Review: Broken Witt Rebels at The Water Rats

There’s a real buzz, a sense of antic­i­pa­tion in the lead-up to the Bro­ken Witt Rebels head­ing on stage at The Water Rats. The audi­ence are crowd­ing to the front and there’s a bank of pho­tog­ra­phers jostling for posi­tion. It’s great to observe this young band mak­ing such head­way. I spend more time than I should watch­ing bands per­form their socks off – musi­cians who so…

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Review: Time Out Best of Rising Stars

Time Out con­tin­ued their Ris­ing Stars series with a bumper Xmas spe­cial ‘Best of Ris­ing Stars’ – six acts with a foothold in the music indus­try who are being reward­ed by see­ing their tal­ent and per­sis­tence start to pay off. Hold­ing the Ris­ing Stars series is a good move for The Jazz Cafe too, as it helps spread the word about the…

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