TAGGED: Australian music
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Todd Hunter is a songwriter and musician known for his involvement in rock band Dragon. He’s also composed hits for other artists and for TV and film.

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Les Gock rose to fame in the Australian band Hush, before making a career as a writer and producer in the advertising world.

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Musician Don Walker (Cold Chisel) on the importance of saving audio tapes, and how he still keeps the handwritten notes where he first captured the ideas for many songs.

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Singer and musician Judith Durham (1943–2022) is best known as the lead vocalist of the 1960s music group, The Seekers – the first Australian band to achieve major chart and sales success in Britai

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In this interview recorded for the NFSA's Oral History Program, Wouter ‘Wally’ De Backer, better known as Gotye, briefly outlines his Belgian ancestry, his gradual awareness of his artistic abiliti

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The first Australian surf hit was the instrumental 'Surfside’ from The Denvermen, entering the charts in January 1963 and reaching No. 1 in the Sydney Top 40.

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From punk rockers to pop darlings, these Oral History interviews highlight the depth and diversity of Australian music.

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Remembering 'Treaty', Yothu Yindi's powerful and iconic protest song from the 1990s.

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Looking back on the life and accomplishments of late rock star, music theatre performer and television actor Jon English.

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Curator Nick Henderson spoke with musician Deborah Conway ahead of her performance at the NFSA on 18 March 2016.