Lists News 5 events you can’t miss at Sydney Festival 2020 by Heidi Harrington-Johnson It’s that time of year again, folks. Sydney Festival is about to hit our shores with a stellar lineup of…
News Baker Boy and Mojo Juju win big at the 2019 National Indigenous Music Awards by Claudia Schmidt The 16th National Indigenous Music Awards took place on Saturday night in Darwin, with Baker Boy and Mojo Juju taking…
Books Lists News Song Spirals, Growing Up Queer in Australia and more – Happy’s Weekend Reading by Happy Dive into a slice of literary bliss this weekend. Connect with the ancient song spirals of the Yolngu women of…
News Indigenous rapper Baker Boy named Young Australian of the Year by Molly Lasker Baker Boy, the moniker of Darwin-born Indigenous rapper Danzal Baker, has been graced with the coveted title of Young Australian…
News Gurrumul and Baker Boy lead tally at the National Indigenous Music Awards by Louise Osborne The 15th annual National Indigenous Music Awards took place over the weekend in Darwin, with Baker Boy and Gurrumul winning two and three…
Live Not a still body in the house: Baker Boy brings Marryuna to The Lansdowne Hotel by Dani Hansen It has been some time since I left a gig feeling so ready to kick ass. Fresh, fiery and full…
Magazine News Connecting on common ground: a chat with Baker Boy by Freya McGahey Quietly spoken but radiating with energy, Danzel Baker aka Baker Boy was completely at ease with the chaos surrounding him…
News Bluesfest keeps on growing; announces Boomerang indigenous mini-festival by Happy Continuing their crusade to make 2018 the biggest edition yet, Bluesfest has announced it will be teaming up with Boomerang…
Lists Thunderous highs and teary lows: our 5 favourite acts from Bigsound 2017 by Happy Bigsound 2017 is wrapped, and what a time it was. An Aussie answer to SXSW, the festival has been kicking…
Music Triple platinum Galiwin’ku musician Dr G. Yunupingu passes away aged 46 by Happy Dr G. Yunupingu, whose name and image has been withheld at the request of his family, has passed away aged…
Music Good ol’ Aussie bush rock gets a kick up the arse by local scrappers Shearin’ by Dean Elphick [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/247497063″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] Just when you were thinking there weren’t enough fair dinkum Australian pub rock…
News Get an exclusive first listen to the new Bon Iver album at these parties by Luke Saunders Bon Iver have just announced a bunch of worldwide listening parties where fans can hear the band’s new and highly…
Interviews Music Dying to hear Caiti Baker’s debut album? It’s nearly ready to drop, but she has few tricks up her sleeve yet by Happy Caiti Baker is taking off. A soul-steeped vocalist and front woman who recently embarked on a solo career, she’s already…