Tag: Music history
Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for Renaissance
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If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, Renaissance.
Rolling Stone has...
Arts Centre Melbourne unveils ALWAYS LIVE program
Arts Centre Melbourne is proud to be a partner in theinaugural state-wide celebration of contemporary live music, ALWAYS LIVE, cementing Melbourne and Victoria as the live music capital...
Three lessons Olivia Newton-John taught me about music – and life
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My default mental image of Olivia Newton-John is from the mid-1970s: long, flowing floral dresses; long, centre-parted light...
50 years since Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells: the pioneering album that changed the sound of music
Musician Aidan Roberts performs Tubular Bells for Sydney Festival in 2012. AAP Image/April Fonti
English composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells 50...
With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music
The legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died aged 65. One of the most influential guitarists of the modern age, Van Halen was known for his...