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Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins with mum Robyn.

‘It was surreal’: Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins’ search for her birth parents

The Wiggles’ youngest member opens up about her return to her birthplace in Ethiopia for the first time ever last year.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Kneecap: Mochara, DJ Provai and Moglai Bap, in Melbourne.

Kneecap the latest act to play Fed Square, but they won’t be the last

The open-air space has become the city’s most happening venue for live music this summer, but it wasn’t by accident.

  • Karl Quinn
Amyl & The Sniffers in action in Melbourne on January 24.

A levy on tickets, discounts for young fans: Live music probe makes recommendations

A federal inquiry into Australia’s live music industry has tabled its final report, providing advice to government on how to support the struggling sector.

  • Karl Quinn
Dolly Parton features on The Wiggles new country album.

Dolly Parton and a new LGBTQ anthem: A parent reviews the new Wiggles album

My tyrannical toddlers might not respect the queen of country music, but, weirdly, there’s something for everyone on this wild album.

  • Meg Watson
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A local DJ’s exciting new mix and indie pop’s best-kept secret: Aussie music to try this month

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums, EPs, singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Nick Buckley, Jules LeFevre, Robert Moran and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Go-Jo, bound for Eurovision.

Meet the 29-year-old Perth pop star ready to shake up Eurovision

Go-Jo, a rising pop star from Western Australia, will represent Australia at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland in May.

  • Michael Idato
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BR6PM5 EASYBEATS - UK pop group in 1966. Photo Tony Gale CREDIT LINE MUST READ: ALAMY NO ARCHIVE

Easybeats drummer who surfed the crest of the ’60s beat boom

Sticksman Gordon “Snowy” Fleet was the heartbeat of the ferocious phenomenon “Easyfever”.

  • Glenn A Baker
“Sharing music and seeing people’s reactions to it made me realise that it gives me purpose”: Mallrat re-emerges with new album Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right.

Last year, music felt ‘impossible’. Now she’s touring with Kylie

After personal grief, the 26-year-old star steps back into the light with her adventurous second album.

  • Robert Moran
Cyril Riley, aka CYRIL, was the most streamed Australian artist in territories outside Australia in 2024. 

Meet the Australian global chart-topper you’ve probably never heard of

CYRIL has gone from homeless drug addict to global sensation in just a few years, but most people in his homeland still don’t know who he is.

  • Karl Quinn
Amyl and the Sniffers perform at The Tivoli in Brisbane.

Amyl and the Sniffers respond as fans complain of harassment at Brisbane show

Twenty-year-old fan Ameya was abused, despite the band warning the audience to keep their hands to themselves. Others saw women preyed upon. Music industry insiders lament that it happens all the time.

  • Courtney Kruk

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