The passing of its figureheads underscores pop music’s waning influence on personal identity
Classical music’s problem with women
The soundtrack to documentary ‘Brazen Hussies’ shows a breadth of feeling about women’s liberation in Australia
Family ties: ‘Crossover’ by Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
Straddling funk and soul, the singer/songwriter’s latest album has family and culture at its heart
The last days of disco: ‘Róisín Machine’
Róisín Murphy’s latest album is unusually mature pop driven by restlessness
‘First Take’, released 50 years ago, still echoes through the present
The life of a great Australian songwriter
The shifting interior: Chris Smith’s ‘Second Hand Smoke’
The home-recording Melbourne guitarist’s first album in more than a decade is free-ranging yet ruminative
Hello, Nasty: Janet Jackson’s sound of rebellion
A new analysis of ‘The Velvet Rope’ shows the controversial artist in transition
A tangle of red tape is robbing us of music podcasts in Australia