Music of Australia
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| Festivals | Big Day Out · Splendour in the Grass · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Tamworth Country Music Festival · Womadelaide · National Folk Festival · Overcranked |
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The music of Australia ranges across a broad spectrum of styles and genres. The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s primarily influenced by Hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Australian aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates In 1979 Ska enjoyed a renewal of popularity Initially the ska revival was a UK phenomenon but gradually it spread to the rest of the world including Australia Australia is home to several large immigrant communities from every continent in the world Jazz music has a long history in Australia Over the years jazz has held a high profile at local clubs festivals and other music venues and a vast number of recordings have been produced Australian country music is a vibrant part of the Music of Australia. Australian rock and pop musicians have produced a wide variety of music Pub rock is a style of Australian Rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia largely from the See also Australian rock, Punk rock Australian musicians played and recorded some of the earliest punk rock. Australian heavy metal music has its roots in both the Australian Hard rock and Pub rock tradition of the 1970s and the American and British The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA is a Trade group representing the Australian recording industry The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA is a Copyright Collecting society representing New Zealand and Australian composers lyricists The Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA is an association formed in 1992 that promotes and represents the Australian country music industry The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian The CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales The Deadlys are an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music sport entertainment and community The Australian Music Prize (AMP is an annual award of $25000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award The J Award is an award given by influential Australian Youth Radio station Triple J to Australian Album of the Year The Western Australian Music Industry Awards (commonly known as WAMis) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry put on by the Western Australian NT Indigenous Music Awards are part of the Darwin Festival and are run by Music NT in association with the Northern Territory Government’s Indigenous Arts Development This article refers to an Australian award show For other meanings see PDMA. The Kent Music Report was a weekly Record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by a music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll based on the votes of national Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners in order to determine their favourite This is a list of Music festivals in Australia. It includes festivals that have stopped running The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 Splendour In The Grass is an annual Music festival held in July at Belongil Fields, outside Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create Program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Homebake is an annual Australian Rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand) The Falls Festival is a New Year's Eve Music festival, held annually in Marion Bay Tasmania and Lorne Victoria Australia since 1993 The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia and is a celebration of Australian The National Folk Festival is a Festival celebrating Australian folk culture first held in Melbourne in 1967. Overcranked is Australia 's biggest punk, rock and metal Music festival presented by Rave Magazine Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music Television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late rage is a popular all-night Australian Music video program broadcast on ABC1 on Friday and Saturday nights Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. Community radio is a type of Radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's " Advance Australia Fair " is the official National anthem of Australia. Adelaide is a city in South Australia. Its musical heritage includes the well-known Adelaide Festival of Arts, Barossa Music Festival and the Brisbane is a city in Queensland, Australia, home to many regionally important music institutions and venues Canberra is the capital city of Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 The culture of Sydney Australia is diverse and multicultural Many of the individual cultures that make up the Sydney mosaic are centred on the ethnic linguistic See also List of musical acts from Western Australia Perth is a city in Western Australia that has produced a number of notable performers in popular music Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. The arts in Australia have been influenced by its culture including a sense of European Australian isolation and remoteness Architecture in Australia, at least in the early stages of the country's history shows the substantial influence of that of English architecture, and to an extent United The cinema of Australia has a long history and has produced many internationally-recognised films actors and filmmakers History At first Australian comics copied British comic papers until its first comic book The Kookaburra appeared in 1931 Historically Australian cuisine was based on traditional British cooking brought to the country by the first settlers A wide variety of Dance occurs in Australia. Classical ballet companies include The Australian Ballet. Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Television in Australia began as early as 1934 in Brisbane with experimental transmissions by amateur station VK4CM European style Theatre in Australia came with the first European settlers in the 1780s The Art of Australia refers to both Australian Aboriginal art and Post Colonial art Whilst most modern trends in Australian music are based on similar trends from the United States or United Kingdom, traditional indigenous music dates back to the prehistory of Australia. The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The music of the United States reflects the country's multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles Music from the United Kingdom has lost great popularity since the 1960s when a wave of musicians helped to popularise Rock and roll. Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Australian aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates The prehistory of Australia is the period between the first human habitation of the Australian continent and the first definitive sighting of Australia by Europeans
Rock music in Australia first became popular in the 1950s , with artists including Johnny O'Keefe and topping charts around the world. Australian rock and pop musicians have produced a wide variety of music The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. John Michael O'Keefe, known as Johnny O'Keefe (19 January 1935 &ndash 6 October 1978 was an Australian Rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s and ended This tradition was continued into the 1960s, by groups such as Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, The Easybeats, and The Bee Gees. The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs were an Australian pop and rock group dating from the mid- Sixties. The Easybeats were a Rock and roll band from Australia. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and split at the end of 1969 The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Throughout this time, Indigenous Australian music and Australian jazz remained consistently popular. Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Australian aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates Jazz music has a long history in Australia Over the years jazz has held a high profile at local clubs festivals and other music venues and a vast number of recordings have been produced
Pub rock was immensely popular in the 1980s, and the era was typified by Mental As Anything, Midnight Oil, The Angels, Cold Chisel and Icehouse. Pub rock is a style of Australian Rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. Mental As Anything is an Australian New Wave / Rock music band who since the late '70s have released numerous albums & singles and have produced Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band from Sydney, Australia The Angels are a Hard rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1970 This article is about the Australian rock band For the cutting tool see The "cold chisel" section of the article "Chisel". Icehouse is an Australian rock band formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. INXS and Men at Work also achieved fame worldwide, and the song "Down Under" became an unofficial anthem for Australia. INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group For the 1990 movie "Men at Work" see Men at Work (film. " Down Under " is the title of a pop song of Reggae flavour written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, recorded in 1981 by the Australian Australian hip hop began in the early 1980s, primarily influenced by overseas works, but by the 1990s a distinctive local style had emerged, with groups such as the Hilltop Hoods achieving international acclaim for their work. Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s primarily influenced by Hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States The Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop group originating from Adelaide, South Australia.
