After fire-walking through musical therapy, Troy adds to Golden tally
The raw emotionality and honesty of Troy Cassar-Daley’s 12th album saw the singer-songwriter once again lead the winners’ pack in Tamworth on Saturday night. FULL WINNERS LIST
The raw emotionality and honesty of Troy Cassar-Daley’s 12th album saw the singer-songwriter once again lead the winners’ pack in Tamworth on Saturday night. FULL WINNERS LIST
In an extended Q+A, Dexter Holland — frontman of veteran US punk rock band The Offspring — speaks about touring with kids, the upsides of ageing, mad Brazilian fans, grief and hot sauce.
As the Fender Stratocaster — the world’s most recognisable six-string axe — enters its eighth decade, rock ‘n’ roll music is far from ascendant. Where to now for this totemic instrument of cultural change?
The singer-songwriter will run into the country music capital on foot, having burned up 100km in the days preceding while aiming to raise $10,000 for Tamworth’s Ronald McDonald House.
The rock singer reveals how he balances his physical and mental health while touring, how following doctors’ advice saved his life in 2009, and why he finds inspiration in The Rolling Stones.
At 73, the frontman of Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats – and organiser of iconic benefit concerts Live Aid and Live 8 – reflects on money, his alter ego and smuggling painkillers.
When this veteran British heavy metal band toured Australia last year, one of the musicians on stage was so far past it that he dragged down the entire show.
The Australian’s music writer nominates his highlights of 2024, from the best concerts, songs and albums to the best books and soundtrack usage.
Confessional Q+A with the British singer-songwriter, whose debut single has become one of the most-streamed Spotify songs of all time, with more than 2.8 billion plays.
Confessional Q+A: the Canadian-American singer, songwriter and composer talks money, rehab, Trump and dog balls ahead of his first Australian tour in five years.
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