Journal
Released in 1959, Kind of Blue remains one of the most influential jazz albums ever recorded. Its spacious trumpet lines, elegant piano voicings and quietly…
Children’s music is far more than cheerful background noise. A song gives young listeners patterns to predict, words to remember, beats to follow and sounds to…
Folk rock has returned to the centre of modern listening without abandoning its handmade character. Acoustic guitars, close harmonies, brushed drums and…
A well-crafted morning can shape the rest of the day, and few things influence how a morning unfolds more than sound. The right combination of rhythms, voices…
The punchy swell of trumpets, the smoky glide of a baritone sax, the cheerful punctuation of a trombone glissando - horn sections have long been the emotional…
Walk into any country pub from the dusty edges of Tamworth to the suburbs of Brisbane, and you'll hear a sound that has changed dramatically over the past two…
The 1990s produced a flood of rock records that shaped the sound of a generation. Seattle dominated the front pages, Britpop filled the tabloids, and countless…
The 1970s changed the way rock musicians thought about sound. Electric guitars remained central, yet many bands began stretching the genre through extended…
Bob Marley turned Jamaican reggae into a global language of love, resistance, spirituality and everyday resilience. His best-known songs can sound effortless,…
There's something quietly remarkable about a song that burrows into your mind on first listen and refuses to leave. Whether it surfaces humming in a Coles…