Bette Midler was not the first to record Wind Beneath My Wings, a huge hit for her in 1988. You’ll […]
Burt Bacharach was the last of the great 20th century songwriters, who, together with lyricist, Hal David, created hundreds of […]
In the 80s and 90s, music splintered into dozens of sub-genres. Acid jazz, hip hop, trip hop, deep house, and […]
Every year, the National Film and Sound Archive Sounds of Australia collection gets a little bit bigger. Recordings of song, […]
The odds are overwhelmingly against anyone making it big in the music business. David Crosby did it three times. David […]
One early 1960s day in Sydney, Renée Geyer, the daughter of holocaust survivors, heard Aretha Franklin singing on the radio. […]
Every year. in January, at the end of my summer break, there’s a list of great musicians who’ve died while […]
In these days of download and stream, we might forget how big radio was in the rock music story and […]
I think making a Xmas playlist is the biggest musical challenge of any year. Rock and pop has been churning […]
There are two songs that were brought back to life thanks to audience intervention. One had been a hit before, […]
We’ve been exploring the music of the “two” years, all the way back to 1942. The final stop on that […]
Rock music is so often perceived as guitar, bass, and drums. But from the very beginning, piano players were central […]
One of the world’s top a;bums this month is the 56-year-old Revolver,released by The Beatles in 1966. It’s been remixed […]
Jerry Lee Lewis was the last man standing, the final survivor of the original rock and rollers. His was an […]
Electricity created stardom. Records, radio, movies, made it possible for actors and singers to be in many places all at […]
It’s 60 years since Dr No, the first James Bond film. It’s theme music is instantly recognisable, and has been […]
