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Vivid Sydney: Sounds of the South at the Sydney Opera House
Alan Lomax was a folklorist and collector of American field recordings. Any student of US roots music will know his name: the music and stories he collected in the ’40s and ’50s for the Archive of...
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Martha Wainwright at the Sydney Opera House
It wasn’t part of the Vivid festival but I somehow found myself back at the Opera House yet again last night. This time it was to see Martha Wainwright. If you don’t know Martha’s background, or...
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Christa Hughes & Ben Fink at Camelot Lounge, plus LazyBones Lounge
Camelot Lounge is one of the funkiest recent additions to Marrickville. It opened a year or two back, a music club in an old building in the very industrial space close to Sydenham train station, and...
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Lloyd Spiegel at the Camelot Lounge
I was looking at the upcoming gigs for Camelot Lounge and saw a listing for a blues guitar player named Lloyd Spiegel. That piqued my interest so I dug into it a little more. I found out that Lloyd has...
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Japandroids at Manning Bar
I totally forgot: a week and a half ago I saw Canadian garage-rock duoJapandroids play at Sydney University’s Manning Bar. They were rad. That is all. You really just have to experience it, and you’ll...
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Foals at the Enmore Theatre
I saw UK dance-rock band Foals live once before in early 2008. I thought they were good then but not varied enough. But I’ve liked their new album enough that I decided to go see them again last night...
View ArticleSugar Bowl Hokum at the Union Hotel
The Union Hotel in Newtown is an excellent pub. They have lots of interesting beers, mostly local but with a few from overseas, and even a couple of hand-pumped ales. They have pool tables and a beer...
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Lorde at the Metro Theatre
I’m just back from seeing Lorde play the tiny Metro Theatre in Sydney. The first act was Oliver Tank, a one-man electro-groove-folk act. I liked his mix of samples, synthetic beats, and easygoing...
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Dave Hole at the Bridge Hotel
I spent Halloween evening at the Bridge Hotel in Rozelle, Sydney, listening to the blues. This should come as a surprise to no one. The Bridge is a no-frills place. It’s not sawdust-on-the-floors, but...
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Bob Dylan at the State Theatre of New South Wales
Tonight was my seventh time seeing Bob Dylan play live. I continued my lucky streak of never seeing Bob on a really bad night. The man is a legend. He’s 73 years old, still writing great albums, and...
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