Entertainment
Music
Meet the music man who speaks volumes with his hands
Canberra International Music Festival artistic director Roland Peelman tells us what he's got lined up for the festival's 25th anniversary.
- by Steve Evans
Latest
Big Freedia: The bounce queen of New Orleans
Big Freedia shook off a hurricane and an arrest to pioneer a booty-shaking brand of hip-hop adopted by Beyoncé.
- by Barry Divola
ARIAs
Amy Shark and 5 Seconds of Summer sweep the 2018 ARIA Awards
Shark, 5SOS and Kasey Chambers were the big winners of the night.
- by Nathanael Cooper, Robert Moran & Natassia Chrysanthos
'I break down; I cry': Adam Levine on Maroon 5 manager's shock death
Jordan Feldstein, a successful artist manager and brother to Jonah Hill, died last year at the age of 40.
- by Cydney Henderson
Live music
'I'm absolutely underrated': Shania Twain embraces her career revival
The pop superstar is returning to Australia for her first tour in almost two decades.
- by Robert Moran
Live music
'Disgraceful and disruptive': Gang of Youths call for Viagogo ban
ARIA winners Gang of Youths have called for global ticket reseller Viagogo to be banned in Australia.
- by Robert Moran
Barenboim's return well worth the wait
Beethoven himself was born in the bicentennial year of Daniel Barenboim's companions on this tour, the superb Staatskapelle Berlin.
- by Peter McCallum
review
Arts
Chamber orchestra ends year with assured, crowd-pleasing program
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra flowed, mostly, through a program of Bach favourites.
- by Clive O'Connell
Gaza's only grand piano makes public comeback
The only grand piano in the Gaza Strip has been played in public for the first time in a decade - following a complicated international restoration effort to fix the instrument after it was nearly destroyed in an Israeli airstrike.
review
Arts
Queenscliff Music Festival keeps up the good-time feel
Unpretentious but not lacking in talent, the festival is relaxed and happy.
- by Hannah Francis
review
Arts
Fine showcase for MSO
They don’t get more classic than the opening and closing works on this latest program from the MSO.
- by Clive O'Connell