Music
![Always Live. Image is a blue lit stage with a blonde woman in a sleeveless dress singing or speaking into a microphone.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Always-Live-2023-Taylor-Made-Northcote-Theatre-A-Simon-Fazio-2023-11-24-20.15.48-DSCF2624.jpg?w=310)
Music reviews: Taylor Made and Summer Camp Festival, ALWAYS LIVE Festival
As 'Taylor Made' and 'Summer Camp Festival' proves, live music is back.
![Chicago. Image is a chorus line of dancers grouped behind a woman in a very short black dress and stockings. All have their right arms raised and wrists slightly bent, and their right legs bent so they're on tiptoe.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Zoe-Ventoura-and-ensemble-All-That-Jazz-CHICAGO-c-Jeff-Busby-1.jpg?w=310)
Musical Review: Chicago, Crown Theatre, WA
One of the longest running musicals on Broadway is returning to tour Australia, first stop Perth.
![35mm. Image is a cast of performers, some seated on the ground, some standing behind, all pointing cameras at the photographer.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/thirty-The-Cast-Photo-by-Bryan-Ruiz.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: 35mm, Flight Path Theatre
Little Triangle's latest production is musical theatre inspired by photography.
![Shane MacGowan. Image is of two band members on a stage, one singing into a microphone and wearing a flat cap.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ShaneMacGowan.jpg?w=310)
Shane MacGowan: a timeless voice for Ireland’s UK diaspora
MacGowan gave visibility to the second-generation Irish in England, says Dr Sean Campbell.
![Mushroom 50. Image is of a rocker belting out a song with a band behind him.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Jimmy-Barnes_CreditsTo_Mitch-Lowe_MushroomCreativeHouse-3.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Mushroom 50 Live concert, Rod Laver Arena
A star-studded line-up celebrating Australia’s best music from the past 50 years.Â
![Circa. Image is a group of barechested acrobats holding up another performer on a dark stage.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/David-Kelly9A0096.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Son and Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus, Playhouse Theatre, QPAC
A Circa double bill featuring new work from First Nations-led ensemble Circa Cairns, and a family-friendly reimagining of Mozart and…
![Aguilera. Image is blonde singer in red on stage surrounded by a band dressed in black.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/XTINA_Melbourne_ladydrewniak-5.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Christina Aguilera, Live in Concert 2023, Flemington Race Course
Hitting all the right notes, Christina Aguilera returns to Australia after 15 years.
![A Christmas Carol. Image is a darkened stage with an ensemble of Dickensian actors holding lanterns and Scrooge in a reddish dressing gown looking out through a door frame.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/xmas-carol.jpeg?w=310)
Performance review: A Christmas Carol, Comedy Theatre
'A Christmas Carol' returns after a triumphant run last year, this time with Owen Teale as Scrooge.
![Older white woman with grey hair stands beside younger woman with dark hair and glasses, seated at the piano, mentoring and teaching her.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Screen-Shot-2023-11-17-at-4.24.11-pm.png?w=310)
Me and my mentor: Fiona Jury and Robin Baker
Working together to build skill, musicality and, above all, confidence, these two music teachers explain their mentoring process.
![Chopin and the Mendelssohns. Image is a headshot of a woman with a side parting and wavy shoulder length hair, tilting her head on one side and smiling at the camera.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Untitled-design-2023-11-23T163000.212.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Chopin and the Mendelssohns, Adelaide Town Hall
The Australian Chamber Orchestra made fine music with pianist Polina Leschenko.