The 90s saw an increase in the popularity of indie rock in Australia. The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia largely from the AC/DC and INXS continued to achieve commercial success in the United States, whilst a multitude of local bands, including Regurgitator, You Am I, Powderfinger, Silverchair and Something for Kate, were popular throughout the country. AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group Regurgitator is an Australian Rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of lead singer/guitarist Quan Yeomans, bassist Ben Ely, You Am I is an Australian Alternative rock band fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. Powderfinger is an Australian Rock band. The band formed in Brisbane in 1989 and since 1992 their line-up has consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Silverchair is an Australian Alternative rock band. The band formed as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1992 Something for Kate is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint A small electronic music scene emerged around Sydney and Melbourne, with Severed Heads, Ollie Olsen's No, and Foil all peaking in the 90s. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For the 1961 novel by Iris Murdoch, see A Severed Head. Severed Heads was an Australian Ollie Olsen (born 1958 Melbourne Australia) is an Australian Composer, synthesist and Sound designer who has been producing and No were an Australian band active during the late 1980s They blended electronic music with nihilistic Punk rock, in a similar fashion to New York's
Australian music experienced somewhat of a rock renaissance in the 2000s with groups such as The Vines, Jet, Airbourne and Wolfmother charting internationally. The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. The Vines are an Australian Garage rock band notable for producing a musical hybrid of '60s rock and '90s alternative music Jet is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia, whose debut album Get Born, released in 2003 has so far sold over one million copies Hilltop Hoods were the first Australian hip-hop group to reach the top of the ARIA chart. The Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop group originating from Adelaide, South Australia. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Channel 10's Australian Idol program was highly popular locally, as were the many "idols" produced. TV10 could refer to TV10 (Netherlands See Channel 10 (Greece Network Ten in Australia Rules Auditions Auditions are held in major cities around Australia to find each season's contestants
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Indigenous Australian music
Indigenous Australian music refers to the music of Aboriginies and Torres Strait Islanders. Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Australian aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia. Music forms an integral part of the social, cultural and ceremonial observances of these peoples, and has been so for over 40,000 years. A society is a Population of Humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive Culture and Institutions Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic [1] Traditional Indigenous music is best characterised by the didgeridoo, the best-known instrument, which is considered by some to be the world's oldest. Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Australian aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. [2] Archaeological studies of rock art in the Northern Territory suggest people of the Kakadu region were playing the instrument 15,000 years ago. Rock art is a term in Archaeology for any man-made markings made on natural stone The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km south-east of Darwin. [3]
Contemporary Indigenous Australian music has covered numerous styles, including rock and roll, country, hip hop, and reggae. Australian rock and pop musicians have produced a wide variety of music Australian country music is a vibrant part of the Music of Australia. Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s primarily influenced by Hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Jimmy Little is regarded as the first Aboriginal performer to achieve mainstream success, with his debut 1964 song "The Royal Telephone" highly popular and successful. Jimmy Little OAM (born James Oswald Little on 1 March 1937 is an Australian Aboriginal musician singer songwriter and guitarist whose career has spanned Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television [4] In 2005, Little was presented with an honorary doctorate in music by the University of Sydney. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding The University of Sydney (informally Sydney Uni or USyd) is the oldest university in Australia [5] Despite the popularity of some of his work, Little failed to launch Indigenous music in the country—from the 1970s onwards, groups such as Coloured Stone, Warumpi Band, and No Fixed Address would help improve the image of the genre. Coloured Stone is a band from Ceduna South Australia. Their hit song " Finir " made it on to the Australian ARIA Charts. The Warumpi Band is an Australian band from the bush coming from Papunya, Northern Territory, Australia. No Fixed Address is an Australian Aboriginal Reggae group formed in 1978 [4] It would be Yothu Yindi that would bring Indigenous music to the mainstream, with their 1991 song "Treaty", from the album Tribal Voice, becoming a hit. Yothu Yindi ( Yolngu for "child and mother") is an Australian band with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members Tribal Voice is also the name of the company that made the Pow Wow Internet instant message and chat programs in the mid 1990s [6] would go on to reach #11 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. [7] The band's performances were based on the traditional Yolngu dance, and embodied a sharing of culture. [4] The success of Yothu Yindi—winners of eight ARIA Awards[8]—was followed in by Kev Carmody, Tiddas, Christine Anu, and numerous other Indigenous Australian musicians. The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian Kevin Daniel Carmody is an Indigenous Australian Singer-songwriter born in 1946 in Cairns Queensland. Tiddas are Sally Dastey Amy Saunders and Lou Bennett a three girl Folk band from Victoria Australia. Christine Anu (born March 15, 1970) is an Australian pop singer [4]
