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Music
Live music leaders discuss the way back for concerts and festivals
The leaders of Australian live music explore the road to recovery In a special industry roundtable convened by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
- by Karl Quinn and Nathanael Cooper
Latest
Live music
International music acts could record while stuck in Australian quarantine
It's time for some innovative thinking to get live music back on its feet, so we convened a roundtable with some of the biggest names in the industry.
- by Karl Quinn and Nathanael Cooper
Coronavirus pandemic
All Australian, all summer: festivals look within for the immediate future
Australians face a summer of local-only lineups during the busiest time for music festivals.
- by Nathanael Cooper and Karl Quinn
Pop culture
Singer-songwriter Gordi on new love, new self and new album
The past three years of her life have been tumultuous, to say the least, and Our Two Skins is the result.
- by Craig Mathieson
First Person
Tori Amos: 'My book is about standing up to oppressive and damaging men'
The musician and author talks about her career and the men who have influenced her.
- by Robyn Doreian
What's on
Best of the week: what to see, hear and do in Sydney from June 28-July 4
From Wonderland cocktails to fennec fox sightings, Japanese culture to big-screen blasts from the past, we've got your week covered.
- by Nicole Elphick
Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber: Stuck with U (official video)
Watch the official music video for Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber's fundraiser song.
Demi Lovato Simply Complicated trailer
Demi Lovato opens about about sobriety in YouTube documentary Simply Complicated.
Spectrum
Musicians shift from concert hall to factory floor as pandemic bites
Innovative, empathetic hosts are offering a lifeline to artists denied their place on the stage.
- by Michael Dwyer
Review
Music reviews: Bob Dylan, Paul Weller, Jessie Ware and Dan Rosenboom
Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dan Rosenboom's Absurd in the Anthropocene, Jessie Ware's What's Your Pleasure? and Paul Weller's On Sunset.
- by Barry Divola, Craig Mathieson, Annabel Ross and John Shand