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'It was unbelievable': Australian same-sex couple's proposal wows Adele
For Wade Nicholson-Doyle and his partner Chris, it was a magical experience - particularly after a difficult few months following their cafe burning down.
For Wade Nicholson-Doyle and his partner Chris, it was a magical experience - particularly after a difficult few months following their cafe burning down.
More claims that the English songwriter has borrowed from earlier hits for his own songs, and this time he's giving credit.
The first Canberra performance of a Sibelius work, a Dvorak symphony and Gliere's horn concerto are all on the program in the NCO's first 2017 concert.
Another Adele gig, another heartwarming Adele moment.
Symphony for the Common Man. Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Opera House, March 15. ★★★½
Canadian rapper and pop star Drake has become the first ever artist to hit 10 billion streams on Spotify.
Chuck Berry, whose roistering songs to teendom laid the ground work for rock'n'roll, was one of the last surviving giants who took the music out of America's Deep South to the world.
The singer pulled out all the stops in a firey show with bells, whistles and a whole lotta love.
What Sir Andrew Davis emphasized in his reading of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece was that thread of tragedy underpinning the work from its lugubrious opening to the last moments' fade-to-black despair.
Fusing jazz with India's folk creates a whole new treasure trove.
US rock and roll legend Chuck Berry has died at the age of 90.
Amy Shark is an appealing performer whether dancing with abandon and trying to get the crowd going or playing guitar and cooing her tales of woe. But there's a nagging concern.
Jordan Rakei has always been a fiercely talented pianist, vocalist and arranger but has found his niche in neo-soul.
An intense look at women as friends, lovers, inspirations and mysteries takes this folk singer into new emotional and musical territory.
Some people throw a big party when they turn 50; the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt decided to chronicle each year of his life in song, from '66 Wonder Where I'm From through '92 Weird Diseases.
Folk rock, Turkish dance, electronic rock, pop rock and a dash of Liszt.
When musicians experiment with unusual instruments – not to mention noisy household gadgets – the results can delight and surprise.
It was love at first sight – or sound, at least – when Australian multi-instrumentalist David Lewis first encountered French chanteuse Belle du Berry singing with her group La Belle Equipe.
Frankston's Pier Bandroom launches with an outdoor street festival, Kit Warhurst's debut album, Mark Seymour and more.
Hello Melbourne from the other side of half a million Australians who have been there, bought the T-shirt and loved the biggest concert tour of Australia ever.
The mix of vivacity, a girlish voice and an innate sense of groove epitomise the bossa nova style, yet this was by no means a performance of unabashed magic.
There is a push for one of Brisbane's fathers of punk to be immortalised in the neighbourhood of his youth after an ABC doco piqued a resident's interest.
From Brinsmead's setting of Trees to Bernstein's Make Our Garden Grow, green is the theme of this concert.
Bieber's movements, his delivery and his eyes have the haunted feel of someone who has been here so often that he is seeing this show replayed in his nightmares now.
The youthful, revered pianist didn't disappoint in his one-night-only show.
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