Tag: Live music

Two festivals, one weekend

Two very dissimilar music festivals took place in Adelaide over the long Labour Day weekend. One was all tie-dye, dreadlocks and ale, the other was white wine spritzers, hipster food and high street fashion.

Editorial: All Hail Hard Copies of Music News

Street magazines, one of the best things about living in Oz if you follow music and the arts. They were all vanishing into the cloud, but like vinyl records and real live music, they’re coming back. Nothing quite like a pint of Pale and a good free read, before heading to the gig you’ve just

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London summer

I’ve reflected on the last day of summer in South Australia. Here’s the London version. Friday afternoon, mid-September, it’s warm, the sun is shining and after a long lunch the weekend is upon us. The pubs are drawing in people like magnets, spilling out onto the streets. You have to pass through the beery throng

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