Classical music
The earliest western musical influences in Australia can be traced back to two distinct sources: the first free settlers who brought with them the European classical music tradition; and the large body of convicts and sailors they brought with them, who brought the traditional folk music of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The practicalities of building a colony means that there is very little music existent from this early period although there are samples of music originating from Hobart and Sydney that date back to the early 1800s[9]
The establishment of both Choral Societies (circa. Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 1850) and Symphony Orchestras (circa. 1890) led to increased compositional activity, although many Australian classical composers attempted to work entirely within European models. A lot of works leading up to the first part of the 20th Century were heavily influenced by folk music (Percy Grainger’s “English Country Garden” of 1908 being a good example of this) and a very conservative British orchestral tradition. George Percy Grainger (8 July 1882&ndash20 February 1961 was an Australian born Composer, Pianist and champion of the Saxophone and the [9]
In the war and post-war eras, as pressure built to assert a National Identity in the face of the looming super power of America and the “motherland” England, composers looked to their surroundings for inspiration. Peter Sculthorpe began to incorporate elements of Aboriginal music, and Richard Meale drew influence from south-east Asia (notably using the harmonic properties of the Balinese Gamelan). Peter Joshua Sculthorpe AO OBE (born 29 April 1929 is a noted Australian Composer. Richard Meale (born 24 August 1932 is one of Australia 's leading Composers Meale was born in Sydney and studied piano with Winifred Burston A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones xylophones drums and gongs bamboo flutes bowed and [9]
By the beginning of the 1960s Australian classical music erupted with influences, with composers incorporating disparate elements into their work, ranging from Aboriginal and south-east Asian music and instruments, to American Jazz and Blues to the belated discovery of European atonality and the avante-garde. Composers like Don Banks, Don Kay, Malcolm Williamson and Colin Brumby epitomise this period. Donald Oscar Banks (25 October 1923 - 5 September 1980 was an Australian composer of concert jazz and commercial music Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson AO (honorary CBE (21 November 1931 – 2 March 2003 was an Australian Composer and Master of the [9] In recent times composers including Liza Lim, Nigel Westlake, Graeme Koehne, Elena Kats-Chernin, Richard Mills and Constantine Koukias have embodied the pinnacle of established Australian Composers. Liza Lim (born 1966 in Perth Western Australia) is an Australian classical composer. Nigel Westlake (born 6 September 1958 is an Australian composer performer and conductor Graeme Koehne (born 3 August 1956 is an Australian composer and music educator Elena Kats-Chernin (born 4 November 1957 is a Soviet-born Australian Composer. Richard John Mills AM, DMus BA(Hons Qld, (born 14 November 1949 is an Australian conductor and composer. Constantine Koukias (born 1965 is a Greek - Australian Composer.
Well-known Australian classical performers include sopranos: Dame Joan Sutherland, Joan Carden, Yvonne Kenny and Emma Matthews; pianists Roger Woodward, Michael Kieren-Harvey and Leslie Howard; guitarist John Williams, and horn player Barry Tuckwell. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926 Yvonne Kenny AM (25 November 1950 is an Australian Soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles Roger Woodward AC OBE, born 19 December 1942 is an acclaimed Australian pianist Leslie Howard may refer to Leslie Howard (actor (1893&ndash1943 British actor Leslie Howard (musician (born 1948 Australian-born John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941 is a Grammy Award winning Australian-born British Classical guitarist Biography Born in Melbourne Professor Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell AC, OBE, is an Australian French horn player who has spent most of his professional life in the UK and the USA
Jazz
The history of jazz and related genres in Australia extends back into the 19th century. Jazz music has a long history in Australia Over the years jazz has held a high profile at local clubs festivals and other music venues and a vast number of recordings have been produced The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar During the gold rush era of the 1850s American, British and locally formed 'blackface' (white actor-musicians in blackface) minstrel troupes began to tour Australia, touring not only the capital cities but also many of the booming regional towns like Ballarat and Bendigo. Ballarat (formerly spelt "Ballaarat" is a city in Victoria, Australia, and one of the country's largest inland cities Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. Minstrel orchestra music featured jazz-like musical characteristics including improvisatory embellishment and polyrhythm in the (pre-classic) banjo playing and clever percussion breaks. Some genuine African-American minstrel and jubilee singing troupes toured from the 1870s. A more jazz-like form of minstrelsy reached Australia in the late 1890s in the form of improvisatory and syncopated coon song and cake-walk music, two early forms of ragtime. Coon songs were a genre of music popular in the United States from 1880 that presented a Racist and stereotyped image of African The next two decades brought ensemble, piano and vocal ragtime and leading (mostly white) American ragtime artists, including Ben Harney, 'Emperor of Ragtime' Gene Greene and pianist Charlie Straight. Some of these visitors taught Australians how to 'rag' (improvise unsyncopated popular music into ragtime-style music).
