At just 23, Olivia Rodrigo has been labelled the “voice of a generation”, as her music consistently captures the experience of teenagers and young adults in the modern world.
Independent, not-for-profit community radio station FBi has weathered a financial crisis with an emergency fundraising campaign that saw it “live to fight another day”.
Folk Bitch Trio is a Melbourne/Naarm-based indie folk group formed in 2020 by Gracie Sinclair (she/her), Jeanie Pilkington (she/her) and Heide Peverelle (they/them).
For over 35 years, Voices from the Vacant Lot has filled spaces across Sydney and beyond with songs that cross continents and connect communities, and they show no sign of stopping.
Dog Trumpet’s new album is cheerfully bleak. Bubbling melodies float on an undercurrent of anxiety about the state of humanity and the future of the planet. Yet ...
From the Sydney Opera House to Budapest to London’s West End, from arts festivals in Adelaide, Edinburgh and Tasmania, Mikelangelo – the “Nightingale of the Adriatic”, the “Balkan Elvis” – appeared with his new band, the Long Lost Friends, at Petersham Bowlo on March 21 and left the crowd singing, swaying and spellbound.
Billie Eilish’s third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024) shows her unique style and talent. At 23, she keeps changing pop music, mixing deep lyrics with creative sounds.
BONDI BEACH: Does a building have a voice? This question is the kernel of Building Song, an experimental art activation by 15 artists poised to begin its third iteration at Bondi Pavilion this month.
If your Pinterest boards are trending cosy Nancy Meyers interiors, a visit to Shakespeare and Company is on your Paris bucket list, and the rule in your house is lamps only (ceiling lights are for emergencies), then you need no introduction to jazz-pop artist Laufey (pronounced lay-vay).
The City Recital Hall at Angel Place in the Sydney CBD held a Sydney Sounds Better showcase on July 25, with attendees invited to join a journey that would revitalise the venue.
The blast from the past provided by the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir’s program of iconic hits celebrating the great hits of the ’80s proved to be just the right note for beginning the June long weekend with an energetic dose of uplifting aural magic.
The soundtrack to my childhood was Nick Cave. Whether jamming out to “The Mercy Seat”, dancing with my dad in the lounge room to “Into My Arms” or belting out “The Ship Song” with my mum after too many champagnes, Nick was always there.
In an Australian premiere, spectacular new dance-theatre work Message In a Bottle from award-winning choreographer Kate Prince, set to the music of 17-time Grammy award-winning artist Sting, has opened at the Joan Sutherland Theatre as part of the Opera House’s 50th Birthday Festival.
If you are interested in music new and old, read this book, listen to Coupe on FBi and 2SER, and follow him on Facebook. Jump aboard his long, strange trip.
Andrew Collis recently caught up with Malaysian-born Tamil-Australian recording artist Kandiah Kamalesvaran AM, better known by his stage name Kamahl. Kamahl sings love songs and ballads, recites the Gettysburg Address, and is one of the great stars of Australian music.
Next on The Cooperative’s 2022 program will be the world premiere of Felicity Wilcox’s Threading the Light. This production marks the first new opera presented by The Cooperative.
The first taste of Jerry Patston's new album will arrive on October 6 in the form of “The Wollongong Song” – a sunny piece of pop which is perfect for the turning of the season.
Music for Your Heart brings to life a selection of classical and contemporary hits to uplift and inspire. Pitt Street Uniting Church will reverberate with the sounds of spring – in every note on piano, guitar and violin.
Long-time Redfern resident Marlene Cummins, considered Australia’s foremost Indigenous female blues writer and performer, is a headline act at this year’s Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival.
