Kiran Gupta discusses the renaissance of 70s and 80s music and analyses the reasons for its continued success.
When Queen frontman Adam Lambert recently released his new solo album, he turned more than a few heads. Gone were the days of his unashamedly flamboyant pop songs that provoked American television audiences and propelled his post-American…
Cassidy Watts grapples with some of the challenges that performers face in dealing with their mental health as well as the need to address these issues as a matter of priority, both from a historical and current perspective.
Music is one of the most important elements in everyday life, adding value in aspects of entertainment,…
Monty Hannaford provides some suggestions for books to read in isolation.
We are all in very different situations to what we could have envisioned at the start of the decade. However, I think a silver lining amongst the chaos is that as our pace of life has slowed, we have been presented with a unique…
Kiran Gupta reviews the production of Hamilton he saw in London in 2019 before looking ahead to the upcoming 2021 tour of Australia.
The rich harmonies of “One Day More” from Les Miserables have captivated audiences of musical theatre fanatics and casual fans alike for many decades now. But the tide has changed and now,…
Emily Tyrrell reflects on our current predicament and questions whether, as a nation, we can truly turn to our leadership at the moment.
Summer in Sydney regularly feels like a dream. The feeling of driving through your suburb, singing to songs everyone knows the words to, cackling to in jokes and the taste of a…
In 2013, “Blurred Lines” took the music world by storm.
Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. leaped to the top of the charts with the catchy, “throwback” song and the intrigue of their provocative (and indeed, deeply misogynistic) video. But after basking in the success of a song that would last them a lifetime financially,…