Music

Jazzing it up

Bruno called today, asking if I was interested in accompanying a jazz singer who’s performing at Takashimaya next month. I was excited but naturally apprehensive. While I’ve been playing piano / keyboards for most of my life, I have no formal jazz training, and my uncle (a jazz drummer) said he could tell from my …

Older

Years – decades? – ago as a child, I’d sit, my eyes glued to the telly as I watched my favourite singers win awards. I’d exalt in their triumphs and get all smug about it the next day in school. Now, all I do is I gloat over Premier League scores. I just watched a …

Silje Nergaard showcase

I was at Mileu this evening with Joan, watching Norwegian jazz singer Silje Nergaard perform several songs from her two albums. She’s big in Europe but little known in Asia. This was the band’s first time in the region, in fact. Her voice is amazingly sweet (think Stacey Kent and Frente’s lead singer) and her …

Pet Shop Toys

The concert was all right I guess. I wasn’t terribly impressed by anything because the Boys are getting old and lethargic. They’ve taken in some new blood (guitarists and a female drummer) but I don’t like their new sound. I’m a fan of the 80’s and 90’s, and so was almost everybody else in the …