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If the Yarra could make music, this is what it would sound like
An ethereal soundscape in Melbourne’s CBD begins the moment the sun grazes the horizon – and no two listeners will hear the same work.
- by John Bailey
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Good times never seemed so good, until we started singing Sweet Caroline
Some kid named Caroline gets born in Boston, and 27 years later I can’t have a civilised halftime without being forcibly drafted into a mass singalong.
- by David Free
Sky Ferreira emerges after 10 years of ‘being erased’ by record label drama
The cult pop enigma returns to Australian stages for Vivid Live in Sydney and Rising in Melbourne.
- by Robert Moran
Hold on to your flugelhorn – this unlikely collaboration kicks brass
At this year’s Rising festival, traditional brass bands meet classic techno tracks, and you’ll be surprised at the result.
- by Kylie Northover
A pub with no peer: Remembering the glory days of the ‘Hoey’
As Vivid celebrates Sydney’s long-ago shuttered Hopetoun Hotel, memories of the gigs, the punters and the toilets come flooding back.
- by Barry Divola
Tears, relief and a room full of love greet Beth Gibbons’ stage return
The Portishead singer’s first solo album has been years in the making. At its first live outing in Paris, she shares the rapture.
- by Michael Dwyer
‘The musical that Australia needed’ is about to land in Melbourne
Soundtracked by the Warumpi Band, when Big Name, No Blankets premiered it ‘had standing ovations every night, even sometimes during the show’.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Cold Chisel to reunite and tour Australia
Australia’s most distinguished rock’n’roll band has announced a 50th anniversary tour.
- by Michael Dwyer
Deborah Conway condemns ‘extreme intolerance’ at Hobart concert
The singer and her musician husband have called out the actions of protesters after a woman threatened another with a glass shard on Saturday.
- by Karl Quinn
‘I still have impostor syndrome’: The chaos of Maya Hawke
Yes, her dad’s Ethan Hawke and her mum’s Uma Thurman. But Maya Hawke is creating thoughtful work on her own terms – including her new album, Chaos Angel.
- by Robert Moran
Here’s a balm for teen angst: the movie soundtrack is back
Just when it looked like streaming might have killed the soundtrack, several recent films show the artform might be entering a new golden age.
- by Esther Zuckerman