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Performance Reviews
Crossing Roper Bar
Earth, Wind and Song Cycles Performing in Concert The Age (Jessica Nicholas), 22 March 2007
Bridging the Gap Between Contemporary Music and Ancient Indigenous Music. ABC Darwin 18 August 2008
A Work Of Rare Integrity (Dr Aaron Corn),
Earth, Wind and Song Cycles Performing in Concert www.resonatemagazine.com.au (Kelly Curran), 25 September 2008
Crossing Musical Boundaries Rhythms Magazine (Tony Hillier), Thursday, February 26, 2009
Renaissance on the Roper The Australian (Nicolas Rothwell), 30 April 2009
Crossing Roper Bar - An Introduction
A Fusion of Black and White The Australian (Ashleigh Wilson), 19th July 2010
Crossing the Divide The Age A2 (Liza Power), 31st July 2010
KEY: formative experiences for young musicians
Some feedback from parents and participants
City of Women
Flawed Gem The Age (Jessica Nicholas), 29 January 2001
Earthiness and Sensuality The Australian (Kevin Jones), 2 February 2001
Hard Core
Diverse The Age (Jessica Nicholas) January 2003
Into The Fire
Hypnotic Rhythms Adelaide GT May 2000
Ideas Never Become Tangled Weekend Australian (Lynden Barber), June 2000
West Meets the Subcontinent Sydney Morning Herald (John Clare), 6 May 2000
The Exception to the Rule The Age Green Guide (Leon Gettler), May 2000
A Brilliant Collaboration Australian Financial Review (Shane Nichols), June 2000
Unique and Beautiful Capital Q May 2000
For Sophisticated Listeners Canberra Times (Michael Porter), June 2000
All That Jazz The Indian Express, Bombay 31 October 1996
New Music From An Older Tradition The Indian Express, New Delhi October 1996
Out of This World Music Adelaide Advertiser (Stephen Whittington), March 1998
A Triumphal Hurrah The Telegraph, Calcutta (Prosanto Dutt), October 1996
Melody is the Mother; Rhythm is the Father The Age (Jessica Nicholas), 13 October 2003
When East Meets West! Hyderabad Times (Usha Raman), 25 January 2007
Into The Fire: Synthesising East With West The Hindu (Ranee Kumar), 26 January 2007
Experiment that worked The Hindu (Lalithaa Krishnan), 13 June 2008
Oceanic Wave of Fused Rhythms The Hindu (Usha Raman), 6 June 2008
Music Connecting People Newsindiapress.com Express Features 24 June 2008
Where Genres Meet The Hindu, Chennai (Divya Kumar), 2 June 2008
Moved by Rhythm Patterns The Hindu (V. Balasubramanian), 1 May 2009
Into the Fire - An Introduction and Brief History
Moving to Another Phase JazzChord, August 2000 (Martin Jackson),
A Quick Word From Paul Re. Into the Fire
Kura Tungar: River Songs and Stories
Kura Tungar The Age ( Jessica Nicholas), 19 October 2004
Meet Me in the Middle of the Air
A Dazzling Achievement The Independant Weekly (David Sly), 12 June 2006
Kelly Delivers a Cabaret Revelation Sunday Mail (John Merriman), 11 June 2006
Risky Mix of Religion The Australian (John McBeath), 12 June 2006
A Congregation Ready and Willing The Age (Jessica Nicholas), 7th June 2010
Passion
Jazz's Great Passion The Sydney Morning Herald (John Clare), 26 July 1997
Power of the Passion - From Very Different Corners The Australian (Jeremy Vincent), 31 March 1997
Passionate Entry to a New Home Sydney Morning Herald (John Shand), 2005
Ruby's Story
Music That Goes Right Into my Bones Sydney Morning Herald, SIMA website (John Clare), 15 April 2006
The Ebb and Flow - Songs from the River of Life The Sydney Morning Herald (Daniel Ziffer), 14 March 2006
