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Trio Da Kali played as part of Chamber Landscapes 2025 'Horizon' and 'Dialogue in Sound' at Adelaide Festival 2025.
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Music reviews: Horizons Chamber Landscapes 2025 and Dialogues in Sound, Adelaide Festival 2025

A concert that offered hope for the world and a rousing musical statement in a gilded Victorian concert hall.

L-R: Soprano Claire de Sévigné and clarinettist Lloyd Van’t Hoff made beautiful music together at Adelaide Festival 2025.
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Music review: Daylight Express, Elder Hall, Adelaide Festival 2025

Six exquisitely fashioned gems as part of a two-week series of lunchtime recitals at Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide.

A woman with longish dark brown hair and a green, white and black dress, sings into a mic with her eyes closed. Missy Higgins. Port Fairy Folk Festival.
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Music review: Missy Higgins, Port Fairy Folk Festival

A natural fit for the Port Fairy stage, one of Australia's favourite singer/songwriters did not let us down.

Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour' in Melbourne. The singer is at the centre of a 360-degree stage holding an acoustic guitar and singing into the microphone.
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Concert review: Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour 2025, Rod Laver Arena

Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' left the crowd buzzing from the energy.

A man in drag on stage. There is a band behind him.
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Performance reviews: Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Camille O’Sullivan: Loveletter, Adelaide Festival

Two Adelaide Festival shows look to the past, but with varying degrees of success.

A woman in a shoulder less black top with short bleached hair sings in to a microphone. She looks a little tortured. Cat Power. Port Fairy Folk Festival.
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Music review: Cat Power Sings Dylan, Port Fairy Folk Festival

When a performer truly shows their vulnerability, sometimes that can give rise to the greatest gigs of all.

A man wearing sparkly top and pants is mid pose. His face is hidden by his hand touching his hat.
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Musical review: MJ The Musical, Sydney Lyric Theatre

‘MJ the Musical’ is a dazzling production. But be warned: you may come away from it feeling uncomfortable, sad and…

A concert scene with lots of bright lights and backdrop. Four figures in cream can be seen on stage and a back up band behind them.
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Performance review: Björn Again, West Gippsland Arts Centre

The ABBA tribute band are back on a country-wide tour.

A young man, Joseph Keckler, in black lying on a couch with his eyes closed.
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Music review: An Evening with Joseph Keckler, Brunswick Ballroom

Playing across different styles and genres, this musician is experimental and entertaining.

Conductor Umberto Clerici is conducting musicians in foreground. Behind him are several performers on the ground in different poses.
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Music review: The Rite of Spring, Concert Hall, QPAC

Works that changed the course of modern music, alongside some bold reimagining, created a successful opening for Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s…

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