Music

One of the world’s most popular classical musicians and composers, Ludovico Einaudi talks as fluently as he plays, disarming any critique.

Best known for his soundtrack to the television series Dark, Melbourne-born composer Ben Frost has built a formidable reputation for his scores, operas and sound art.

The Saturday Paper’s music critic looks back at the highlights of 2023.

Siblings Lulu and Angel Prost, recording as Frost Children, are among the few who make the historically vague revival ‘indie sleaze’ a real thing.

Avant-pop artist Caroline Polachek is bringing her myth-making performance of desire to Australia for the first time.

Marcia Hines’s new album – the latest reinvention in her long and distinguished career – returns to the songs of her childhood.

On their latest album, The Night Terrors return to electronic music with a focus on the beguiling possibilities of the theremin.

For more than 60 years, Margret RoadKnight has been interpreting songs in the folk, blues and jazz traditions. Her new album, LONG TIME…, is her latest attempt to preserve songs from extinction.

Sampha’s new album, Lahai, partly inspired by fatherhood, demonstrates a masterly ability to meld different genres into a fascinating new coherence.

In her latest work, performer and artist Rainbow Chan collaborates with her mother to reimagine Weitou bridal laments.