Travellers in time
THE continuing allure of a rarely performed opera with no plot that celebrates physicist Albert Einstein lies in its perception-altering qualities.
Music
Australia gets lucky
NILE Rodgers, who plays that catchy guitar on Daft Punk’s hit Get Lucky, is about to show off his talents in Australia.
Asymmetry (Karnivool)
NEVER before has an album like this been released by a popular Australian rock act.
Charles-Marie Widor: The Organ Symphonies Vol 1 (Joseph Nolan)
ALTHOUGH recordings of Charles-Marie Widor’s famous toccata abound, finding a good one is difficult.
Words and music
IN the spirit of “too much Paul Kelly is never enough” SD has been leafing through the book of essays on one of Australia’s greatest songwriters.
Down to the sea
A NEW book and CD chart the life and work of a singular Torres Strait troubadour.
Suite in Four Movements (Yitzhak Yedid)
YITZHAK Yedid is an Israeli pianist who studied Arabian and Western music in Jerusalem and for the past six years has been resident in Australia.
Love and the art of living
STEPHEN Sondheim’s musical about a famous painting holds a lesson.
Dakshin Khun (Equus)
AUSTRALIA’S burgeoning world music scene has been enriched by the arrival of a bona fide Mongolian throat singer and horse-head fiddler.
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Work of Kate McGarrigle (Various artists)
KATE McGarrigle’s death from cancer in 2010 silenced one of Canada’s most enduring folk voices and songwriting talents.
The last laugh
HIS stock has never been higher, but Benjamin Britten is still often seen as difficult. This centenary year will change that.
Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu (Shellie Morris & the Borroloola Songwomen)
THE first release in a series of Song Peoples Sessions twinned Warren H. Williams with the Warumungu Songmen of the Barkly/Tennant Creek region.
The Art of the Melody (Angela Davis)
FROM the burgeoning numbers of Australian jazz players based in New York comes a debut album from 27-year-old alto saxophonist Angela Davis.
From the Hills Below the City (Houndmouth)
THE wheel’s invented and it goes without saying that attempts to reinvent it are a tad fatuous.
The New Cabal (The New Cabal)
THIS Adelaide quartet includes some of the city’s top-flight jazz performers on their debut album.
How to make a star
RECORD a quirky YouTube clip, hire a publicist, tip off paparazzi… how hard can it be to become an instant celebrity?
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