Ruby's New Ground The Koorie Mail 15 March 2006
Swirling Sea of Sonic Passion Beat Magazine (David Dawson), 8 March 2006
A Unique Collaboration has Created an Authentic Form of Australian Blues and Jazz Limelight (Fred Pawle), April 2006
Daughter of the River The Australian (Iain Shedden), 1 June 2004
What an Amazing, Memorable Night Out! http://www.abc.net.au/message (Kezia George), 10 June 2004
She's the Centre of Attention in Some Very Fine Company The Advertiser (Louise Nunn), 12 June 2004
The Success of the Fusion dBmagazine Adelaide Issue 332 (David Grybowski), June 2004
Magical River Music Real Time (Keith Gallasch), June 2004
Joyous Celebration The Star (Ricky Lai), March 2008
Everything About the Show was Just Right starmagfeedback@thestar.com (Martin Vengadesan), March 2008
Theft of Sita
Paul Grabowsky on Theft of Sita Rhythms, March 2003 (Adrian Jackson),
Shorelines
Sound Fusion, or Just Plain Confusing? The Australian (Kevin Ball), 29 October 2001
Plain Sailing in Shore's Heavy Weather The Age (Joel Crotty), October 2001
Testimony: The Legend of Charlie Parker
Swinging in Bird's Paradise The Australian (Lynden Barber), 11 Jan 2002
Excellent Real Time (Keith Gallasch), January 2002
Soaring Tribute to Jazzman Bird The Australian (Hilary Shrubb), 18 January 2002
A True Marriage of Sound and Vision Sees Bird Take Flight Sydney Morning Herald (John Shand), 18.01.02
Jazz Opera Poet Jams With the Bird (Philip McCarthy), 9 January 2002
Tribute to a Genius The Advertiser (Patrick McDonald), 10 June 2003
Soak / The Hollow Air
Phil Slater Describes The Hollow Air
Two Ducks Swimming
Paul's Big Splash Herald Sun (Xenia Hanusiak), January 2000
Ensemble Glories in Diverse Sounds The Australian (Jeremy Vincent), 24 January 2000
A Mixed Offering The Age (Joel Crotty), January 2000
Miles Davis: Prince of Darkness
A Tribute to Innovation and Traversing New Ground Arts Hub (Zoe Rinkel), 6th May 2010
Reviews of AAO Recordings
Crossing Roper Bar
Earth, Wind and Song Cycles Performing in Concert The Age (Jessica Nicholas), 22 March 2007
Bridging the Gap Between Contemporary Music and Ancient Indigenous Music. ABC Darwin 18 August 2008
A Work Of Rare Integrity (Dr Aaron Corn),
Earth, Wind and Song Cycles Performing in Concert www.resonatemagazine.com.au (Kelly Curran), 25 September 2008
Crossing Musical Boundaries Rhythms Magazine (Tony Hillier), Thursday, February 26, 2009
Renaissance on the Roper The Australian (Nicolas Rothwell), 30 April 2009
Crossing Roper Bar - An Introduction
A Fusion of Black and White The Australian (Ashleigh Wilson), 19th July 2010
Crossing the Divide The Age A2 (Liza Power), 31st July 2010
Into The Fire
Hypnotic Rhythms Adelaide GT May 2000
Ideas Never Become Tangled Weekend Australian (Lynden Barber), June 2000
West Meets the Subcontinent Sydney Morning Herald (John Clare), 6 May 2000
The Exception to the Rule The Age Green Guide (Leon Gettler), May 2000
A Brilliant Collaboration Australian Financial Review (Shane Nichols), June 2000
Unique and Beautiful Capital Q May 2000
For Sophisticated Listeners Canberra Times (Michael Porter), June 2000
All That Jazz The Indian Express, Bombay 31 October 1996
New Music From An Older Tradition The Indian Express, New Delhi October 1996
Out of This World Music Adelaide Advertiser (Stephen Whittington), March 1998