By the mid 1920s, phonograph machines, increased contact with American popular music and visiting white American dance musicians had firmly established jazz (meaning jazz inflected modern dance and stage music) in Australia. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded Sound from the 1870s through the 1980s American popular music had a profound effect on music across the world The first recordings of jazz in Australia are Mastertouch piano rolls recorded in Sydney from around 1922 but jazz began to be recorded on disc by 1925, first in Melbourne and soon thereafter in Sydney.
Soon after World War 2, jazz in Australia diverged into two strands. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including One was based on the earlier collectively improvised called "dixieland" or traditional jazz. The other so-called modernist stream was based around big band swing, small band progressive swing, boogie woogie, and, by 1947, watered down version of bebop. By the 1950s American bop, itself, was dividing into so-called 'cool' and 'hard' bop schools, the latter being more polyrhythmic and aggressive. This division reached Australia on a small scale by the end of the 1950s. From the mid-1950s rock and roll began to draw young audiences and social dancers away from jazz. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African British-style dixieland, called Trad, became popular in the early 1960s. Most modern players stuck with the 'cool' (often called West Coast) style, but some experimented with free jazz, modal jazz, experiment with 'Eastern' influences, art music and visual art concept, electronic and jazz-rock fusions.
The 1970s brought tertiary jazz education courses and continuing innovation and diversification in jazz which, by the late 1980s, included world music fusion and contemporary classical and jazz crossovers. From this time, the trend towards eclectic style fusions has continued with ensembles like The Catholics, Australian Art Orchestra, Tongue and Groove, AustraLYSIS, Wanderlust, The Necks and many others. It is questionable whether the label jazz is elastic enough to continue to embrace the ever-widening range of improvisatory musics that are associated with the term jazz in Australia. However, mainstream modern jazz and dixieland still have the strongest following and patron still flock to hear famous mainstream artists who have been around for decades, such as One Night Stand players Dugald Shaw and Blair Jordan, reeds player Don Burrows and trumpeter James Morrison and, sometimes, the famous pioneer of traditional jazz in Australia, Graeme Bell. Donald Vernon Burrows, AO, MBE (born August 8, 1928 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian jazz and swing See: Andrew Bisset. Andrew Bisset (20 January 1953 - 14 April 2005 was an Australian author music educator and singer based in Canberra. Black Roots White Flowers, Golden Press, 1978 Bruce Johnson. The Oxford Companion to Australian Jazz OUP, 1987 John Whiteoak. Playing Ad Lib:Improvisatory Music in Australia: 1836-1970, Currency Press, 1999
Country music
Australia has a long tradition of country music, which has developed a style quite distinct from its U. Australian country music is a vibrant part of the Music of Australia. Kasey Chambers (born June 4, 1976) is an Australian country Musician. The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia and is a celebration of Australian S. counterpart. Early roots of Australian Country are related to folk traditions of Ireland, England, Scotland and many diverse nations. "Botany Bay" from the late 1800s is one example. Botany Bay is a song from the musical burlesque, Little Jack Sheppard, a comedy staged in London, England in 1885 and Melbourne, Australia Waltzing Matilda, often regarded by foreigners as Australia's unofficial National anthem, is a quintessential Australian country song, influenced more by Celtic folk ballads than by American Country and Western music. "Waltzing Matilda" is Australia 's most widely known country Folk song, and has been referred to as 'the unofficial national anthem of Australia' A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's This strain of Australian country music, with lyrics focusing on strictly Australian subjects, is generally known as "bush music" or "bush band music. Not to be confused with Bush (band. A bush band is a group of Musicians that play traditional Australian Folk music " The most successful Australian bush band is Melbourne's Bushwackers, active since the early 1970s.
Another, more Americanized form of Australian country music was pioneered in the 1930s by such recording artists as Tex Morton, and later popularized by Slim Dusty, best remembered for his 1957 song "A Pub With No Beer". Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson New Zealand, August 30, 1916; died July 23, 1983) was a pioneer of David Gordon "Slim Dusty" Kirkpatrick AO, MBE ( 13 June, 1927 — 19 September 2003) was an Australian Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) In recent years local contemporary country music, featuring much crossover with popular music, has enjoyed considerable popularity in Australia; notable musicians of this genre include Beccy Cole, Gina Jeffreys, Lee Kernaghan and sister Tania Kernaghan, Sara Storer, Felicity Urquhart, and the hugely successful Kasey Chambers, John Butler Trio, Keith Urban and Shannon Noll. Crossover is a term applied to Musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the Record charts which track differing musical tastes or genres Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Beccy Cole (born Rebecca Diane Thompson October 27, 1972 in Glenelg South Australia) is an Australian Country music singer Gina Jeffreys (also known as Gina Jeffries) is an Australian country singer. Lee Raymond Kernaghan OAM (born 15 April, 1964 in Corryong, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Country Tania Maree Kernaghan (born 18 July, 1968 in Albury New South Wales) is an Australian country music singer Sara Storer is an Australian Country music singer She won seven Golden Guitars in the Tamworth Country Music Festival 2004 awards in Tamworth Kasey Chambers (born June 4, 1976) is an Australian country Musician. The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots / Jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967 in Whangarei, New Zealand) is an Australian Grammy - and ARIA -winning Country music singer Shannon Noll (born 16 September 1975) is an Australian Singer-songwriter.
