Peter McCallum casts his eye over the best of the week's classical music offerings.

Taylor Swift has taken her snake queen image to new heights with the launch of the music video for her new single Look What You Made Me Do.

Sad but true, the songs of Tex, Don and Charlie stay with you long after they've wandered off to another town.

YouTube, Spotify... All the records are tumbling to Taylor Swift's comeback.

Monsieur Camembert can do Leonard Cohen better than Hal Willner's much vaunted Came So Far For Beauty

Firebrand Kehlani Parrish at only 22 years-old leaves many of her contemporaries for dead.

For this mid-year gala, Sir Andrew Davis presented a concert version of Massenet's once-popular opera, Thais

Swifty is back and, boy, is she cross.

Taylor Swift's feud with Katy Perry has just stepped up another notch.

Sticky Carpet: Brooklyn's Big Thief return in December and Gang of Youths deliver on their promise.

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Canberra was treated to some dynamic chamber music performances this week.

The Space Jam-themed clip has copped a lashing from viewers online.

A couple of years after being appointed new artistic director of the Song Company, Antony Pitts is relishing the chance to take more risks with his programming.

The US popstar's face was featured in an ad for a group promoting the 'No' vote in the plebiscite.

Queens of the Stone Age chief Josh Homme slips into his dancing shoes on new album Villains.

The first single will drop during the daytime on Friday in Australia

As if the blues, beer, drama and humour weren't enough, Tex Perkins had to argue with a guitar

She was a child star for the social media generation, but Halsey is determined to transform the hype into long-lasting success.

After social-media spats and Live touring without frontman Ed Kowalczyk, the dust settled and a reunion was tabled over a couple of cold ones.

Opera Australia is bringing the best local and overseas talent to the stage in 2018.

The Killers raise the roof, Grizzly Bear get personal, Queens of the Stone Age rock out and Gian Slater casts a spell.

There's plenty to see and do in Canberra over the next week.

A decade and three top-five albums later, the Jezabels are back where they started. Well, down the road a bit.

The slippery answer to Taylor Swift's confounding reptilian post on Instagram isn't too far off.