A Triumphal Hurrah The Telegraph, Calcutta (Prosanto Dutt), October 1996
Melody is the Mother; Rhythm is the Father The Age (Jessica Nicholas), 13 October 2003
When East Meets West! Hyderabad Times (Usha Raman), 25 January 2007
Into The Fire: Synthesising East With West The Hindu (Ranee Kumar), 26 January 2007
Experiment that worked The Hindu (Lalithaa Krishnan), 13 June 2008
Oceanic Wave of Fused Rhythms The Hindu (Usha Raman), 6 June 2008
Music Connecting People Newsindiapress.com Express Features 24 June 2008
Where Genres Meet The Hindu, Chennai (Divya Kumar), 2 June 2008
Moved by Rhythm Patterns The Hindu (V. Balasubramanian), 1 May 2009
Into the Fire - An Introduction and Brief History
Moving to Another Phase JazzChord, August 2000 (Martin Jackson),
A Quick Word From Paul Re. Into the Fire
Meet Me in the Middle of the Air
A Dazzling Achievement The Independant Weekly (David Sly), 12 June 2006
Kelly Delivers a Cabaret Revelation Sunday Mail (John Merriman), 11 June 2006
Risky Mix of Religion The Australian (John McBeath), 12 June 2006
A Congregation Ready and Willing The Age (Jessica Nicholas), 7th June 2010
Passion
Jazz's Great Passion The Sydney Morning Herald (John Clare), 26 July 1997
Power of the Passion - From Very Different Corners The Australian (Jeremy Vincent), 31 March 1997
Passionate Entry to a New Home Sydney Morning Herald (John Shand), 2005
Ringing The Bell Backwards
Grabowsky's Backwards Bell Ringing is a Triumph The Age (Adrian Jackson), 27 April 1995
Promise Fulfilled With More to Come Sydney Morning Herald ((John Shand), 8 May 1995
Ringing in the Changes Herald Sun (Jessica Nicholas), 24 March 1995
Strange Meeting Jazzcontinuum.com (Graham Collier), 7 April 2009
Ringing the Bell Backwards - An Introduction (Adrian Jackson),
Ruby's Story
Music That Goes Right Into my Bones Sydney Morning Herald, SIMA website (John Clare), 15 April 2006
The Ebb and Flow - Songs from the River of Life The Sydney Morning Herald (Daniel Ziffer), 14 March 2006
Ruby's New Ground The Koorie Mail 15 March 2006
Swirling Sea of Sonic Passion Beat Magazine (David Dawson), 8 March 2006
A Unique Collaboration has Created an Authentic Form of Australian Blues and Jazz Limelight (Fred Pawle), April 2006
Daughter of the River The Australian (Iain Shedden), 1 June 2004
What an Amazing, Memorable Night Out! http://www.abc.net.au/message (Kezia George), 10 June 2004
She's the Centre of Attention in Some Very Fine Company The Advertiser (Louise Nunn), 12 June 2004
The Success of the Fusion dBmagazine Adelaide Issue 332 (David Grybowski), June 2004
Magical River Music Real Time (Keith Gallasch), June 2004
Joyous Celebration The Star (Ricky Lai), March 2008
Everything About the Show was Just Right starmagfeedback@thestar.com (Martin Vengadesan), March 2008
Theft of Sita
Paul Grabowsky on Theft of Sita Rhythms, March 2003 (Adrian Jackson),
Testimony: The Legend of Charlie Parker
Swinging in Bird's Paradise The Australian (Lynden Barber), 11 Jan 2002
Excellent Real Time (Keith Gallasch), January 2002
Soaring Tribute to Jazzman Bird The Australian (Hilary Shrubb), 18 January 2002
A True Marriage of Sound and Vision Sees Bird Take Flight Sydney Morning Herald (John Shand), 18.01.02
Jazz Opera Poet Jams With the Bird (Philip McCarthy), 9 January 2002
Tribute to a Genius The Advertiser (Patrick McDonald), 10 June 2003
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