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Kesha says she was offered her 'freedom' if she retracted Dr. Luke rape claims

Christie D'zurilla Kesha says she was offered a deal in exchange for a lie.

What's on at the Canberra International Music Festival 2016

Tristan Kane Remember, if you can, the opening scene of last year's James Bond film Spectre. The Day of the Dead in Mexico city. Mr Bond walks through a scene of crowds and costumed performers. On one of the passing floats you can see the famed Mexican percussion ensemble Tambuco. And this year you'll be able to see and of course hear them throughout the Canberra International Music Festival. You don't even need to be wearing a macabre skeleton costume.

Composers reincarnate vanishing languages as music

CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM A growing number of composers are turning their attention to extinct or endangered languages.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Eddie Perfect promises not to stab anyone, including Cory Bernardi

ANDREW TAYLOR Eddie Perfect winces when asked to define cabaret. But that is nothing compared to his reaction to the mention of South Australian Liberal senator Cory Bernardi.

Cyndi Lauper, Pixies, Flaming Lips and Michael Stipe join all-star David Bowie tribute

Steven Zeitchik Over the course of his creative life, David Bowie wheeled nimbly between styles, tones and identities as if they were all just parts of the same cosmic roller rink.

Elliphant tracks: Swedish artist Ellinor Olovsdotter releases debut album Living Life Golden

BERNARD ZUEL Sweden's hit factories produce another pop star but this one is no plaything of old men.

Stephen Hough to play Australian premiere of his Trinitas sonata in recital for Musica Viva

Janet Wilson The pianist will perform his own Piano Sonata III (Trinitas) as part of a program including works by Schubert, Franck and Liszt.

Vinyl forever: Tim Rogers, Dan Kelly and Ash Naylor join musicians supporting Record Store Day across Melbourne

MICHAEL DWYER Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and Madonna are among the artists breaking out of digital hell with new physical product for Record Store Day, celebrating its tenth anniversary on April 16.

Former metal band member Rodney Holder draws on expertise for online music summit

MICHAEL DWYER Rodney Holder had a ton of hard lessons to share after 20 years, six albums and several world tours with Canberra metal band Alchemist, but he "didn't want to be the guy banging on about how the music business was in the old days."

Opera-loving doctor David Skewes gives up his day job

MICHAEL DWYER Anaesthetist David Skewes returns to his first love, to help raise money for his second.

CD reviews: Zayn, Stu Hunter and Leonard Bernstein

From boy band member turned solo star to one of the giants of modern music, via a fine Australian thinker and composer.

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The Song Company review: a concert of rare and transcendent beauty

Reviewed by Peter McCallum The acoustically miraculous crypt of St Mary's Cathedral was the perfect setting for a concert under new artistic director Antony Pitts.

Album reviews: Charles Bradley, Milwaukee Banks, Alison MacCallum and more

New and old sounds from Charles Bradley, Milwaukee Banks, Alison MacCallum, Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Rogers and the Heavy.

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Where Marsalis got it wrong and Coltrane got it right: the '60s revolution that can't be stopped

John Shand Call it the anti-Wynton Marsalis movement: proving that jazz can keep evolving beyond any "glory years".

Spectrum reviews: Pet Shop Boys, Violent Soho and Stravinsky

Dance more, rock harder and go the full Russian. That's a full weekend of music already.

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The Shortlist album reviews: April 1

Yeasayer, Bleached, Charles Bradley, The Bennies, and Paul Grabowsky and Niko Schauble.

Top gigs in Sydney: Ian Moss, Blind Boys of Alabama, Jason Isbell, City and Colour, Modern Baseball

Bronwyn Thompson From an acoustic Ian Moss, to Bluesfest legends the Blind Boys of Alabama and Grammy-winning Alabama crooner Jason Isbell, we have your week in live music covered.

The Shortlist's top 5 gigs: April 1

The Shortlist's top 5 gigs: Ecca Vandal, Darling Downs, Low and more.

MS MR head back to Canberra for Groovin the Moo - and some fun

Arne Sjostedt MS MR promise a whole lot of fun when they return to our shores.

Tuned in: Midnight Oils touring exhibition captures their electric early years

Dan Bigna Once upon a time ABC TV music program Beatbox regularly played clips from Midnight Oil's blistering 1985 Sydney performance on Goat Island.

On the road with Milan Milutinovic from The New Savages

We chat to Milan Milutinovic from The New Savages.

The McClymonts keep up Tamworth Country Music Festival tradition

Jade Lazarevic Brooke, Mollie and Sam McClymont kept up a longstanding tradition when they made their 24th visit to Tamworth's Country Music Festival.

Chris Brown's cancelled Australian tour prompts $3.65 million lawsuit

KARL QUINN Chris Brown never made it to Australia, but two parties to his failed 2015 tour are heading to court.

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DJ Paul Holden dies after fall at home

PETER VINCENT Tributes are pouring in for pioneering Sydney DJ, Paul Holden, who has died after a serious fall in his home.

Jackson Browne's tank half full

MICHAEL DWYER Jackson Browne's America has been running on empty since the '70s but believing in renewal is a choice, he tells Michael Dwyer.

Soundcloud Go enters crowded streaming market

PETER VINCENT A major new player in the music streaming market, SoundCloud Go, has made a spluttering entry to a field still dominated by Spotify and continued complaints that artists are being ripped off because of the tiny royalty payments they receive per play.