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April 2024

  • Marcia Hines performs with  her band at Melbourne University in  1977

    A look into Melbourne’s live music scene over 50 years – in pictures

    Photographer Brian Carr has spent 50 years documenting the notable and not so well-known musos who make up Melbourne’s vibrant live music scene

October 2023

  • Briggs from AB Original onstage at Yes 23, Now & Forever concert in Shepparton, Victoria on Friday.

    ‘It’s about generational change’: Briggs the star as Australian music greats team up to boost voice

  • Australian Musicians Come Together For 'Now &amp; Forever' Concert In Support Of Yes Campaign Ahead Of 2023 Referendum<br>SHEPPARTON, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese addresses the crowd wearing a 'Yes' T-shirt at 'Now &amp; Forever' at Shepparton Showgrounds on October 06, 2023 in Shepparton, Australia. An Artist and First Nations-led initiative, 'Now &amp; Forever' is a celebration and invitation to stand in solidarity with community to amplify choosing yes for the 2023 Referendum. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

    Voice referendum can still be a ‘moment of national unity’, says Albanese

September 2023

  • You’re the Voice: John Farnham lends song to yes referendum campaign – video

  • John Farnham performs in 2020.

    You’re the Voice: John Farnham lends song that ‘changed my life’ to yes side advertisement

February 2023

  • Paul Kelly at his home

    Paul Kelly: ‘I never heard back from Shane Warne – maybe he didn’t like the reference to his mother’

    The prolific songwriter and huge sports fan has a new compilation packed with songs about famous figures – including Warne, Adam Goodes and Eddie Betts

January 2023

  • Renee Geyer.

    Renée Geyer: Australia’s finest white soul singer was ambitious, unapologetic and too often overlooked

    The first woman to co-write and co-produce an album in Australia never found a firm footing on the charts, but has left a catalogue ripe for reappraisal

December 2022

  • Summer in the City composite. From Left to Right: Heather Mitchell in STC's RBG Of Many, One, Ellie Goulding in concert, Kendrick Lamar performs onstage and Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly.

    Summer essentials
    Your ultimate Sydney events guide: the best things to do this weekend, and what’s on through December

    Summer in the City is Guardian Australia’s guide to the best arts, gigs and festivals around the country. Here are some highlights for Sydney in December

November 2022

  • Vika and Linda Bull

    ‘It’s a funny business’: Vika and Linda Bull get frank on the ups and downs of a life in music

    Across their 30-year career, the singing sisters have performed for Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. But it was only during the pandemic that they came into their own

May 2022

  • Paul Daley

    How to Make Gravy is already a movie that plays in our heads. That’s its brilliance

    Paul Daley
  • Australian musician Paul Kelly

    Paul Kelly song How to Make Gravy to be adapted into a Christmas film

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