Culture
Music
'Crazy': Hybrid band's joke homage to Nirvana in more demand
Elvana is at the forefront of a phenomenon that’s repackaging gone rockers without grief.
- by Michael Dwyer
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Streaming
From cabaret to Andrea Bocelli: your Easter streaming gigs covered
Another week of social distancing, another week of gigging from the couch.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Mental health
Top fives: Keep calm and carry on, we've got your isolation covered
Now is the perfect time to catch up on the best books, films, television shows, albums and podcasts you might have missed.
- by Nathanael Cooper and Michael Lallo
Review
Overseas acts come to the aid of the party
Live-stream festival Isol-Aid has stretched its wings and gone international.
- by James Jennings
Arts
With concert halls shut, this viola player is chasing good vibrations
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's principal viola is learning to play the theremin - and helping bring online music to locked-down classical fans.
- by Mikey Cahill
Performing arts
$27 million for arts organisations in new targeted support package
Targeted support will go to Indigenous arts, regional arts and music charity Support Act.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Coronavirus pandemic
Country folk singer John Prine dies from COVID-19 complications
The raspy-voiced singer, who was a favourite of Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson, has died aged 73.
- by William Grimes
Review
Out of her seclusion, Melody Pool emerges with caged fury and bliss
Melody Pool has been quiet for several years, but the virus lockdown marks her re-emergence with a streamed loungeroom gig.
- by Michael Dwyer
Live Music
As world spins off its axis, band seeks new balance
Melbourne post-grungers Soft Rubbish believe they have a world-first with a symmetrical album that plays forwards, then backwards.
- by Mikey Cahill
Coronavirus pandemic
How an Aussie humanitarian and Lady Gaga created the world's biggest isolation show
As COVID-19 intensified, the United Nations asked Hugh Evans for help.
- by Nathanael Cooper
John Prine and Iris DeMent sing In Spite of Ourselves
Singers John Prine and Iris DeMent sing In Spite of Ourselves Live from the Sessions on 54th St.