News Best Events and Gigs Coming Your Way in August, September, and October by Evelyn Paige Shout out to BIGSOUND, SXSW Sydney and Craft Beer Festival for bringing the best of industry together Australia is set to explode with some of the best live music, festivals,…
Music Richard Green adds to his neoclassical trilogy with new EP ‘The Circle Closes’ by Tom Disalvo On new EP The Circle Closes, composer Richard Green brings an instrumental flair to pop, jazz and rock Richard Green has released his new EP The Circle Closes, a stirring…
Music Myrta delivers a Shakespearean epic on new single ‘Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer Day?’ by Tom Disalvo As far as Shakespeare adaptations go, Mryta’s new single is about as true to the source material as you could hope for. Myrta has released her new single, Shall I…
News Unleash your inner maestro because Apple Music Classical has arrived by Happy Classical music enthusiasts can finally rejoice as Apple has launched its much-awaited Apple Music Classical, offering an extensive collection of over five million tracks. Apple Music Classical has finally arrived,…
Music News Apple promised us a classical music app this year, where is it? by Amy Davidson Apple announced plans to release a dedicated classical music app in 2022, but time’s running out. Will they actually follow through? In a press release issued in August of 2021,…
Music News Politics An orchestra in Cardiff is under fire for cancelling a Tchaikovsky concert by Lochie Schuster Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra are no longer playing music written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky due to the conflict in Ukraine. The world is piling bans on Russia at the moment, from…
Interviews Music Imagination and maximalism: a chat with Gaspard Augé of Justice by Tom Cameron As one half of Justice, Gaspard Augé is responsible for some of history’s most supercharged dance music. With his debut album Escapades, Augé adjusts his vision. Gaspard Augé, alongside Xavier…
Features Pro Audio Talking drums and Talking Heads: the limitless world of percussion instruments by Josh Davies The percussion family consists of the widest range of instruments seen in any instrument family. An orchestral percussionist, for example, needs to master a huge variety of instruments, each with…
Features Pro Audio Romanticism to Radiohead: the unlimited potential of string instruments by Josh Davies String instruments are some of the oldest and most popular instruments in history. Ranging from traditional Asian instruments, like the Erhu from China and Koto from Japan, to the electric…
Features Pro Audio Baroque, Beatles and beyond: exploring the impact of brass instruments by Josh Davies Brass instruments are capable of some of the most explosive effects of all instrument families. But, the members of the brass family are a diverse group of instruments that can…
Features A history of the lute: from the middle Renaissance to rock by Luke Saunders “Now divine aire, now is his soule ravisht, is it not strange that sheepes guts should hale soules out of mens bodies?” – William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing. Sounds…
News Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood launches classical music label Octatonic by Sarah Gillard Multifarious composer and Radiohead co-founder Jonny Greenwood has launched a new contemporary classical music label, Octatonic Records. Greenwood was inspired to start the label after befriending fellow film composers over…
News Meet the two Australians bringing classical music to the 21st century… with rubber chicken covers by Lara Smetannikov Classical music fans rejoice – your favourite pieces are being reinvented for the 21st century with “fun, humour and simplicity.” And it’s being revolutionised by two inventive violinists utilising the powerful…
