Middle Kids remember what it's like to play to a small room but, on the strength of their six-strong EP, they're now playing to much bigger audiences.

Even Joe Henry, a scholar of American music if ever one lived, had to confess he didn't know the whole story behind Midnight Special until his friend Billy Bragg told him.

Music legend Patti Smith has passed the baton to the next generation of rockers.

Following Prince's shock death last April, fans paid their respects in the most appropriate way: by buying his albums and listening to his music.

How the only kid in a town of 40 people went on to become a star.

Lisa Schouw conjured up the tempestuous spirit of the great Nina Simone

MUSIC ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS ★★★★ Melbourne Recital Centre April 19 & 20

In nearly 50 years Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell have seen the hits dry up but not the demand for their soft-rock sound.

A court on Wednesday issued a temporary injunction barring the release of the six-song EP Deliverance.

Sticky Carpet: Record Store Day, the Tommyhawks single launch, At The Drive In.

From Wolfmother to an Aussie Americana double-header, we have live music covered.

Hottest 100 runner-up Amy Shark's new EP; hip-hop kingpin Rick Ross ages gracefully, Australian world music ensemble Masha's Legacy create a delightful potpourri.

Hans Zimmer apologises in advance. "I hate to namedrop," says the Academy Award-winning film score composer whose credits include Gladiator, The Lion King and The Dark Knight, but when it comes to explaining why he's performing arena concerts after decades hidden away in his studio, it can't be avoided.

Bridging generations and styles, the British singer took soul into old and new territories.

The locomotive gathered most steam when the performers went their own ways

Potter power turns a concert series into one of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's biggest hits.

Plans to release new music by Prince on Friday's one-year anniversary of the singer's death have been hit with a lawsuit claiming the works were stolen by his former sound engineer.

What do you get when you mix the Coachella music festival, a clearing in the woods and the threat of thermonuclear war?

Brothers Matt and Nathan Savage plus guitarist Billy Watts make up Melbourne trio Destrends.

Amy Shark spent 15 years searching for her sound, but has always written from raw real life. Now she's playing sold out shows and headed to the States.

But he won't say which one.

Nashville Pussy bring their unquenchable thirst for southern rock and riffs back to Australia.

Album reviews: Ray Davies, Screamfeeder, Sam Outlaw, Woods and Ron Sexsmith.

Aladdin composer Alan Menken reveals the secrets behind writing a Disney song