Foy Vance has a sound. But it was what he did with that sound that left me unsatisfied at a sold-out performance at the Basement.

Paul Lewis and Douglas Boyd please again with a confident, well-rounded performance of Beethoven, Brahms and more.

The remaining three Spice Girls are on the hunt for new members ahead of a reunion planned for next year.

More variety and on-trend choices from the big little music festival.

Update: The petition authors, who took aim at Triple J's Hottest 100 date, have announced that they will continue to keep the petition going until the ABC youth station makes clear its plans for an alternative date in the future.

It's 20 years since the iconic rapper - who has a music catalogue estimated at $US100 million - was murdered.

Triple J is in serious discussions to shift the Hottest 100 away from Australia Day, in response to a growing campaign to move it out of respect to Indigenous Australians.

Creative director Richard Mills launches a magical program with Sleeping Beauty, The Snow Queen, The Princess and the Pea and more.

He didn't come for a decade and now The Boss is back for his third tour in five years.

Melbourne rising artist Tash Sultana suffered a major setback to the sold-out European leg of her world tour when a Jetstar Australia connecting flight to Berlin lost thousands of dollars worth of her equipment in transit.

Skeleton Tree never directly addresses Nick Cave's unimaginable loss but a powerful evocation of grief and bone-deep sadness still haunts.

To hear Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr tell it, The Beatles wrote the most beloved songs in rock history to avoid being upstaged by rival cover bands.

Clowntime is over for one presidential nominee in the eyes of the woman with a number one album around the world.

After more than three decades with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, concertmaster Dene Olding, 59, is stepping down to focus on family life, other musical pursuits, and, surprisingingly, the Japanese martial art Aikido.

A large crowd showed dance music crosses all boundaries, but is this the last glimpse of it in our new daddy state thanks to the lockout laws?

In the beginning Meat was the voice and Jim wrote the songs.

No Tony Bennett here and the Lady is filling all the spaces with a big voice and a banging sound.

Five years on the sonic depiction of the mutiny on the Bounty resonates even more strongly

The Sydney composer prefers you make your own interpretation of her music that's attracting classical and pop audiences.

Conductor Douglas Boyd and a masterful MSO cast bring control and vivaciousness to Beethoven, Haydn, Schoenberg and more.

Will he? Won't he? When will he? There's a book and a CD to come but it is Bruce Springsteen tour speculation that's everywhere. What do we know and how much is true?

Watch out - Kanye West and Drake have confirmed they're going to join forces on a new album.

Kevin Parker is looking to flex his skills outside his group – and has teamed up with stars including Lady Gaga.

Jim Heath is no man of the cloth but his rockabilly trio, Reverend Horton Heat, has earned itself its fair share of disciples