Last updated: September 10, 2017

Polish club hit the road

Iain Shedden dinkus music writer
Iain Shedden
Sydney duo Polish Club hits the road, singer Stella Donnelly’s rep rises, and US rapper Macklemore plays NRL final.

Funk and afrobeat revived

Agberos International, by BANTU
BANTU revives some long-departed kings of 1960s-70s funk and afrobeat.

Meet Dave, rock dad

Dave Grohl, Independent UK, June 18, 2015
DAVE GROHL
I’m still changing diapers at 48 years old. One kid wants her nose pierced, one is in diapers.

Defining sides in a split aesthetic

Asher Fisch, West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Picture: Rori Palazzo Picture: Palazzo Rori
PAUL HOPWOOD
It is difficult to imagine a more ­effective champion of the music of Richard Wagner than WASO’s Asher Fisch.

La Scala’s radical repertoire

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under the direction of Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly (L) in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Rome, Italy, 20 April 2012. The world famous orchester is performing Symphony No. 2 by Felix Mendelssohn for the Pope's birthday
RICHARD MORRISON
Riccardo Chailly is adding his own twist to one of the greatest opera houses in Italy.

Guitarist partial to jazz

(FILES) This file photo taken on October 10, 2015 shows Walter Becker of Steely Dan performing at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Becker, a bassist whose eclectic tastes from jazz to reggae helped create the intricate bohemian rock sound of Steely Dan, died on September 3, 2017. He was 67. His death was announced in a brief notice on his official website, with no further details released. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Santiago Felipe
Walter Becker, who formed Steely Dan with Donald Fagen in the 1970s, has died at the age of 67.

Kraggerud captures Grieg’s vigour

Australian Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud photo by Kaupo Kikkas
MURRAY BLACK
The enduring appeal of Edvard Grieg’s most popular works tends to ­obscure the range and quality of his achievements.

Bruckner survives rambling study

MSO maestro Sir Andrew Davis
EAMONN KELLY
Anton Bruckner’s symphonies can so easily unfold as unfathomable swathes of obsidian mystery.

Beck’s next is almost here

Iain Shedden dinkus music writer
Iain Shedden
It was scheduled to appear a year ago, but Beck would say only that it was due ‘in a few months’. Now we have a date.

Soaring tenor

Australian opera singer Kang Wang Image supplied
CAMERON PEGG
Kang Wang’s road to a stellar future in opera passed through Darwin and Brisbane.

Unwritten melodies

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Matthew Westwood
For Genevieve Lacey, making music come alive also involves deep listening.

Rare ivory

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The piano has been pushed out of an industry driven by computer-generated sound.

Not Bugg’s best work

Hearts that Strain, by Jake Bugg
Staff Writers
Jake Bugg said around the time of last year’s album that he wants every one he makes to be different.

Toscanini led by simple values

Musical milestone photo of conductor Arturo Toscanini wields a baton in 1937, from book 'Maestros, Masterpieces and Madness' by Norman Lebrecht.
MICHAEL TANNER
Somehow, Arturo Toscanini’s greatness as a conductor was bound up by his stand against fascism and his simple values.

Medical muso’s body of work

Gordi (Sophie Payten)
Iain Shedden
Australian singer Gordi, has spent weeks on a tour in the US, but still found time to cram for exams.

Finn’s four-hour record

Supplied Editorial
Iain Shedden
Songwriter Neil Finn likes to push the boundaries of his craft.

Four crowded hours with a master

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IAIN SHEDDEN
Neil Finn’s ‘most sophisticated’ album took half a day to record.

One muso’s vision takes in Hills

Supplied Editorial
GRAHAM STRAHLE
There is an ambitious experiment going on in the Adelaide Hills that is starting to yield ­impressive results.

Finding their voice

TWAM 26 AUG 2017
Trent Dalton
One epic Australian anthem, 5000 domestic violence reports a week … and 2500 voices soaring in glorious defiance.

New Orleans band looks offshore

When the People Move, the Music Moves Too, by Meklit
Staff writers
These luminous new American albums respectively plug into the electricity and ethnicity of Ethiopian and Cuban music.
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