**ENTRIES OPEN** 2017 CutCommon Young Writer of the Year Competition
**ENTRIES OPEN FOR YOUNG MUSIC WRITERS IN AUSTRALIA** No experience necessary – just a passion for music In 2016, we launched our inaugural CutCommon […]
Lucy Rash
What is the future of Australian arts journalism?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR Arts journalism in Australia faces a challenging future. The news that Fairfax has announced it will cut 125 positions, demolishing its coverage of the arts […]
Live review: Australian Electric with Three
BY LUCY RASH Australian Electric Three Melbourne Recital Centre, 23 February ‘…a sonic experience that is introspective, intriguing, and refreshingly relevant. You should […]
Ben Opie: “The Skrillex of oboe”
BY LUCY RASH Two types of people walk the alleys of Melbourne’s wildly eclectic arts scene: those who argue classical music is a static […]
Rocking the records with Pat Monaghan
BY LUCY RASH I recently spent a large chunk of my time cataloguing the records on my lounge room shelves. What are summer holidays […]
How to approach the press about your music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR One of the industry skills that our music degrees often fail to teach us is how to approach the press […]
What’s new at CutCommon in 2017?
From the editors, Stephanie Eslake and Lucy Rash Happy New Year from CutCommon! Welcome to 2017! Thanks to the support and enthusiasm of […]
CutCommon founder wins Young Citizen of the Year award
CutCommon founding editor Stephanie Eslake has been named the City of Hobart Australia Day 2017 Young Citizen of the Year. The award was given in […]
At what point do we stop emerging?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE I’ve been wondering something lately, and I don’t think I’m alone. What does it mean to be an ‘emerging’ artist? And when […]
Meet Myles Oakey, CutCommon Young Writer of the Year
BY LUCY RASH CutCommon feels like far more than an online publication. It’s mutual ground, in a way. It has the uncanny ability to […]