New music event Cream Festival recently announced their line-up and is now looking for an up-and-coming Canberra act to be the final name on the list.

The first sign that Abbe May knew something was wrong was the sudden, inexplicable loss of her hearing.

The deaths of David Bowie, Glenn Frey and Natalie Cole may have caught music fans by surprise, but the lives of many musicians are being cut short by crazy hours, unhealthy diets and no exercise.

Though the two bands have jockeyed for decades to hold the record for the most albums sold, it has finally been made official: the iconic Queen have outpaced the Swedish supergroup for the most successful album in British history.

The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge and the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge are bringing a feast of old and new music on their Australian tour.

Since the release of Beyonce's album Lemonade earlier this year, the entirety of the musician's integrity has been compromised. 

A gut-wrenching decision means Albert Music, the company "built" by Easybeats and AC/DC, will no longer be locally owned, ending 131 years of a family business.

Frank Ocean has hinted at a July (or November) release for the much hyped, long rumoured Boys Don't Cry album.

EG album reviews, July 8: Tracy McNeil, the Avalanches, the John Steel Singers, the Julie Ruin and Hey Geronimo.

Reclaiming her place at the centre of Australian music needs more from Delta Goodrem than desire. Her new album searches for meaning.

Two divergent approaches to coaxing musical fire from cat-gut and horse hair were on show last week, with the glowing breadth of Vadim Gluzman's old-school tone in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concert in D, Opus 35 and the wild, possessed playing of cellist Giovanni Sollima.

Like ripples across the night water, each melodic idea slowly moved outward as the next motif took its place until the listeners were enmeshed in a net of sounds and the memory of sounds.

It was only in 1995, when The Corner Hotel was purchased by Tim Northeast and Matt Everitt, that it really came into its own.

Andrew Davis enjoyed a ready response from his performers, particularly in the massive finale, their fighting descent to a defiant resignation most gripping.

A stellar line-up has been assembled for the occasion with a nod to its origins.

Show of support for the 'Keith Richards of Australian music, without the stardom'.

It's been nearly two decades since the groundbreaking Avalanches debut and the incredible second album from the Melbourne duo sounds like they've spent all that time finding new and weirder sounds.

The Bennies are best known for two things - partying and endless tours.

A self-confessed crass opportunist, Henry Rollins just likes to do things.

Trevor Ashley was performing at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival when he first heard about the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The incident motivated him to raise funds for the victims.

A childhood illness became the spur 25 years later for a career-changing move for Papua New Guinean singer Ngaiire.

Brisbane band HITS like to take their time making records.

EG album reviews, July 1: Bat For Lashes, Orb, Witch Hats, Liz Stringer and Big Thief.

Destrends, Leaps and Bound Music Festival, Preston Records Rent Party and the legendary Gravys play first gig in 15 years tonight.