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Another guest live in the studio! This week it’s Melbourne artist Sweet Whirl, aka Esther Edquist, chatting about her wonderful 2020 album, How Much Works, and her upcoming gig at Meadow music festival in the Otway region of Victoria. Esther plays a couple of tracks by artists she loves, and there are also great songs by Liz Stringer, Katie Brianna and Fanny Lumsden. Here is the playlist: First Time Really Feeling – Liz Stringer Making Believe – Katie Brianna

FireFox NVDA users - To access the following content, press 'M' to enter the iFrame. It feels redemptive. Standing and dancing remains off limits, but that doesn't stop our bottled up emotions from exploding: there's a palpable and heady mix of relief, excitement and perhaps disbelief that we're experiencing music on this scale again. It's hard to imagine a more spirited return to the world of live music than seeing this band: a band that's key to the soundtrack of modern Australia, a band that stands for something, and a band that continues to perform with a visceral ferocity that would su...

Castlemaine State Festival unveils 2021 program, feat. Josh Teskey, Archie Roach and more Josh Teskey and Ash Grunwald Words by Talia Rinaldo One of Australia’s most important regional arts festivals is back. Returning for its 23rd event, the Castlemaine State Festival has unveiled its expansive 2021 program, promising a stacked festival of music, physical theatre, circus, dance, literature, visual art, film and free events. What you need to know The biennial festival returns to Castlemaine for its 23rd edition This year’s event will run for 16 days across March and April with ...

Katie chats to much-loved Melbourne-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jordie Lane about his two new albums with his music and life partner, Lollies (aka Clare Reynolds): Back in Time: The Songs (Reimagined) and Back in Time (The Stories). With Jordie and Clare’s rescue dog, Tassie, providing accompaniment throughout, Katie talks to Jordie about the COVID situation in Nashville, how the new albums were recorded, why he is watering a bunch of bananas on the album covers, and this year’s plans for his and Lollies’ annual Christmas show with Liz Stringer. Katie and her co-host, M...

The exhibition has been curated by the capital gallery’s 2020 student intern, Paul Johnston, who said it had taken about six months to put together. As well as using pieces from the gallery’s collection, Johnston drew material from Victoria University of Wellington, the Alexander Turnbull Library and Te Papa. His starting point was a painting of the Queen commissioned by a group of young Kiwis who wanted to show their support for the monarchy. “It was an intriguing thing to think about. From there, I developed the concept about the relationship between portraiture and power – wher...