Paul Donoughue

Bluesfest made clear just how long and treacherous the road back to normality will be.

Interviews with more than a dozen artists, managers, agents and others paint a picture of an Australian music industry grieving over what has been lost.

In pop music, the line between inspiration and rip-off is blurry. But the story of Olivia Rodrigo’s alleged plagiarism says as much about the music biz as anything else.

The change will take effect at November's ceremony and embraces some of the country’s biggest artists who don't identify as male or female.

We’ve gone from a 78 made from the faeces of a rare beetle to a bop that lives in the cloud.

What began one night in June, 1978, with a large crowd of partygoers ended in fear, arrests and brutal violence. This is an immersive 3D retelling of Australia’s first Mardi Gras.

Midnight Oil’s former manager Zev Eizik booked the singer’s first Australian tour in the 1970s. It didn’t start off well.

Peno was the charismatic leader of the band, who were underground favourites in the 1980s and 90s and were nominated for three ARIA awards.

Film industry software is helping researchers study how climate factors influence bushfire behaviour. After another hottest year on record, climate change is heightening the risk of severe bushfires and pushing us to find creative solutions. 

What's interesting about that later-in-life view of Ozzy was that it supplanted the idea of Ozzy the musician, at least for a younger generation.