Jazz party a Grand event
By KIM ROWE Hitting centre stage at The Grand Hotel this Winter Jazz Festival is Melbourne band Jazz Party. Made for the bar room not the ballroom, Jazz Party is a loose collective of jazzbos with a reputation for their sporadic take-over residences in unassuming rooms across Melbourne. Known as the coolest, most elusive members of Melbourne’s jazz elite, they are usually found in dark, smoky rooms around town, late at night, giving...
The Rat Pack are heading to Australia
Direct from Las Vegas and following a sold out tour of the US and the UK, ‘The Rat Pack’ will be making their way to Australia in June. ‘Frank’ (David deCosta), ‘Dean’ (Johnny Edwards) and ‘Sammy’ (Nicholas Brooks) are back in town and will be lighting up stages across the country as they bring back the grand old days of those classic crooner hits that we all know and love. Johnny Edwards brings the magic and charm of Dean Martin...
Melody Pool
By LACHLAN BRYAN Of all the young singer-songwriters to emerge in recent years, few have made anywhere near the impression of Melody Pool. The 23 year-old from the tiny town of Kurri Kurri in NSW burst onto the scene in 2013, winning the Telstra Road to Discovery Talent Competition, landing a record deal with Michael Gudinski’s Liberation label and a publishing deal with Mushroom Music Publishing. But as is so often the case, Pool’s...
Songs in the key of motown
Direct from the US comes the encore Australian tour of Songs In The Key Of Motown, a spectacular live concert production that takes you on a musical journey through Motown. Songs In The Key Of Motown features Spectrum, a first-class vocal quartet that draws upon the talent of four radiant voices and diverse personalities. They have spent six stellar years recreating the sound and style of the Four Tops in Las Vegas’ multi-million...
Wes Carr
By LACHLAN BRYAN Wes Carr was one of the most unlikely winners of the Australian Idol series, his gruff, countrified vocal and guitar style winning over judges and punters in 2008 ahead of a slew of far more glamorous opponents. While his career hasn’t reached the mainstream heights of early winner Guy Sebastian (hey, who would have thought winning a game show wouldn’t guarantee a successful career?!), Carr has done what few other...