A six-foot folk singer from Wollongong got a break when she headed for Glasgow and met a famous indie singer-songwriter in a Scottish hostel. Now she has dropped the acoustic guitar for a Telecaster and a sound she calls "home".

Australian DJ Alison Wonderland has called for greater education about mental health issues among touring artists who spend a lot of time alone on the road.

This concert of Coleman's music was not just a celebration of the revolutionary who freed up jazz form, harmony, intonation and metre in the late 1950s, but a celebration of life.

Who needs drugs when Melbourne's psych rock explorers open your mind and the space time continuum?

First hints of the fare at this year's Falls Festival and the dates confirmed.

From soul singer Kylie Auldist to young buzz acts Tash Sultana and Alex Lahey, The Age Music Victoria Awards will showcase the year's best music and rising stars.

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Oops, she'll do it again, whether it's music, games or perfume. Why selling her new album isn't the most important thing for pop star Britney Spears.

Giving up music for eight years and then making two quality records made it clear to this Cairns singer that good things come to those who wait.

It's happened to us all at some stage, but it seems even rock stars can find themselves texting the wrong person.

Bernard Fanning, Wild Beasts, Oh Pep!, Holy Balm and Montaigne.

The ego has landed in Canada, so can we really expect an album from two of the biggest names in music right now?

The Age Music Victoria Awards, the Jezabels, Temper Trap and more.

From a rare solo gog with Australian legend Peter Garrett, to lo-fi electronics with Japanese Wallpaper and an audience with Selena Gomez, we have your week in live music covered.

You prepare for life but you can't prepare for, or remain unchanged by, the devastation of losing a child the songwriter reveals in a new film and album.

Melbourne's Flyying Colours bring rock and shoegaze influences together on new single It's Tomorrow Now.

With her music career rapidly hitting the rocks, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea is turning her hand to television.

AC/DC's Angus Young may be the last man standing of the original famous five, but even he has cast doubts over whether to continue with the band.

The Midnight Oil frontman bitter and twisted after a decade in politics? Tell 'em they're dreaming, he's too busy on a solo career.

With his third solo album, Bernard Fanning takes the long view on relationships, politics and that band he used to be in.

A poet and author returns to music, the south coast develops its own sound, folk goes pop, R&B; goes widescreen and country adds electronics.

The Melbourne drummer/composer takes out this year's $20,000 prize from the Freedman Foundation.

Copy and pics to come Sunday AM.

A Minnesota judge has whittled down by 29 the queue of people who claim they are related to Prince and deserve a piece of the late pop star's estate, which could be worth more than $500m.

Morrissey is heading back to tour Australia and will include a stop in Canberra – but none in Sydney.