Lady Gaga's Joanne review: Change of track is seriously disappointing
If Joanne is meant to reveal the real person behind the meat suit, why does it sound so generic?
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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.
These days turned out nothing like he had planned
He may have begun as a Neil Young disciple but these mild pop days turned out nothing like he had planned for Bernard Fanning.
Botticelli feet and an optimistic heart
Anger has turned to optimism for the Canadian/American singer and now mother whose life is always played out in her songs.
Shortlist album reviews
A cast recording of an Australian-created musical joins two women rocking, four Sydneysiders trippy dancing, one man planting bluegrass in LA and some Americans moving from the porch to the big tent.
Leonard Cohen is not saying farewell yet
He said he was approaching death but a new album shows that the great songwriter and poet has a lot more to say on life, faith and truth.
Bigger isn't always better in the country
Bigger sound and a bigger room but the best moments for this Nashville singer/songwriter was in the contrast between the tough and the tender.
Never mind the purists, Bob Dylan deserves a Nobel Prize
Want debate? Declare a songwriter a poet. Want controversy? Award that songwriter the most famous literary prize of all.
Remaking music in their image
When sisters each make it to No.1, it's news. When both of them are changing the way music is made, it could be historic.
Higher visa fees for touring artists could cripple the Australian music industry warn promoters
Making artists wanting to play in Australia pay three times the price for a visa may see ticket costs rise and tours fall.
Five weeks in a canvas boat
Finally learning some lessons about songwriting, and life, after 30 years as a musician has turned Irishman Glen Hansard into somebody new.
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