Rock and popular music
Australia has produced a wide variety of popular and rock music. Australian rock and pop musicians have produced a wide variety of music While many musicians and bands (some notable examples include the 1960s successes of The Easybeats and the folk-pop group The Seekers, through the heavy rock of AC/DC, and the slick pop of INXS and more recently Savage Garden) have had considerable international success, there remains some debate over whether Australian popular music really has a distinctive sound. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The Easybeats were a Rock and roll band from Australia. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and split at the end of 1969 The Seekers were a group of Australian folk -influenced popular musicians that was formed in Melbourne, in 1962 AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo that enjoyed major international success between 1997 and 2000 Perhaps the most striking common feature of Australian music, like many other Australian art forms, is the dry, often self-deprecating humor evident in the lyrics. Rock music has also traditionally been the mainstay of Australian music culture and group releases. Dance music and to an extent, hip hop, has only recently gained nationwide acceptance and airplay. Airplay (noun The broadcasting of an audio (eg a piece of music or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television
First wave of Australian rock
In the mid-1950s, American rock and roll spread across the world. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Sydney's independent record label Festival Records was the first to get on the bandwagon in Australia, releasing Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" in 1956. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Festival Mushroom Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005 This article is specifically about the rock and roll band See Bill Haley for biographical information regarding Haley himself For the movie named after the song see Rock Around the Clock (film. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It became the biggest-selling Australian single ever.
American-born entrepreneur Lee Gordon, who arrived in Australia in 1953, played a key role in establishing the popularity of rock & roll with his famous "Big Show" tours, which brought to Australia many leading American rock'n'roll acts including Bill Haley & His Comets, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly & The Crickets and Jerry Lee Lewis. Lee Gordon (born Leon Lazar Gevorshner March 8 1923, died London November 7 1963) was an American entrepreneur and Rock and roll Bo Diddley ( December 30 1928 &ndash June 2 2008, born Ellas Otha Bates) was an original and influential American Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran ( October 3, 1938 He took music lessons in school but quit the band to play drums Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, ( February 11, 1935 - October 12, 1971) was an American Rock'n'roll pioneer Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7 1936 – February 3 1959 was an American Singer-songwriter and a pioneer of Rock and roll. The Crickets were a rock band from Lubbock Texas, formed by Singer / Songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter
Gordon was also instrumental in launching the career of Johnny O'Keefe, the first Australian rock star, who rose to fame by imitating Americans like Elvis Presley and Little Richard. John Michael O'Keefe, known as Johnny O'Keefe (19 January 1935 &ndash 6 October 1978 was an Australian Rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s and ended Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Rev Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932 better known by the Stage name Little Richard, is an American Singer, Songwriter O'Keefe and other "first wave" bands were popular until about 1961, when a wave of clean-cut family bands took their place. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Though mainstream audiences in the early sixties preferred a clean-cut style -- epitomised by the acts that appeared on the Nine Network pop show Bandstand -- there were a number of 'grungier' guitar-oriented bands in major cities like Sydney and Melbourne, who were inspired by American and British instrumental and surf acts like Britain's The Shadows -- who exerted an enormous influence on Australian and New Zealand music prior to the emergence of The Beatles -- and American acts like guitar legend Dick Dale and The Surfaris. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney Surf music is a Genre of Popular music associated with Surf culture, particularly Orange County and other areas of Southern California The Shadows are an English instrumental and vocal Rock and roll group active from the 1950s to the 2000s The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour on May 4, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a Surf rock guitarist, The Surfaris were an American Surf music band formed in Glendora, California in 1962 Notable Australian instrumental groups of this period included The Atlantics, The Denvermen The Thunderbirds, The Planets, The Dee Jays, The Joy Boys, The Fabulous Blue Jays and The Whispers. This article refers to the Australian Surf rock band See paragraph at the end of this page for information on other bands called The Atlantics
Jazz was another important influence on the first wave of Australian rock. Unlike the musicians in bands such as The Comets, or Elvis Presley's backing band, who had rockabilly or country music backgrounds, many musicians in Australian rock'n'roll bands -- such as Johnny O'Keefe's famous backing group The Dee Jays -- had a solid background in jazz. Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains.
Second wave of Australian rock
The "second wave" of Australian rock is said to have begun in about 1964, after the impact of The Beatles. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Beat groups like Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs and Ray Brown & The Whispers were followed by The Easybeats, the Bee Gees, The Masters Apprentices, The Loved Ones and cult acts like The Throb. Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs were an Australian pop and rock group dating from the mid- Sixties. For other uses of Whispers see Whispers (disambiguation page Ray Brown & The Whispers were a highly successful Australian rock band from 1964-67 The Easybeats were a Rock and roll band from Australia. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and split at the end of 1969 The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The Masters Apprentices were a leading Australian rock band of the 1960s and early 1970s fronted by singer Jim Keays. For the American punk band see The Loved Ones (American band The Loved Ones were an Australian rock group A wave of acts also came from New Zealand, including Ray Columbus & The Invaders, Max Merritt & The Meteors, Dinah Lee and The La De Das. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Max Merritt (born Maxwell James Merritt in Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 April 1941) is a New Zealand -born singer-songwriter The La De Das were a leading New Zealand rock band of the 1960s and early 1970s
Many Australian bands and singers tried to enhance their careers by moving overseas in particular to England then seen as the mecca of popular music. Varying degrees of success resulted as not all bands matched the success of the Bee Gees. Others that made the journey were the Easybeats, the first band to crack the UK market, Lloyds World and the La De Das.
