LIVE REVIEW // Emma checks out the ANAM Set Festival
BY EMMA SULLIVAN The ANAM Set Festival: Opening NightAbbotsford Convent, 13 May Few industries were harder hit by the pandemic than the arts, with countless […]
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Brisbane is hosting its first mental health and arts festival
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This week, Brisbane is hosting its first mental health and arts festival — The Big Reach. Through conversations, technology, and workshops, attendees […]
A group of musicians, poets, and artists will explore place and identity after lockdowns
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The pandemic has challenged the artists of Australia. One group of performers, composers, visual artists, and poets will confront not only the […]
There’s no music on a dead planet
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Musicians across the world are uniting in a new campaign to demand climate action. In Australia, familiar names in our classical and […]
EVENTS // The Talent is highlighting the amazing abilities of young musicians
CONTENT COURTESY 3MBS The Talent is an exciting live performance program on 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne, which seeks to highlight the amazing abilities of up-and-coming musicians who have […]
Australian music industry launches a 3-point plan before the Federal Election
CONTENT COURTESY APRA AMCOS Sixteen Australian music industry bodies representing an industry worth $16 billion a year to the digital, entertainment, hospitality, and tourism economies […]
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 […]
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 […]