Freedman Jazz Fellowship Winner Announced

In yet another highly competitive final at the Studio in the Sydney Opera House, trumpeter Nick Garbett emerged as the winner of the Freedman Jazz Fellowship for 2018. Nick plans to use his $20,000 award to compose new music for an album he will will record, produce and release under his own name.  The project will also involve Shannon  […]

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One Hundred Years of Dirt By Rick Morton: A review

One Hundred Years of Dirt is the debut by Rick Morton- award winning journalist and social affairs writer with The Australian. At only 31, Morton has given us a book that is part family history, with all the traits of really good long form Journalism. Part memoir, jarringly honest and full of introspection. And part […]

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The Necks New Album “Body” Released on the 14th of August 2018

Revered instrumental trio The Necks are unparalleled when it comes to rhythmic complexity, but they have put much of that to one side on BODY, their 20th release, conjuring their most relentlessly driving album since Hanging Gardens (1999). In contrast to The Necks’ customary evolving ribbon of sound, BODY is episodic in nature, comprising four contrasting sections that cross multiple sonic […]

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2018 Freedman Jazz Fellowship Finalists

    After a nation-wide search for the greatest jazz artist aged 35 and under, the distinguished judges for the 2018 Freedman Jazz Fellowship, Judy Bailey, Matt Keegan and Stuart Vandegraaff – all musicians, composers and educators themselves – have today announced the three finalists from a list of 16 nominees from across Australia. These […]

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