Category Archives: An Aussie in America

Raleigh Review Part 2

Tim, you forgot to mention the writer’s comparision of you and the famed Ian Anderson.  How modest, really…
The flute part uses especially effective features such as singing and/or humming simultaneously while playing — something that Ian Anderson of the rock group Jethro Tull would later use to amass quite a fortune.

I cannot take credit for [...]

Musical bliss

Above, the almost impossibly adorable and fabulously talented young Belgian guitarist Adrien Brogna (who is in the USA for the very first time) hangs on Dawn Upshaw’s every musical twitch. She has this mesmerizing effect on all of the band’s musicians.
Our first pre-tour rehearsal of Ayre last Wednesday night in Richmond VA was hijacked by [...]

Apology to the Stolen Generations

A truly historic day. Read the text of the full apology, delivered by Kevin Rudd in Federal Parliament today.