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Singer Esperanza Spalding with her back turned to the camera. She has a jacket with the words 'life force' and is carrying some pink flowers. Her brown hair is styled in cornrows.
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Music review: Esperanza Spalding, Hamer Hall

Esperanza Spalding was part musical theatre, part performance art, all entertainment.

Orchestra Victoria at The Meat Market.
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Orchestra Victoria launches 2025 season

Orchestra Victoria will perform its first full concert season in over a decade in 2025, including new additions to its…

Jazzmeia Horn in white is surrounded by a band: a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. The stage is lit in dark blue.
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Music review: Jazzmeia Horn, Melbourne Recital Centre

The singer makes her Melbourne debut performing songs from her newly released album, 'Messages'.

Chisato Minamimura, a woman wearing a white garment, is standing in the middle and pushing back two large disembodied hands that are lit in green in a performance of 'Scored in Silence.'
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Performance review: Scored in Silence, OzAsia Festival

The 2024 OzAsia Festival began with a literally gripping sensory performance.

Nubya Garcia at 170 Russell Street performing as part of Melbourne International Jazz Fest 2024. A Black woman on stage playing the saxophone with purple lights behind her.
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Music review: Nubya Garcia, 170 Russell Street

Nubya Garcia’s first tour stop was as passionate as it was cerebral.

In 2025, Morning Melodies celebrates 40 years at the Melbourne Arts Centre.
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Arts Centre Melbourne Morning Melodies celebrates 40 years in 2025

Arts Centre Melbourne Morning Melodies has attracted over half a million visitors across its forty years.

Michael J Fox, a young man in a red puffer jacket and Christopher Lloyd, with a contraption on his head as well. They are both attached to a machine in the middle in a scene of 'Back to the Future.'
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Concert review: Back to the Future in Concert, Hamer Hall

Marty McFly and Doc Brown ride again with stirring live music accompaniment by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Jimmie Nicol (far right) with John, George and Paul at the start of The Beatles’ Adelaide tour. Photograph captured by Vic Grimmett with pre-sale estimate $1000 - $2000. Image: Supplied.
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Jimmie Nicol, the Londoner who became a Beatle for 13 days, captured by Adelaide photographer

Works by Adelaide photographer Vic Grimmett are up for sale and among them are photos of The Beatles with one…

support of their latest album, 'Romance'.
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Fontaines DC, PJ Harvey and Hania Rani announced as first acts for Perth Festival 2025

Contemporary music will play a significant role in the 2025 Perth Festival, judging by the first three acts announced for…

Herbie Hancock with a microphone to his mouth and a keyboard slung over his shoulder.
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Music review: Jazz at the Bowl: Herbie Hancock + Marcus Miller, Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Musical legends firing on all cylinders.

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