The January Song
“People in Alice Springs ought to get a life,” the service station man said to my friend Christopher the other day. He was commenting on the hundreds of people who create their own stream whenever the Todd River comes down, pouring out of their homes to watch, sometimes for hours, as the river does what [...]
Solo Bach Hermannsburg
A western desert Aboriginal community might seem an unlikely location for a live performance of Bach’s suites for cello. But Ntaria, better known as Hermannsburg, has long been home to cultural exchange on a grand scale. The venue for last September’s performance by acclaimed Alice Springs cellist Nic Hempel was Central Australia’s oldest church, built by [...]
Alice Springs, AUSTRALIA