It's nice to hear piano. I forget how few piano players there are in the wild until I hear one and then it feels like a lovely surprise. It's also nice to hear someone else playing your instrument. I lent my keyboard to Alan Reid, a wonderful Scottish musician, for a house concert tonight and
Good live music is so good. Scott Cook's gig tonight at the Ararat Town Hall was quietly wonderful at every level. Great venue, beautiful sound, excellent songs, and two warm-hearted, skilled musicians sharing their music generously with the audience. It's like having your heart tucked up in a big, warm blanket.(And now I have a
You might recognise Rhiannon Giddens from the HBO series 'Nashville' where she played a gospel singing social worker. But that's the least of her story. She is quite a remarkable musician from North Carolina who started off with a degree in opera at about the same time I was doing my degree in classical piano.
There is a gorgeous little live music venue two blocks from my house. Tonight was a magical concert of Argentine folk music - a mix of new and old songs played with heart by some excellent musicians. It was an intimate, gentle gig where you could see the joy in the musicians as they played.
