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Oct 2020

Vale Helen Reddy

A tribute to the pioneering Australian singer Helen Reddy, who has passed away at age 78.

By Crispian Winsor / 2 Oct 2020
Sound
Sep 2020

Vale Max Merritt

Thorsten Kaeding pays tribute to Max Merritt, the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and lead singer of Max Merritt & The Meteors.

By Thorsten Kaeding / 28 Sep 2020
Sound
Aug 2020
Crowd of teenagers at the Battle of the Sounds competition.

Battle of the Sounds

In the late 1960s and early 70s, up-and-coming rock bands looked to find fame and win big by competing in the ultimate contest – Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds.

By Nick Henderson / 21 Aug 2020
Photographs
Radio
Sound
Nov 2019
Album cover for mental As Anything's record 'Get Wet' with a hyper saturated colour photo of the band members.

Get Wet

In November 1979, Australian band Mental As Anything released their debut album 'Get Wet' and launched a long career.

By Sean O'Brien / 27 Nov 2019
Oral History
Posters
Sound
Television
Aug 2019
John Farnham sitting on stage in front of an audience, looking back over his right shoulder at the camer.

John Farnham's Early Years

Before he was 'Whispering Jack', John Farnham was a teen idol named Johnny who was crowned 'King of Pop' five times.

By Mel Bondfield / 16 Aug 2019
Sound
Television
Jun 2018
The five band members of Cold Chisel standing in a row on a pier with water in front and behind them.

Celebrating Cold Chisel

Cold Chisel are the quintessential Aussie band who wrote the soundtrack for a generation.

By Mel Bondfield / 12 Jun 2018
Sound
Lee Simon and John Paul Young being interviewed at the St Kilda Film Festival

Right There On My TV

See highlights from our 1970s music television panel 'Right There On My TV', featuring Lee Simon and John Paul Young, at the 2018 St Kilda Film Festival.

By Simon Smith / 6 Jun 2018
Sound
Television
Mar 2018
Singer Jeff St John in a recording studio, seated in a wheelchair, wearing headphones and singing with eyes closed into a microphone.

Vale Jeff St John

We pay tribute to one of Australia’s greatest rock voices.

By Thorsten Kaeding / 9 Mar 2018
Sound
Feb 2017

Fanny's Memory of the World

Tasmanian Aboriginal recordings are inscribed in the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.

WARNING: this article contains names, images and voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

By Rod Butler / 8 Feb 2017
Sound
Jan 2017

Remembering Daddy Cool

We look back at the legacy of Daddy Cool, a band which delivered many firsts for Australian music.

By Karen Hewitt / 16 Jan 2017
Photographs
Sound
Television