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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
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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
Stellar performances (almost) make up for soulless venue: Tosca
Opera Australia staging of Puccini’s opera at Margaret Court Arena mostly paid off, plus New Zealand jazz pianist Jonathan Crayford hits Melbourne.
- by Bridget Davies and Jessica Nicholas
An album with a lush sound that fills every corner of the room
The young members of David Murray’s new quartet were no doubt eager to immerse themselves in of one the most thrilling sounds in jazz history.
- by John Shand
How a new generation embraced the complex sounds of the ’70s
Fifty years since peak prog, streaming has resurrected what punks tried to bury.
- by Michael Dwyer
Cassie Ventura speaks after Diddy assault video
Ventura said domestic violence had broken her down “to someone I never thought I would become”.
- by Danielle Broadway