Jazz master Antonio Sanchez is at Bird's Basement until December 3.

They were a bunch of long-haired, hard-rocking skate dudes from the California suburbs - and they never took themselves too seriously.

Downtown Boys bring a powerful political message to their music.

Several Australian music artists have received Grammy nominations but the music industry's biggest awards show looks like it will be a showdown between rap's old and new guards with hip-hop acts dominating the main categories.

It looked set to be the year of the female at the ARIAs but a massive number of nominations failed to translate into wins for the ladies of Australian music.

In a different venue, a church bell ringing would have signalled the start of another AC/DC hit.

This Cat's ageless songs help tell a fascinating life story.

Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes has given energy minister Josh Frydenberg a lashing and ordered him not to use his name in order to sell "shitty" policies. 

Singer Paulini has been roasted after appearing on Channel Ten's quiz show Have You Been Paying Attention.

In Coronation of Poppea, wickedness triumphs and virtue is destroyed.

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New Zealand artist Lorde played her final show of the year in Melbourne.

A local star is set to be crowned at Australian music's night of nights on Tuesday, but it's a feather-haired blow-in who's understandably sparking the most excitement at this year's ARIA Awards.

First published in The Age on February 10, 1968

To complement William Walton's brilliant 20th-century modernist remix of the English oratorio tradition and Old Testament wrath, Belshazzar's Feast, conductor David Robertson and the SSO chose a new work that reflects on the whole tradition that gives rise to oratorio-like utterances and positions them in a post-9/11 world.

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Amy Shark is a shoo-in for ARIA song of the year on Monday, according to Australian rock legend Daryl Braithwaite.

You've got to love a band that gets as big as King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard yet still sets up their own gear.

Vance Joy has spent most of this year touring, writing and recording abroad, but three years after releasing debut album Dream Your Life Away the indie-pop singer born James Keogh proved he still deserves his home-grown-hero tag.

From Donald Trump to Kim Jong-un, Shortis and Simpson note the follicular follies of the famous.

A.B. Original – nominated for five ARIAs – won a full swag at The Age Music Victoria Awards.

Over two decades since coming together, Muse keep the musical bar high.

This concert has settings of Emily Dickinson and Patrick White texts and a work on Mary Gilmore.

A.B. Original's Reclaim Australia takes out Best Album at The Age Music Victoria Awards.

The story of a woman being dragged out of a Stevie Nicks concert has been hot conversation in Melbourne this week, filling the airwaves and even making headlines in the United States.