Third wave of Australian rock
The "third wave" of Australian rock began in about 1970 with the last of the early 60s groups dissolving. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Few acts from this era got major international success, and it was even difficult to achieve continued fame across Australia, due to low radio airplay and the increasing dominance of overseas performers on the charts.
Despite resistance from commercial radio, acts as diverse as AC/DC, Sherbet and John Paul Young were able to achieve major success and develop a unique sound to Australian rock. AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Şerbet ( Turkish) (Soda powder Etymology Turkish & Persian Turkish şerbet from Persian & Urdu شربت Hindi sharbat from Arabic John Paul Young (born June 21, 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an Australian Singer best known for his 1978 worldwide hit One of the key agents for the increased exposure of local music was the nationally broadcast ABC-TV television pop show Countdown, which was soon followed by Australia's first non-commercial all-rock radio station Double Jay. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music Television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed Hard rock band AC/DC and harmony rock group Little River Band also found a major overseas success in the late 70s and early 80s, touring all over the world, while a score of Australian expatriates solo performers like Helen Reddy, Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen became major stars in the USA and internationally. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Little River Band is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1975 and named after a road sign for the Victorian township of Little Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941) is an Australian/American Singer / Songwriter. Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE (born September 26 1948) is a Grammy Award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated English-born Peter Allen ( February 10, 1944 &ndash June 18, 1992) was an Australian Songwriter and Entertainer. Icehouse also formed in the late 1970s
This period also saw bands like Skyhooks moving towards New Wave music, and punk rock bands like The Saints, as well as electronic musical groups, such as Cybotron, Severed Heads and Essendon Airport. Icehouse is an Australian rock band formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Skyhooks were an Australian rock band of the 1970s sometimes classified as a Glam rock bandalthough this is mainly the result of the band's flamboyant New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s The Saints are an Australian Rock band, formed in Brisbane in 1974 Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production For the 1961 novel by Iris Murdoch, see A Severed Head. Severed Heads was an Australian Essendon Airport was an Australian Post-punk group from 1978-83 who explored experimental minimalist, electronic and Funk music . Perhaps most influential of the 'underground' scenes, however, was Australian pub rock, which began in Adelaide in the early 1970s with bands like Cold Chisel and The Angels and in Sydney Midnight Oil. Pub rock is a style of Australian Rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s and still influencing contemporary Australian music today Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a This article is about the Australian rock band For the cutting tool see The "cold chisel" section of the article "Chisel". The Angels are a Hard rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1970 Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band from Sydney, Australia
From the post-punk music scene that sprung up in Melbourne, The Boys Next Door featured Nick Cave. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author The Boys Next Door would eventually become The Birthday Party. The Birthday Party was an Australian Post-punk group active from 1977 to 1983
The Australian Music Industry as a business began to formalise during the late 1960s and the 1970s. Although not taken seriously by the mainstream business community in those early years, none could discount the pioneering spirit and business acumen of the likes of Michael Gudinski, Michael Chugg, Ray Evans, Dennis Charter, Glenn Wheatley, Harry M. Miller, Harley Medcalf, Michael Browning, Peter Rix, Ron Tudor, Roger Davies, Fred Bestall, Lance Reynolds, Alan Hely, Frank Stivala, Sebastian Chase, Philip Jacobsen, Peter Karpin, Roger Savage, John Sayers, Ernie Rose, Bill Armstrong, Kevin Jacobsen, Phil Dwyer, Ken Brodziak, Denis Handlin, Stan Rofe, Jade Johnson, Terry Blamey and Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum. Michael Solomon Gudinski AM (born August 22, 1950) is a Melbourne -based entrepreneur and businessman who is a leading figure in the Australian Raymond Bernard Evans ( February 4 1915 – February 15 2007) was an American Songwriter. Dennis Charter is an Australian born entrepreneur He embarked on an early career in the music and entertainment industry in Australia from the late 1960s through to the early Glenn Dawson Wheatley (born January 23, 1948) is an Australian Artist manager and entertainment industry executive Harry Maurice Miller (born 6 January 1934) is an Australian promoter and publicist Roger Davies is an Australian born business manager and music producer with a long career in the Music industry. Kevin George Jacobsen OAM is a well-known prominent Australian Entertainment Entrepreneur. Philip Joseph Dwyer (born 28 October, 1953 in Cardiff) is a former Welsh international Football player Stan 'The Man' Rofe ( 30 May 1930 &ndash 16 May 2003) was Melbourne 's first and most influential Rock'n'roll Disc Jade Linsey Johnson (born June 7, 1980, London) is an English athlete Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum OAM (born 29 January 1946 in Orbost, Victoria) is an Australian Popular music These were the people largely responsible for promoting and developing the Australian music ‘business’ during those formative years.
