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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Music Classical music and psych together at last with SIMON SIMON by Elizabeth Browne [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/224392319″ params=”color=000000&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /] If you’re a fan of sweet male harmonies with acoustic and electronic undertones then Brisbane duo SIMON SIMON…
