YUSSEF DAYES is a tour-de-force behind the drums. Widely recognised as one of the most electrifying live performers of his generation -...

Robbie Robertson (5 July 1943 - 9 August 2023) might not be a household name, but he deserves to be. Whether playing behind Bob Dylan...

SunNeverSetsOnMusic prefers not to wallow in nostalgia but, as an exception, I recall how even in my teens, my musical interests were...

Shuhada' Sadaqat | Sinéad O'Connor (8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) fearless | angelic | idealist | provocateur | vulnerable | determined...

This week we celebrate NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Organising Committee) with a playlist from 2022/2023 that...

For those who have ever had the pleasure and privilege of attending the annual Gnaoua festival in the Moroccan coastal city of Essaouira,...

Astrud Gilberto (born Astrud Evangelina Weinert (29 March 1940 – 5 June 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter,...

The Queen has left the stage, but her songs will forever be sung. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023)...

Arabic and North African music has had a profound influence on jazz and improvised music in Europe. The use of microtones, polyrhythms,...

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Gordon Lightfoot (17 November, 1938 – 1 May 2023) achieved international success in folk,...

If you are not familiar with the name of Karl Berger, you are not alone. Sadly, I only became aware of this exceptional man by reading of...

The question to be put to the Australian people at the 2023 referendum will be: “A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise...

Ryuichi Sakamoto (17 January, 1952 – 28 March, 2023) Japanese composer, record producer, actor, solo artist and one of three members of...

Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) American jazz saxophonist and composer. Wayne Shorter appeared in the late 1950s as a...

This article from The Conversation sheds light on a mystery - why many people's musical tastebuds seem to be cauterized at the end of...

"Faith Hope and Carnage" (Canongate Books, Sept 2022) captures the intimate exchanges between Australian singer, songwriter, author,...

He describes himself as "composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist" but perhaps the Australian didgeridoo master William...

On his new album, Jose James pays homage to Arykah Badu and Alice Coltrane, by reworking seven of the former's classic songs and...

History isn't only written in the pages of library books or captured on film or in documentaries - it also lives and breathes in song....

If you are fortunate enough to live in a Muslim country for awhile, the Call To Prayer, repeated five times a day, becomes part of...