract with the Decca Recording Company had just expired, started touring with Norman Granz’s Jazz at the Philharmonic. Granz became her mentor and …
Enjoy an evening of instrumental duos at the Foundry 616.
8.30pm FOR THIS MOMENT DUO
For This Moment is a collaboration between two Sydney creative musicians and composers, Jenna Cave and Keyna Wilkins. Limited only by their chosen instruments …
Opening the evening was ALLY, a six piece jazz ensemble that blends Afro-Peruvian music and jazz to create an interesting mix of African rhythms, Latin melodies and modern jazz sensibilities. A creative music venue like Lazybones is a great …