Shaping the landscape of Australian guitar music
BY MATT WITHERS With a new album Here & Now just released, and the Australian Music Composition Competition open for its 10th anniversary, guitarist Matt […]
Matt Withers
“Job-relevant?” We ask 18 arts workers for comment on the university fee hikes
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR The Australian Government has announced major changes to university fee structures to build a new workforce of “job-ready graduates“. Education Minister […]
Stephanie Jones is breaking the stigma surrounding classical guitar
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Guitar is an instrument we often associate with genres such as rock and folk. To Stephanie Jones, explaining to others that […]
LIVE REVIEW // Miranda goes to see Matt Withers and the Acacia Quartet
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Imaginations Matt Withers and the Acacia Quartet Independent Theatre, 2 September Seeing the Imaginations concert by Acacia Quartet and guitarist […]
EVENTS // Melbourne Guitar Festival is baaack!
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE GUITAR FOUNDATION The Melbourne Guitar Festival returns to Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne this September for its fourth iteration. Since […]
A chat with the winner of the Matt Withers Australian Music Composition Competition
BY CARISSA DYALL In many ways, the classical guitar is an isolated instrument. If you’ve ever seen it performed, it’s likely you’ll have heard […]
This is how classical guitars are made
BY MATT WITHERS – AUSTRALIAN GUITARIST Imagine a guitar that can sing, producing the deepest bass to the highest treble, evenly and with good […]
VENUES ANNOUNCED: Everything you need to know about our print magazine
*OFFICIAL LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT!* Storytelling. Interviewing. Sharing opinions. Learning. Building friendships. Drinking coffee. These are the things that a print magazine is made of. And after […]
Arts news of the week (in 60 seconds)
BY JOHN GLOVER We know it can take a while to trawl through all the headlines in your newsfeed. So we’ve compiled our top […]
Get discounts to these music festivals and more
Did you know CutCommon subscribers receive live music discounts and giveaway opportunities every month? Here’s a taste of what’s happening in September… We’d […]