Renée Geyer, Australian jazz and soul singer, has died aged 69.
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It has become an Aboriginal campfire classic. Kids in American inner-city public schools sing it in choir. Chris Gibson unpacks the mystery and enduring appeal of The Church’s Under the Milky Way.
There was something about her voice, her way with a song. But there were lessons to be learned from her music, too.
Olivia Newton-John leaves a legacy as a sweet girl-next-door type with a sublime voice, who embraced the country that claimed her as its own.
Judith Durham was lead singer of The Seekers and a solo artist. One of Australia’s most recognisable voices, she has passed away at 79.
Australia is seen as a country that does not value musicians the way they are valued elsewhere in the world.
John Willsteed talks to Ed Kuepper, Peter Milton Walsh and Kenny Gormley about the man who would change Brisbane music forever.
50% of Wiggles merchandise sales are attributed to Emma alone. Here’s what she meant to audiences – and what happens next.
Perth band The Triffids were indie pioneers, and their charismatic vocalist David McComb, who died at 36, wrote lyrics imbued with the Western Australian landscape. A new film charts his story.
From legendary punk band The Saints to a current tour with drummer Jim White, Ed Kuepper has been making music for almost 50 years.
Where are they now? It’s half a century since Young Talent Times aired on Australian television. It changed its young stars and audiences.
Record label chief, promoter, TV producer, Michael Gudinski’s career stretched from Skyhooks to signing Kylie Minogue to charity feats and nurturing today’s talent on TV music shows such as the ABC’s The Sound.
The icon of women’s liberation has died in Los Angeles, aged 78. Her music shaped a generation of women.
Paul Kelly’s former manager draws on hundreds of interviews for his biography of the singer.
Australian musicians make it work by balancing music and non-music jobs, self-employment, contracts, and a love for the art.
Even though the way we access pop music has changed and gone digital, hitmakers lag behind other industries in terms of globalisation.
In his autobiography, Tell Me Why, musician Archie Roach tells the stories of loss, pain and survival behind his songs.
Australian composers have long referenced Indigenous music and culture in their works. A new platform paper suggests a more collaborative way forward.
The PM’s Spotify playlists are significant as they offer insight into what he sees as valuable in popular culture. They also remind us how women are excluded from the music canon.
African Australians contribute to all major musical genres - from dance to hip hop and beyond.
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Associate Professor - Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Professor of Geography, University of Wollongong
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Professor and Director, Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Musicology and Director of Academic Program, Music, Western Sydney University
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Musician, lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Head, Interactive Composition , Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Music, Queensland University of Technology
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
