“There’s a therapeutic value I get from sitting back and listening to something that I’ve penned.”

Angus Stone:‘I just wanted to have a beer and write music’

The award-winning singer-songwriter on his composing rule,his superpower and where he goes instead of church.

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Australians are spending on big name stars like (clockwise from top left) Billie Eilish,Lady Gaga,Oasis,Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney – but not smaller local gigs.

Your superstar FOMO is hurting Australian music,report finds

A new report by Music Australia finds some fans are willing to “break the bank” to see a touring international act.

  • Linda Morris
The crowd on day one of the 2025 Bluesfest,which was said to have been its last ever.

‘It’s a clarion call’:Bluesfest boss delivers update on festival’s future

Things were looking grim for the much-loved music festival,with this year’s event set to be the last. But the fans responded.

  • Farid Farid
Ninety-seven-year old Noel Balfour has just recorded a new album in Andy Busuttil’s Blue Mountain Sound studio in Hazelbrook.

Meet Noel. He’s just recorded his second album at the age of 97

“I wake up with a song these days,” singer-songwriter Noel Balfour says.

  • John Shand
Composer,conductor and critic Fritz Hart.

The former Age critic who helped the MSO bring music to the people

Largely unknown outside academic circles,Fritz Hart was a seminal figure in Melbourne music.

  • Barney Zwartz
Melbourne five-piece Floodlights go deep on their new album Underneath.

Cathartic rock and eshay rap at its finest:The best new Aussie music to hear

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums,singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Nick Buckley,Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Robert Moran andJules LeFevre
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Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins with mum Robyn.

‘It was surreal’:Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins’ search for her birth parents

The Wiggles’ youngest member opens up about her return to her birthplace in Ethiopia for the first time ever last year.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Kneecap:Mochara,DJ Provai and Moglai Bap,in Melbourne.

Kneecap the latest act to play Fed Square,but they won’t be the last

The open-air space has become the city’s most happening venue for live music this summer,but it wasn’t by accident.

  • Karl Quinn
Amyl&The Sniffers in action in Melbourne on January 24.

A levy on tickets,discounts for young fans:Live music probe makes recommendations

A federal inquiry into Australia’s live music industry has tabled its final report,providing advice to government on how to support the struggling sector.

  • Karl Quinn