Music reviews: Tim Minchin, Backsliders, Johnny Gandelsman and more
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Music reviews: Tim Minchin, Backsliders, Johnny Gandelsman and more
December 11, 2020 3.00pm
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Credit:Damian Bennett.
If you want a five-minute crash course in Tim Minchin, listen to
Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long. Over a Ben Folds Five-ish bar-room stomper with fuzz guitar and cowbell, he outlines the hard years he put in before becoming a success, winningly describing himself as “a lovechild of Liberace and Edward Scissorhands”. Although he dials back the laughs to tackle more serious matters on