contemporary music
Summer festival season heats up as programs launch nationwide
Adelaide, Perth and Sydney Festivals launched their 2024 programs this week, with Mona Foma waiting eagerly in the wings.
60% of women and non-binary people feel unsafe in Melbourne’s music spaces
Many punters also report feeling unsafe, explains academic Andrea Jean Baker.
So you want my arts job: Touring Manager
If you have an affinity for logistics and a love of live music, working as an artist touring manager may…
National Cultural Policy needs a Music Australia agency: Greens
A national peak body for contemporary music could help grow the sector at home and abroad.
Why musicians revisit their pain and doubt in their art
Music has the potential to change our experience of intrusive thoughts and how we deal with pain, writes Cher McGillivray.
Discover a secret side of Sydney and music under the stars
Night at the Barracks is a brand new arts and music festival held on a former army parade ground at…
Not paying royalties for session musos is damaging the music industry
Australia is one of a handful of developed economies that does not support the rights of performers to ongoing royalties,…
How are commercial shows faring post-COVID?
While stadium gigs and major musicals have returned, show business must jump hurdles to bring us the biggest names in…
Review: Buried Country, The Beginning of Nature & Baker Boy, Darwin Festival
Impressions and critical reflections on the opening weekend of this year’s Darwin Festival by our Performing Arts Editor, Richard Watts.