Australian music
‘A wonderful woman’: Jimmy Barnes unveils another grown-up child
The rock’n’roll legend has made something of a habit of discovering grown-up children he didn’t know he had.
- by Karl Quinn
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The 10 best albums of 2024
It was a Brat summer, but it was also a Short n’ Sweet winter.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Annabel Ross, Jules LeFevre, Nick Buckley and Robert Moran
Yacht rock – the genre you had no idea you knew so well
The name was coined as a joke in the early 2000s, but this genre of pop music is fast developing a serious fan base.
- by Neil McMahon
Wild, talented and loud – is this the most Aussie band ever?
From early beginnings at a Punchbowl school the Hard-Ons won fans around the world.
- by Rod Yates
Analysis
Music festivals
In Bluesfest we trust? The art, and cost, of Peter Noble’s backflip
At a time when many music festivals are doing it tough, comments by Bluesfest founder Peter Noble have done no favours to the sector.
- by Karl Quinn
Focus on NAPLAN stifles arts and music education: report
Perceptions that art and music are “bludge” subjects are among factors depriving NSW students of a well-rounded arts and music education, a parliamentary inquiry has found.
- by Linda Morris
‘Fighting the good fight’: King Stingray finds new ears for an enduring campaign
They may have new-found fame in the US (and partied at the NBA), but the Yolngu surf rock band’s heart remains in the Northern Territory.
- by Michael Dwyer
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
‘It does something to the soul’: Meg Washington on the power of singing en masse
The singer-songwriter discusses why she makes music, not being smart with money – and her hatred of leaf blowers.
- by Benjamin Law
Forget books, we should make more movies based on songs
It’s time to adapt classics such as Flame Trees, From Little Things Big Things Grow and Somebody That I Used To Know.
- by Garry Maddox
‘Burn it down’: Band manager slams Music Victoria over awards stuff-up
The publicly voted categories of the Music Victoria Awards, which were announced last month, were hit by a “targeted action”, organisers have revealed.
- by Karl Quinn
Live Nation Australia boss lifts lid on loathed dynamic ticket pricing
Michael Coppel has fronted the music inquiry in Canberra and offered a rare insight into one of the promoter and ticketing giant’s most controversial practices.
- by Karl Quinn
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