Music
Remembering Col Joye, Australia’s first teen idol

The world recently lost a music icon, and few can boast of a legacy like Sydney's homegrown supe ...  
Triple J's midlife crisis

It was meant to celebrate the best of Australian music, but the Hottest 100 countdown sounded more ...  
Guitarist Sebastian Jorgensen: Classical Montsalvat

In 1978, while on assignment for 'The Valley Voice', I photographed late classical guitarist ...  
Ozzy signs off, Metallica is on fire and Ben Lee goes radical

While disaster struck at Tomorrowland, the world said farewell to heavy metal's godfather, the ...  
Bats, mayhem and immortality: The legend of Ozzy Osbourne

Wild, unfiltered, and utterly unforgettable, Ozzy Osbourne was a metal icon who turned madness ...  
Online overreaction: Digital hysteria erupts over Coldplaygate

A viral kiss cam clip exposing an alleged affair sparked global outrage, with Coldplay getting ...  
Andrew Lloyd Webber — the coolest cat

Godfather of musical theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera' enjoyed a len ...  
Cleo Laine jazzes up the Sydney Opera House

This photo of the inimitable Cleo Laine belting out a jazz standard with the John Dankworth ...  
Honouring Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne and an Aussie icon

This week we look back but not in anger as Oasis and Black Sabbath steal the stage and an Austr ...  
Bob Vylan villainised at Glastonbury: The price of free speech

Bob Vylan's Glastonbury chant raises hard questions about where to draw the line between free spee ...  
When Tim Finn-ished with Split Enz he built a solo career

This promotional shoot for Tim Finn's solo album Steel City took place near a construction site ...  
Sly and the Family Stone, AC/DC and Australia's Hottest 100

Two industry greats pass, AC/DC goes back on tour and some hot Aussie music to melt the Winter ...  
Genre-bending artists who are using tech to break all the rules

Today’s music scene pulses with artists who embrace technology to push boundaries, fuse genre ...  
Indie pop-rock angel, Angie Hart

Angie Hart is an Australian vocalist best known for her role as lead singer in the alt pop-rock ...  
Farewell, Brian Wilson: With 'love & mercy'

Brian Wilson, the brains behind the phenomenally successful “sun ‘n’ surf” pop group, The ...  
Bad news for Billy, but Taylor triumphs

Two of music's biggest acts are making headlines this week, but for two very different reas ...  
Music departures: The Who, the Foo and Jim Morrison

The Who go on farewell tour, the Foo Fighters say goodbye to a key member and a missing piece of ...  
The beat falls silent: Vale Clem Burke and James Baker

Drummers are in the news this week, with a range of stories from the tragic to the straight up ...  

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