Is Taylor Swift too big to fail?

Is Taylor Swift too big to fail?

For the first time in a long time,critics aren’t loving a new Taylor Swift album. Does it even matter?

  • byNell Geraets

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Beth Orton’s voice is ruined – and just as spectacular as ever

Beth Orton’s voice is ruined – and just as spectacular as ever

Performing at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Tuesday night,Orton’s control of her voice and all its flaws drew most of the audience to its feet.

  • byKarl Quinn,Cameron Woodhead,Tony Way andSonia Nair
Singer Martha on what it’s like to be a Wainwright:‘We talk,yell,cry it out or whatever’

Singer Martha on what it’s like to be a Wainwright:‘We talk,yell,cry it out or whatever’

After her revealing memoir about her famous musical family,singer Martha Wainwright brings her disarming candour to Australian stages in May.

  • byJohn Shand
Open Season’s 2024 program shows a live music scene still thriving

Open Season’s 2024 program shows a live music scene still thriving

“We need to encourage people to stay interested in arts and culture,rather than scare them off by saying it’s falling apart.”

  • byCourtney Kruk
Ticketmaster,Splendour in the Grass owner investigated by US government

Ticketmaster,Splendour in the Grass owner investigated by US government

Australia’s live music industry could be in for a massive shake-up,if the US forces Live Nation to offload its ticketing arm.

  • byKarl Quinn
Two wins for Bluey composer,while Brisbane’s best venue crowned

Two wins for Bluey composer,while Brisbane’s best venue crowned

Brisbane’s song of the year,best live music venue and best festival have been named at this year’s Queensland Music Awards.

  • byCourtney Kruk
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Fifty years ago,I went to Australia’s Woodstock. On Saturday,I went back
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Fifty years ago,I went to Australia’s Woodstock. On Saturday,I went back

In the 1970s,the Sunbury festival celebrated rock music and youthful indulgence. On the weekend,the crowd returned. This time their clothes stayed on.

  • byTony Wright
The ‘capitalist nonsense’ killing Melbourne’s live music scene

The ‘capitalist nonsense’ killing Melbourne’s live music scene

Cash Savage still remembers the first time she played to sold-out crowd at Fitzroy’s Old Bar. She’s growing increasingly dismayed about the future of the city’s iconic gig culture.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
James Taylor mesmerises and amuses his Kings Park audience
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James Taylor mesmerises and amuses his Kings Park audience

The famously subdued singer surprised and delighted the Kings Park crowd with full-blooded renditions of his cherished songs and lots of jokes.

  • byMark Naglazas
Engelbert Humperdinck on his feud with Tom Jones,Lesbian Seagull,and doing it at 88

Engelbert Humperdinck on his feud with Tom Jones,Lesbian Seagull,and doing it at 88

“I didn’t dabble in drugs… I’m afraid that’s why I’m still around.”

  • byRobert Moran
Festivals are hard,kids are soft. But there is hope for Generation Z

Festivals are hard,kids are soft. But there is hope for Generation Z

I’ve had some of the best and worst times of my life at festivals:from having my head stomped on by a crowd surfer at Big Day Out,to reaching for the wrong bottle of water one morning. Every moment has been worth it.

  • byMikey Cahill