Tag: "Rufus Wainwright"

Paul Simon Announces 2013 Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 3,564 Views. Posted 22 Jan 2013 @ 10:39am.
One of the most celebrated American songwriters of all-time has announced a headline Melbourne arena show alongside his appearance at the 2013 Bluesfest. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the landmark album Graceland, Paul Simon will arrive in Melbourne to perform material from all eras of his illustrious career - including certified classics from the Simon & Garfunkel canon.  ... Read More
Paul Simon, Rufus Wainwright Announced For Bluesfest 2013
0 Comments. 2,569 Views. Posted 12 Nov 2012 @ 2:48pm.
Byron Bay is set to be shining like a national guitar this Easter with the announcement of one of the all-time greats on the 2013 lineup. Paul Simon has been announced as the Monday night headliner, performing his impeccable canon of classic American songwriting.   Joining Paul on the Monday night lineup will be the one and only Rufus Wainwright, who will return to Australia after a widely-... Read More
Rufus Wainwright
0 Comments. 501 Views. Posted 6 Sep 2012 @ 6:05am.
Rufus Wainwright has a history of lavish theatrical live shows with previous visits to Australia finding him on stage in lederhosen, dressed as Judy Garland or insisting that there were no applause from the audience while he performed songs from his album All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu. Wainwright suggests that things will be a little less theatrical this time around and he focusses on... Read More
Rufus Wainwright Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 2,113 Views. Posted 28 May 2012 @ 10:57am.
One of the most consistently enthralling entertainers of our era has announced his return to Australia, visiting our most suitably grand theatres in the process. Hailing from a musical dynasty, Rufus Wainwright has earned a fervent fanbase worldwide with his irresistable croon and champagne showmanship.   His upcoming tour will showcase the stunning vocalist replete with a full band, taking... Read More
John Grant
0 Comments. 2,478 Views. Posted 8 Jul 2011 @ 10:16am.
John Grant drew something of an 'older' crowd to The Toff in Town. He's an older guy himself, a tidy looking bear who must be skirting around forty, though it's hard to say. He looks weary and buoyant at the same time; grizzly but playful, like a man who finally got a break, long after he gave up trying. The maybe-forty-something artist is playing in Melbourne for the first time in his life... Read More
Joan As Police Woman : The Deep Field
0 Comments. 3,094 Views. Posted 19 May 2011 @ 4:02pm.
Joan Wasser's prime ambition on a humanistic and musical level are intrinsically intertwined - that is, the pursuit of becoming more comfortable in being increasingly vulnerable; the belief that the more inclined one is to a vulnerable, raw and honest disposition, the more liberated one becomes in both spirit and mind. Under the moniker of Joan As Police Woman, Wasser has traversed the depths... Read More
Joan As Policewoman
0 Comments. 1,932 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2011 @ 1:03pm.
Joan Wasser , who records as Joan As Police Woman has a new record out, and it's a corker. The Deep Field is her fourth solo record (including two of original material and one of covers) and it's prove to be a long road for Joan, whose rise as a solo artist has taken a circuitous, sometimes faltering, sometimes tragic route.   It's culminated in The Deep Field, a recording... Read More
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