Its past two Australian tours sold one million tickets in total, and the passage of time has not diminished demand for what the promoter describes as ‘the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band’.
The American singer, actor and composer talks money, art and her famous — sometimes gun-toting — mother Nina Simone, whose musical legacy she will celebrate during an upcoming tour.
Among music students, teachers and nerds of all stripes, this British artist is described in superlative terms that probably seem hyperbolic until you see, or hear, the man in action. WATCH
Through its struggles and some headline-attracting moments, this Sydney hip-hop group has used music as a way to find something bigger and more positive for its members and their community.
Brian Wilson was a radical songwriter who brought emotional depth to pop.
The controversial Tasmanian winter festival has been resurrected. What’s changed?
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After 24 years between releases, this album was never going to be as casually anthemic as Pulp’s disparate pair of 1990s masterpieces, but that doesn’t make More a mere afterthought.
The sunshine in so many of his songs was his way of dealing with the pain of his personal life.
The general absence of Australian performers in weekly sales charts has prompted more than a few to wonder, in their darkest moments, whether it reflected a declining quality of the art itself.
Few rock bands can match the raw power and propulsive swagger generated by Queens of the Stone Age in full flight. A new concert film shows the quintet in a raw, delicate state deep underground.
The pioneering funk musician, who led Sly and the Family Stone, has died aged 82.
Mixing symphonic instruments with metal-edged heavy music doesn’t make much sense on paper, but Australia’s leading metal act on Monday proved it was more than up to the challenge.
As the first female director of the world’s biggest arts event – and the first Scot – Nicola Benedetti knows the importance of opening doors that can change lives and perspectives.
He used his redundancy cheque to found the Big Red Bash music festival – and later the Mundi Mundi Bash. But for all the risks involved it’s been a hell of a ride, says Greg Donovan.
A Federal Court trial for a political discrimination claim brought against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra by a concert pianist who criticised Israel’s conduct in Gaza has been set for December.
Ex-staffers have testified about everything from hip-hop mogul’s penchant for apple sauce on cheeseburgers to being kidnapped at gunpoint.
After establishing successful music halls in Brisbane and Adelaide, entertainment company Live Nation is poised to expand its venue portfolio into Perth with a new $30m custom-built concert room.
The rock singer, songwriter and author, 69, speaks on fitness, wellbeing, alcohol and drug use and managing severe pain on Cold Chisel’s most recent tour.
The deal with Shamrock gives the singer-songwriter control over ‘all of the music I’ve ever made’.
With ‘praise the Lord’ passion, Annie & the Caldwells fuse jazz and funk with American Civil War-era Deep South gospel music, and continue an intergenerational family music phenomenon that’s generated a cult following for half a century.
Former Go-Between Robert Forster here slips lovingly into various skins, but as has so often been the case across his long career, the storytelling and that wry vocal delivery are the stars.
At the Sydney Opera House, the artist’s last Australian performance became a somber meditation on ecological collapse, despair and complicity.
At 6pm on the first Friday in June, the Tasmanian capital will broadcast a new musical work so far, wide and loud that it will be unavoidable for anyone within 7km of central Hobart.
Liam O’Hanna, a member of the Irish-language rap trio who recently performed in Melbourne with the severed head of a British monarch’s statue, is accused of showing support for the proscribed terrorist group.
Asked about the significance of the new title bestowed upon him, the acclaimed ‘certified guitar player’ said: ‘Well, I think it just means that I have an understanding of how things work.’
Sydney took the national crown in cultural rankings, but local musicians and artists say more needs to be done to increase the sector’s financial viability.
Israel’s entrant Yuval Raphael survived the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war, with her participation sparking a series of protests.
The Australian’s music writer reveals the benefits – and the occasional costs – of interviewing some of the nation’s best musicians and songwriters at their homes.
Grammy Award-winning soprano Sumi Jo is performing near the remote towns of Winton and Longreach this week.
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