Music
![MSO. Dan Sultan. A man is seated at a piano on the left. He's singing. In the background are an orchestra of strings. A conductor is on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/MSO-0171.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Dan Sultan x MSO, Hamer Hall
This masterful collaboration demonstrated the immense power of elevating First Nations voices on the orchestral stage.
![A string orchestra playing in the atrium of a large retail space in front of a staircase. The musicians are masked and wearing black tie dress, with many colourful dresses included.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/ROCO-performs-at-POST-Houston-horizontal-Daniel-Ortiz_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
The performing arts company breaking every convention in the book … and winning
For a company working in an art form steeped in tradition, the choice to break away from some of its…
![live music: a male musician playing the drums in darkened bright blue light on a small stage.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/greyson-joralemon-wfBXHhMG67o-unsplash_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
NSW's sound investment in musicians
Live music and touring acts get a $4.8 million boost in NSW.
![Ability Fest. Five men in black T shirts are in front of festival crowd, one on the right is in a wheelchair, smiling and holding a microphone.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Ability-Fest_463-e1720066886832.jpg?w=310)
Ability Fest returns and expands to Queensland
The music festival with inclusion baked into its DNA returns this October.
![Melt 2024 first program reveal – Club Broadway: A Wicked Halloween Ball. Photo: Supplied. A digitally rendered image featuring a witch in black at the centre, floating into an eerie green background surrounded by bats and phantoms.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/club-broadway-e1719987368287.webp?w=310)
Melt gets heated for Halloween with wicked drag
Brisbane’s 2024 Melt festival is gearing up with further program announcements including a ‘Wicked’-inspired Halloween ball.
![A geo-locator for live music gigs. Photo: Tnarg, Pexels. A person wearing headphones walking on the street with his phone out, seemingly in search of something.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/pexels-tnarg-4206427-e1719978680741.jpg?w=310)
New one-stop platform to help locate live gigs anytime
Live Music Locator is a free to use platform that aims to tackle discoverability issues for small to medium music…
![A concert hall. At the front can be seen rows of audience. Further back is the orchestra, with mostly woodwind instruments.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Photo-22-6-2024-9-02-20 PM1.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Rachmaninov: The Symphonies, Adelaide Town Hall
A dazzling display of virtuosic musicianship with the ASO and conductor Andrew Litton.
![A dynamic photo of a two-piece punk band playing live. A dark haired man in a black t-shirt plays the guitar as he sings into a microphone; behind him a woman plays drums.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Chimers-band.jpg?w=310)
Australian musicians in dire straits yet Triple J won’t shift its commercial focus
Why does the taxpayer-funded Triple J consistently play commercially oriented pop at drive time instead of Australian indie?
![A brunette woman wearing a sparkly pink dress is looking to the side.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Christina-Bianco-by-William-Ernst-3-e1719281344678.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Christina Bianco: In Divine Company, Adelaide Cabaret Festival
All our favourite divas came together in one slick show.
![A woman is standing in front of a red curtain drape. She has dark hair and is dressed in black, with red trim. She is gesticulating, with arms stretched out, dramatically.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/TELOLM-21-06-24-17-3-e1719981760806.jpg?w=310)
Cabaret review: The Exotic Lives of Lola Montez, Chapel Off Chapel
A cabaret tribute to the scandalous 19th century dancer and performer.