Standout stars: Joe Strummer, AJ Tracey, Vikingur Olafsson and more
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Few pianists have had such immediate impact as the brilliant young Icelander Vikingur Olafsson, and this delightful album, alternating between French musical revolutionaries two centuries apart, who each took keyboard playing in new directions. Olafsson says both had relentless intellectual independence, noting Rameau, a âcompletely obscure autodidact from the provincesâ, wrote influential treatises on tonal harmony. The excellent liner notes present many more shared attributes, including imaginative titles and a âsynaesthetic streakâ. The works presented here â mostly from the 1724
Standout stars: Joe Strummer, AJ Tracey, Vikingur Olafsson and more
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Standout stars: Joe Strummer, AJ Tracey, Vikingur Olafsson and more
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Queensland Music Awards 2021: Rising stars honoured in nominations
Music by Amy Price
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Subscriber only Queensland s rising music stars have been honoured as finalists at the 2021 Queensland Music Awards after a record number of entries. Continuing her meteoric rise since the release of her debut album last year, Miiesha landed three nominations - across the indigenous, remote and soul categories - for her song Twisting Words. The Indigenous singer-songwriter, from the Central Queensland town of Woorabinda, previously received three ARIA nominations last year and recently two APRA nods. Karl S Williams is a finalist in the Country, Blues/Roots and Folk categories