Think of it like a piece of theatre – Hamlet, perhaps – is Italian violinist Lorenza Borrani's advice for listeners approaching Beethoven's monumental and famously dense final string quartet, Op 131.

Adele will say hello to Queenslanders at The Gabba next year in the first major live music concert at the venue in more than 40 years.

Superstar Adele announces first Australian tour, will play stadiums around the country in 2017

Leon Russell, session musician for the likes of Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin before launching his own solo career, has died aged 74.

The in-demand director is set to follow the release of his sequel Red Dog: True Blue with a documentary on legendary Brisbane band The Go-Betweens.

Acoustic and electronic, ethereal and earthy, Slater's music transcends idiom

Bringing to life symphony greats is music to the ears.

What began in light-winged frivolity ended with a stark, grim flourish that turned your expectations upside down.

Coming across Bruce Springsteen on a broken down motorcycle on the side of the road could probably be a lyric from one of his songs, but it really happened for a group of guys from New Jersey.

"This is our first gig in Australia," James frontman Tim Booth tells the Brisbane crowd at the Tivoli on Friday night,

"I grew up with you," the female voice yells from the crowd. "I love you." Rodriguez smiles. "You haven't changed a bit," he says back.

Singer Katy Perry - a key supporter of Hillary Clinton - has cancelled her first concert after the 69-year-old's shock election loss.

Leonard Cohen's death at 82 might have been expected but it was also a shock.

Singer songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82. 

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Australia's first and only queer music festival Gaytimes returns in 2017, with early bird tickets already sold out.

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Sumi Jo, who returns to Canberra this month to perform Voices in the Forest, has a life-long affinity with the tortured star Maria Callas.

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The hedge fund manager and internet villain has been keeping the one-of-a-kind album for himself since buying it for $2 million last year.

Sticky Carpet: Melbourne Music Week, Teenage Fanclub announce second Melbourne show, Kutcha Edwards wins Melbourne Music Prize and more.

Not your average gigs, these.

You can take the girl out of Idaho, you can make her an international country star, but you can't ever take Idaho out of the girl.

Robert Forster has been accused of avoiding the darker elements of life in the Go-Betweens in his memoir. Over mounds of oysters, he tells Karl Quinn why he did so.