Music

Singer-songwriter Roberta Flack. | Newsreel

Relive Roberta Flack’s Top 10 Billboard hits

Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Roberta Flack has died aged 88. American music and entertainment magazine Billboard said Flack, who was reported as passing away
Read more 26 February 2025
Music producer Wondagurl. | Newsreel

Collab talent set to work with top producers

The rising Aussie artists to be mentored by Grammy-nominated producers Tommy Brown and WondaGurl have been named. ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said 10 successful artists had
Read more 24 February 2025
Guy Sebastian. | Newsreel

Guy Sebastian hits the big screen in Hindi Vindi

Australia’s Bollywood feature film Hindi Vindi, staring music star Guy Sebastian, hits cinemas next week. Industry website FilmInk reports the movie will mark
Read more 21 February 2025
Patricia Piccinini's Skywhalepapa. | Newsreel

Skywhales loom on Sunshine Coast horizon

Festival goers can expect a whale of a time at the Sunshine Coast’s Horizon 2025 contemporary arts event in May. Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli said while the
Read more 17 February 2025
The Andromeda Saxophone Quartet. | Newsreel.

Chamber music festival secures talent-building grant

A $525,000 grant will allow a North Queensland music festival to leverage its success and better develop the next wave of Australian musicians. Australian Festival of
Read more 13 February 2025
Young woman at music festival. | Newsreel

Creative team to guide green transition in the arts

A new national peak body has been created to help the arts sector transition from a carbon economy and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Creative Climate will be
Read more 12 February 2025
Queensland Symphony Orchestra The Rite of Spring. \ Newsreel

QSO season launch delivers shock and energy circa 1913

It will be a symphony for all the senses when Queensland’s premier orchestra joins forces with an internationally acclaimed circus company to launch its 2025 season
Read more 10 February 2025
Ozzy Osbourne. | Newsreel

Original Black Sabbath back after 20 years to say goodbye

Iconic English rock band Black Sabbath’s original line-up will play together for the first time in 20 years for the band’s final concert. A statement on the band’s
Read more 7 February 2025
Sting Live Aid 1985. | Newsreel

FireAidLA unites music stars in twin benefit concerts

Twin benefit concerts, featuring music stars from across the decades, will be held in California this week to raise funds for LA fire victims. From noon Friday (Brisbane
Read more 29 January 2025
Music producer in recording studio. | Newsreel

Music labels funded to nurture Aussie talent

Almost $2 million will be invested in Australian music labels which nurture and promote local talent. Music Australia will support 23 record labels, with an initial
Read more 21 January 2025