The year in live music: royalty, roots and rip-offs
Madonna was late, late for a very important date but Prince was early, Gillian Welch right on the money and Crowded House was full - a big year in gigs.
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.
Madonna was late, late for a very important date but Prince was early, Gillian Welch right on the money and Crowded House was full - a big year in gigs.
A teen pop star who became a worldwide figure of substance, and substances, he earned the right to sit alongside his heroes Elton John and Freddie Mercury.
The Sydney duo prefer to hide away in isolated pockets of the world with nothing but feral beasts and rising damp to inspire their acid-dance recordings.
Music has always helped the people of the Appalachians get through the hard times, but when Dori Freeman was child, she wanted nothing to do with it. So why did she change her mind?
Being a top bloke can't make up for giving away what soul you once had. The blandness of being Keith Urban.
Like their songs, Coldplay go big, very big, but just on the right side of huge.
While the world went off the edge, some of the biggest names in music walked off for good and others stood up and demanded to be heard at least one more time. What a year.
A little bit slow, a little bit thin and a little bit light on the best songs, but there was plenty of fun to remember, and farewell, one of the pop gems of the 1960s.
For Tim Levinson, aka Urthboy, wearing three hats - manager, boss and artist - is all about doing the right thing.
If proof was needed he could write a classic song any time he wanted to, Ryan Adams created one on the spot, sliced, cooked and ready to eat.
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