Review: Epic Visions: Conductor Eduardo Strausser as an Australian debut with the Queensland
Epic Visions was a second opportunity for Queenslanders to experience the majesty of the Hungarian violinist Barnábas Kelemen, after he wowed the audience in the Brahms Violin Concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra last year. In his returning concert, he formed an Epic duo with the handsome Czech, Eduardo Strausser, in his Australian debut as the Guest Conductor.
Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar
- Scottish trio Young Fathers have consistently made weird and wonderful music. They’re a band who act with an openness towards writing songs with an immediate sense of modernity. It helped them to win a Mercury prize for their debut album DEAD whilst simultaneously creating confusion for those who have trouble navigating the shock of the new, in that their sound refreshingly encompasses popular music’s many elements and isn’t readily pigeonholed. Two mixtapes, two albums and a slew of free-flying singles has tangled them up in tedious tags like alternative lo-fi RnB.
What So Not: Not All The Beautiful Things
- If EDM was in the Olympics I am quite confident that the Aussies would be banking all the gold medals, with What So Not leading the team. With the release of his debut album Not All The Beautiful Things, Chris Emerson aka Emoh Instead has crafted a compelling LP worthy of the top spot on the podium.
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Major Bus Stop Upgrades in Moreton Bay
The Moreton Bay Regional Council has been awarded funding for major bus stop upgrades in Sandstone Point and Ningi.
The upgrades will see new bus shelters built and wider concrete slabs laid to provide people in wheelchairs and prams more access.
Councillor Brooke Savige said the improvements will comply with the Federal Government’s Disability Act.
Indonesian universities ban niqab
Two Indonesian universities have announced a ban on female students wearing niqab face veils due to the rising fundamentalism in the country.
The Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University has recently declared expulsions to be enacted if students do not comply with the new rule.
The niqab face veil is seen by many Indonesians as an unwelcome export from Arab and to have a close ties with radical Islam, which the majority of the country tries not to associate with.