Generation safe surprises no one but Beyonce sneaks in
Nice and easy does it yet again for the triple j listener poll but finally the biggest name in pop gets a seat at the table.
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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.
2017: a year painted Adele
The biggest tour ever to Australia, the return of music legends and albums that promise a new future. It's the year ahead and it looks packed.
Are you deaf Australia? A new Change the Date song launched
The movement to change the date of Australia Day has a second, pungent and focused anthem with a collaboration between many of the country's leading hip hop artists.
Hope and history trumps an ugly man's world
She was equal parts Bowie, Kate Bush and Bjork but also herself in a five-star show.
Together, not alone
It wasn't about tragedy but about the way unity is strength, on stage and off, so that we were together, not alone.
Australian Music Prize pits legend against 'scummy punk' upstarts
From hip hop and political agitation to pop, punk and a one-man band, the rich album award is a fascinating cross-section of local music.
A retrospective with comfortable fit
Solo and then with his son, the Englishman was droll and never short of clever songs that felt appropriately aged.
Once more with feeling and songs
Words weren't necessary for Nick Cave or his band when they returned to the studio or the stage after a horrific loss: it was all in the feeling.
Sydney Festival Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith review: pleasant electronica that does nothing special
The American composer and performer missed an opportunity to make something more than mild music.
Who's been a busy boy then?
Will Toledo had a dozen albums out before most of the world got to hear him.
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