Phantom of the Orchestra Throughout the streets of Edinburgh performers gain notoriety through their talent, their persistence and recognition. But not ‘The Phantom’. Nobody knows who he is or where he’s from. Is his name Johnny and is that fiddle made of gold? I suspect no on both counts as he’s not wearing a check […]
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I have tried and tried and tried to identify this Australia guy in Edinburgh. I have found images of him busking in various cities but no one has put a name to this busker’s face. He was good, really good but surely he must have been thinking he’s at a piano the way he’s hitting […]
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When the street music of the Adelaide Fringe have faded to barely remembered echos you don’t have to go to far to get back into that festival feel. We took a whirlwind weekend to visit Melbourne in the midst of the Comedy Festival and the street music was alive and jam’n. I never got his […]
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Yesterday I was treated to an amazing concert performed by a group I have only recently discovered, Snarky Puppy. If you are a fan of modern jazz music you probably already know of Snarky Puppy and their music. For me however their performance in the Melbourne Recital Centre was a real eye (ear) opener. Here […]
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Perhaps it’s not the energetic performance of Lachy Doley giving this device an internal meltdown at ‘The Gov’ last Friday night. Perhaps its owner had just pulled his device from an overheated shirt pocket. Perhaps he’d just done a fast charge from a battery brick. Nope, I’m pretty sure it’s Lachy’s hot performance! Photo: Robert […]
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