ANNOUNCED! Australian Women in Music Award winners 2022
CONTENT COURTESY AWMA DEBORAH CHEETHAM AO was honoured with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD accepted on her behalf by The Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk, MP Premier of […]
May 2022
Lydia Gardiner is using Instagram satire as source material for her new music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Perth composer Lydia Gardiner opens Instagram and scrolls to a new post from Trash Fire Poetry, she’s struck with a wave […]
EVENTS // The ANAM Set Festival is happening this week!
BY CUTCOMMON Want to hear a lot of new Australian music? The Australian National Academy of Music is this week hosting the culmination of The […]
Australia should have a universal basic income for artists. Here’s what that could look like
BY JO CAUST, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, THE CONVERSATION While artists struggle to get noticed in the Australian political arena, particularly in the lead up […]
Zela Margossian: “My music is a story of who I am”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Where does the story of Zela Margossian begin? Perhaps it begins Beirut, where she was born and raised as a child. Maybe […]
Cyrus Meurant on composing and collaboration during COVID
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Cyrus Meurant hasn’t stopped composing since the pandemic began. While performances of his work have been impacted by concert cancellations, Cyrus has […]
The Australian music industry has a bullying and harassment problem
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you know, this story discusses topics surrounding bullying, sexual harassment, and assault. For mental health support, contact your GP, call the […]