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Stranded but not alone, Ed Kuepper revisits a 45-year catalogue
Drummer Jim White joins the pioneering musician as part of Melbourne’s RISING festival.
- by Martin Boulton
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She made us cry with that Qantas song. Now she reveals her own pain
Australia’s Martha Marlow was 20 when she was picked by Randy Newman to sing his iconic tune. But some days she can’t play the guitar.
- by Susan Skelly
Gene Simmons: ‘There’d be very few rock bands if there weren’t girls’
The co-founder and frontman of Kiss discusses his humble beginnings as the son of Hungarian Jews, having no shame, and the song he wants played at his funeral.
- by Benjamin Law
Live streaming makes cents, but musicians need more dollars
As the world tilts towards digital streaming, accelerated by the pandemic, it’s vital that performers are properly paid, say arts leaders.
- by Nick Miller
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Newcomer could be a younger Tim Minchin
Not Today is billed as a song-cycle, but could just as easily be called a cabaret or one-woman show.
- by Harriet Cunningham
Music reviews: Animal Collective, Charles Mingus and more
Mardi Wilson’s Get Lost, Charles Mingus’s @Bremen 1964 & 1975, Benjamin Grosvenor’s Liszt and Animal Collective’s Crestone.
- by Jessie Cunniffe, John Shand, Barnaby Smith and Barney Zwartz
★★★★
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Nightmares and obsession threaded through concerto
Alfred Schnittke’s work for piano and strings is full of bold and striking ideas.
- by Peter McCallum
Amy Shark’s masterstroke was to let down her guard - and write with Ed Sheeran
‘He’s such a legend and the only person I’ve written a song with, lyric for lyric,’ says the chart-topping singer, who is enjoying a purple patch of creativity.
- by Martin Boulton
Daring to dream: New jazz journal kicks off with exhilarating gig
Dingo, a new biannual journal covering the Australian jazz scene, launched at a party starring young players and industry veterans last week.
- by Jessica Nicholas
How do you solve a problem like social distancing? Rely on your unique skills
When you put a group of musicians together, they want to get as close to each other as possible. COVID-19 forced the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra to come up with another plan.
- by Nick Miller
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She talks in beauty: Faithfull lends husky tone to Byron, Keats, Wordsworth
Marianne Faithfull’s collaboration with Warren Ellis delivers a brilliant new take on Romantic poems, while Australian Art Orchestra plays personal perspectives of war.
- by Jessie Cunniffe, Barry Divola, Bruce Elder and John Shand