In last October’s Sable EP, Justin Vernon returned briefly to the sorrowful man-in-a-cabin vibes of Bon Iver’s breakthrough album, For Emma, Forever Ago.
While current global events would seem more likely to inspire dark or depressed music, the Tennessee-based, Bob Dylan-favoured Americana singer-songwriter Valerie June is pushing back.
A small audience greeted the exceptionally talented performance by the winners of the highest awards Australia and New Zealand have on offer.
Rita Ora has come a long way from her family’s exodus from Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) when she was a baby.
Babies and pre-schoolers were entertained with arrangements of well-known classical music excerpts at a fun festival event at St Paul's Cathedral.
Nadia Reid’s third album brings a flood of descriptions to the table, some of them contradictory, writes Tony Nielsen.