Gigs and stuff
Hi all, thought that I should mention some upcoming gigs that may be worth your while.
Blues and Roots festival in Byron Bay at Easter. They changed venues now, so perhaps not the audience unfriendly nowhere to sit down, nowhere to breathe (unless you don’t mind breathing cannabis) event that it was previously, but as always some amazing musicians… Buddy Guy on the Thursday, Stanley Clarke and George Duke on the Friday and Saturday and Maceo Parker on the Sunday and Monday.
Other frustrating news for us Queenslanders is that Taraf de Haidouks, The Terem Quartet and Martin Hayes are all playing at Womadelaide in Adelaide over the 7th to 9th of March. Even if you don’t like world music, these three acts will blow you away, promise.
And Ornette Coleman is playing soon in Sydney and Adelaide (at least we can feel a bit smug that Victoria’s missing out on that one too).
Slightly off topic for a musical blog is the wonderful site www.homestarrunner.com This site was a major waste of time in the formative years of IMA and is highly recommended. Also at GOMA at Southbank at the Australian Cinematheque you can see Jaques Tati’s Playtime this Wednesday and Sunday. I think that it’s a restored print and it’s an acknowledged classic (for those of us who have a list).