Robbie Williams' Heavy Entertainment Show aims for love, lands with interest
The definitive modern pop star wants everyone to love him but he may be working too hard and trying too much.
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Bernard Zuel
Since joining Fairfax in 1992, Bernard has been an editor and written on education, roads and local politics. These days, he specialises in music and is the senior music writer and reviewer.
Sweating the small stuff of big characters
Helping an audience understand a character, like a film or television program, via music is all about getting the tone right.
Crowded House reclaims history
Thirty years since the debut album, 20 years since the farewell concert, the beloved trans-Tasman band refresh the catalogue and Opera House memories as the hall of fame beckons.
Album reviews
Australians channelling the spirit of Dylan, their folk friends, the blues and more ghostly electro pop meet a too-little-known soul queen.
Springsteen announces three more Australian shows
The big national tour just got bigger for one of the greatest live bands in rock'n'roll.
From No Scrubs to no surrender
R&B; pioneers TLC are still pushing the idea of strong women and independence in modern music.
Uptown Funk in downtown fight over claims it was copied, again
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars could be looking at sharing even more of the proceeds from their hit song as another copyright case emerges.
Mambo, Mombassa and a surreal Australia on your back
The weird and wonderful ideas of artists with a rebellious streak turned a T-shirt business into a fashion powerhouse.
Heaven, and the money, can wait. There's an exam to sit.
One exam down, a few more to go and then this Year 12 student can start thinking about what to do with $50000 in prize money and a brilliant career.
Shortlist album reviews
A relocated American finds her roots on the Central Coast, rhythm-and-surf emerges from Sydney, a miniature soundscape is created, high art and anarchy kiss and the early '80s underground is repackaged,
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