Mavis Staples | Chevron Lighthouse | 1st March 2020 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Huge applause welcomed the great Mavis Staples as she took to the stage to close the Perth International Arts Festival on Sunday night. The 80 year old singer opened her set with If Your Ready (Come Go With Me) which was a hit for her […]
Aldous Harding | Chevron Lighthouse | 28th February 2020 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Years ago I met Aldous Harding for the first time when she played at the Perth Festival. We met in the studios at RTRFM to talk about her self titled debut album that had been released a year earlier. I’d was a record […]
Amanda Palmer – There Will Be No Intermission | Kabarett Haus | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Having followed Palmer’s work for years, I know well enough to expect the unexpected. Her shows inevitably contain a few moments surprising enough to throw you off balance, a few tear-jerkers, a few belly-laughs. Her newest show, however, is surprising […]
Weyes Blood | Chevron Lighthouse | 23rd Feb 2020 | ★ ★ ★ ★ Natalie Mering has been recording as Weyes Blood since 2011 and has produced four albums of material, but it has been her most recent record Terminal Rising that got critics attention and saw her record listed as one of the best of 2019 when […]
Rufus Wainwright | Kabarett Haus | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Glittering onto the stage in a sparkling jacket and trousers, Rufus Wainwright feels right at home at the Kabarett Haus. A transformed Perth Concert Hall sets the Canadian musician on stage beneath a colossal chandelier with just his piano, his guitar and his beautiful, soaring voice. […]
Disco Wonderland: A Night at Studio 54 | Perth Concert Hall | Until 9 Nov | ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a tried and tested way to build new audiences, program something familiar to get them in the doors and in now time they’ll progress from disco to Dvorak. The West Australian Symphony Orchestra put on a […]
Troye Sivan | HBF Stadium | 16th September | ★ ★ ★ ★ Troye Sivan received an enthusiastic welcome from fans as he returned home to perform his biggest ever Perth show. Younger brother Tyde Levi greeted the crowd with a set of his own tunes. Last time Perth saw Levi in the support slot he was […]
Troye Sivan will be greeted by thousand of fans tonight when he takes to the stage at HBF Stadium, but on Sunday night he performed at intimate show for friends and fans at the rooftop of the Aloft Hotel. Singing songs from his hit albums Blue Neighbourhood and Bloom Troye said even though he lived […]
An Evening With Fleetwood Mac | RAC Arena | 9th August 2019 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Fleetwood Mac took to the stage kicking off their Australian tour, the audience cheering at glimpses of the band as they moved through the shadows- a flat cap, a tamborine, a microphone with dangling beads, blonde hair and black […]
Love Him Madly: The Doors Reimagined | His Majesty’s Theatre | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Love Him Madly: The Doors Reimagined was not simply an orchestral exploration of the hugely influential music of The Doors. Perth Symphony Orchestra created a show that took us back in time, using a number of approaches to bring us […]
