Culture
Music
Dad’s a world music legend. Now the kids are making their mark – as punks
The Xylouris siblings have entered the family business, playing traditional Cretan music, but with a sideline that’s all their own.
- by Karl Quinn
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Opinion
Property development
Congrats Sydney, you just bulldozed your own legacy
AC/DC are the biggest thing ever to come out of Australia. So why did we just flatten their childhood home?
- by Tom Compagnoni
PJ Harvey is more keenly aware than ever of the toll art can take
The musician spent eight years working on the world of her latest album, I Inside the Old Year Dying.
- by Michael Dwyer
Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies
Co-writer of Puff the Magic Dragon, and the man who begged Bob Dylan to go back on stage at Newport, Yarrow had been battling cancer.
- by John Rogers
Playing a guzheng is hard enough. Finding Europe in Melbourne? Forget it
As a child, Mindy Meng Wang would spend eight hours a day practising the guzheng. Then something changed her tune.
- by John Bailey
Sydney is bursting at the seams with gigs - here’s our pick of the best
From hip-hop to country and all points in between, there’s something for everyone in our January gig guide.
- by James Jennings
He’s released nearly 30 albums. But this punk lifer won’t stop
The hyper-prolific John Dwyer of cult LA noisemakers Osees is a man who can’t slow down.
- by Barry Divola
Opinion
Gen Z
I went to a nightclub and what I found about a generation of young men surprised me
It had been 25 years since I’d been clubbing – what was I thinking? And worse, I was going to see a performance by someone who found fame posting videos of themselves playing games.
- by Lisa Drought
Melbourne crowd helps Robbie Williams hit the high notes in packed Fed Square show
The pop superstar joked with and sang for the crowd that filled Federation Square to capacity.
- by Karl Quinn
Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury over BBC involvement
The singer said he had been booked to play the festival this summer but objected to the broadcaster’s “corporate control”.
- by Anita Singh
Sheik of Scrubby Creek’s reign ends: Chad Morgan dead at 91
Tributes have begun to flow for Chad Morgan after the Australian country music great with the unmistakable smile died at the age of 91.
- by Laine Clark
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