Clubs and Venues catering for the demand of live band entertainment flourished in capital cities all over the country, however, the central development of the Australian Music Industry during these years was in Sydney and Melbourne. Clubs such as Chequers, the Bondi Lifesaver and the Coogee Bay Hotel in Sydney, and the Thumpin Tum, Catcher, Berties, Sebastian’s, the Hard Rock Cafe and the Q Club in Melbourne were synonymous with the biggest names in Australian Rock & Roll. Chequers, or Chequers Court, is a Country house near Ellesborough, to the south east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. Berties is a Nightclub located underneath the Hotel Victoria on East street in Newquay, Cornwall, England. Hard Rock Cafe was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London,
In 1970 the first ever outdoor music festival modelled on Woodstock was held at Ourimbah near Sydney, and several other followed over the next two years, but most were a financial failure. Ourimbah is a small township and a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located about north of the Sydney In 1972 the first festival that proved successful enough to be repeated was the 1972 ‘Festival’ which attracted some 35,000 music fans from across the country to Sunbury, Melbourne. The Sunbury Pop Festival was an Australian Rock music festival held on a 620 acre private farm in Sunbury Victoria staged annually on the Australia Sunbury is a large town located 35km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Australian music was not only alive and well; it was flourishing under the guidance of the early music industry entrepreneurs.
‘Pop’ magazines such as Go-Set (which began in 1966), the Daily Planet, RAM, and Juke, and television programs such as Countdown, Uptight, Sounds Unlimited and Happening 70 promoted Australian popular music to a youth market who had never before experienced such media exposure of their idols and stars. Go-Set was the first Australian Rock music magazine published from early February 1966 until August 1974 The Daily Planet is a Fictional Broadsheet Newspaper that appears in Superman stories published by DC Comics. Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music Television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late ‘Pop Stars’ were now being created by direct marketing to a targeted teenage audience. Recording studios such as 301, Alberts’ and Trafalgar in Sydney and Armstrong Studios and TCS in Melbourne became legendary. For the article see Article 301 (Turkish penal code. Events By Place Roman Empire Emperor Diocletian issues his Independent label Mushroom Records was founded in 1973 and although it struggled to survive for its first two years of existence, it was saved in early 1975 by the commercial breakthrough of Skyhooks, whose debut LP became the biggest-selling Australian rock album ever released up to that time; this success enabled Mushroom to become a significant player in the Australian music industry and compete with established companies like EMI, CBS and Festival. Mushroom Records is an Australian Record company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in 1972. Skyhooks were an Australian rock band of the 1970s sometimes classified as a Glam rock bandalthough this is mainly the result of the band's flamboyant
The Bands and Recording Artists who shaped Australian Music during these seminal years were: - Skyhooks, AC/DC, Renée Geyer, Spectrum, Chain, Daddy Cool, Marcia Hines, Zoot, The Masters Apprentices, Air Supply, The Angels, Axiom, Kevin Borich Express, Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Carson, Cheetah, Richard Clapton, Cold Chisel, John Farnham, Healing Force, Lobby Loyde and the Coloured Balls, Hawking Bros, Flake, Buffalo, Bjerre, Wendy Saddington, The Seekers, Ronnie Charles, Company Caine, Denise Drysdale, Healing Force, Trevor Spry, Radio Birdman, Buster Brown, Little River Band, Ray Burgess, Mental As Anything, Marty Rhone, Ariel, The La De Das, Peter Allen, The Dingoes, Babeez, Mondo Rock, Icehouse, Midnight Oil, Doug Parkinson, Jon English, Blackfeather, Ronnie Burns, The Ferrets, Mike Brady,Martin Gellatley, Hush, Tully, Madder Lake, Supernaut, Russell Morris, Allison Durbin, Olivia Newton-John, Ross D. Wylie, The News, Max Merritt and the Meteors, Debra Byrne, Rose Tattoo, The Reels, The Saints, Sebastian Hardie, Lash, William Shakespeare, Sherbet, Silver Studs, John St Peters, Jeff St John, Stylus, Jim Keays, Tamam Shud, Ted Mulry Gang, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Ol’ 55, Mark Holden, Stevie Wright, John Paul Young, Helen Reddy, Redgum, Hot City Bump Band, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Colleen Hewett, Linda George, Ayers Rock and Brian Cadd. Skyhooks were an Australian rock band of the 1970s sometimes classified as a Glam rock bandalthough this is mainly the result of the band's flamboyant AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who is widely regarded as one of the country's finest exponents of the soul and classic R&B idioms For the British band of the same name see Peter Kember Spectrum was an Australian Progressive rock band which formed Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan ( bass, vocals) Ross Marcia Elaine Hines (born 20 July 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA is a Vocalist, actress and TV personality who achieved Zoot was a four piece pop/rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1965 The Masters Apprentices were a leading Australian rock band of the 1960s and early 1970s fronted by singer Jim Keays. Air Supply is a Soft rock Duo who had a succession of hits worldwide through the late 1970s and early 1980s The Angels are a Hard rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1970 Axiom was a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1969 and included musicians Glenn Shorrock and Brian Cadd. Cheetah were an Australian rock band active between 1977 and 1982 Richard Clapton (born in 1951(? is an Australian singer/songwriter This article is about the Australian rock band For the cutting tool see The "cold chisel" section of the article "Chisel". John Peter Farnham, AO (born July 1, 1949) is a British-born Australian pop Singer. Lobby Loyde ( May 18 1941 &ndash April 21, 2007) was an Australian Rock music Guitarist songwriter and producer Buffalo was a proto- heavy metal band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1971 The Seekers were a group of Australian folk -influenced popular musicians that was formed in Melbourne, in 1962 Company Caine, also known as Co Caine and Company Kane is an Australian Progressive rock band of the 1970s Denise Drysdale ( Melbourne, December 5, 1947 is an Australian Television personality and Comedian. Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia Buster Brown was a Comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard Felton Outcault which was known for his association with the Brown Shoe Company Little River Band is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1975 and named after a road sign for the Victorian township of Little Mental As Anything is an Australian New Wave / Rock music band who since the late '70s have released numerous albums & singles and have produced Ariel was an Australian band based around the duo Mike Rudd and Bill Putt who formed the band in 1973 after previously playing in the bands Spectrum and Murtceps The La De Das were a leading New Zealand rock band of the 1960s and early 1970s Peter Allen ( February 10, 1944 &ndash June 18, 1992) was an Australian Songwriter and Entertainer. The Dingoes were an Australian Rock band active from 1973 to 1979. Mondo Rock are an Australian rock band most prominent in the 1980s Icehouse is an Australian rock band formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band from Sydney, Australia Doug Parkinson is an Australian singer who first came to fame with his band Doug Parkinson In Focus in 1969 and had numerous hits on the Australian Top 40 charts Jonathon James English (born 26 March, 1949 in Hampstead London, England) is a rock singer, Musician, Blackfeather was an Australian rock group in the 1970s Formed in 1970 they went through a number of line-up changes until disbanding in 1983 This article is about the Australian singer For others by the same name see Ronnie Burns. Mike Brady (born 28 February, 1947 - is an Australian Musician most commonly associated with the Australian rules football anthems For other meanings of this term see the Hush disambiguation page Supernaut were an Australian glam/punk rock band from Perth, Australia formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1980 Russell Morris (born Russell Norman Morris 31 July 1948) is an Australian Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE (born September 26 1948) is a Grammy Award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated English-born Ross D Wylie was an Australian Pop music singer and television personality of the 1960s and 70s Debra Anne Byrne (born 30 March, 1957 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian Entertainer. For the Wildstorm Comics character see Rose Tattoo (comics. For the Tennessee Williams play see The Rose Tattoo. The Reels was an Australian Rock music group which performed and recorded between 1978 and 1991 The Saints are an Australian Rock band, formed in Brisbane in 1974 William Shakespeare was the stage name of Australian singer born Johnny Cabe (also known as John Cave) Sherbet (aka The Sherbs and Highway) was one of the most prominent and successful Australian Rock bands of the 1970s A stylus (plural styli or styluses) is a Writing utensil. The word is also used for a computer accessory ( PDAs) Tamam Shud are Australian psychedelic and Progressive rock band formed in 1967 Ted Mulry ( September 2, 1947 &ndash September 1, 2001) was a British -born singer songwriter bass player and guitarist who achieved Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs were an Australian pop and rock group dating from the mid- Sixties. Ol' 55 was an Australian band specialising in retro '50s -era music Mark Holden (born 27 April, 1954) is an Australian Singer and Television personality Stephen Carlton 'Stevie' Wright (born December 20, 1948, in Leeds, England) is an Australian musician and songwriter who has been John Paul Young (born June 21, 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an Australian Singer best known for his 1978 worldwide hit Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941) is an Australian/American Singer / Songwriter. For the eucalyptus species see River Red Gum; or for the deciduous tree see American Sweetgum. Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons were an Australian band that featured singer/songwriter Joe Camilleri. Colleen Hewett (born 16 April, 1950) is an Australian actress and popular singer Linda George was one of Australia ’s most successful and respected female vocalists of the 1970s best known Ayers Rock was a Jazz fusion / Progressive rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Brian George Cadd (born 29 November 1946 in Perth Western Australia) is an Australian Singer-songwriter, keyboardist and producer who has performed
David Hines has written an original Australian musical based on the music from the 70's called Class of 77
1980s
The 1980s saw a breakthrough in the independence of Australian rock—Nick Cave said that before the 80s, "Australia still needed America or England to tell them what was good". Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author [10] An example of Australians breaking free from convention came in TISM. TISM (an Acronym of This Is Serious Mum) is a seven piece anonymous Alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia Formed in 1982, the band is known for its anonymous members, outrageous stage antics, and humorous lyrics. In the words of the band, "There's only one factor left that makes us work. And that factor, I think, we've burned away, with the crucible of time, into something that's actually genuine. "[11]
Men at Work, Divinyls, and Hoodoo Gurus, all formed between 1979 and 1981, would go on to be hugely succssful worldwide. For the 1990 movie "Men at Work" see Men at Work (film. Divinyls are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring vocalist Christina Amphlett and Guitarist Hoodoo Gurus (referred to as the Gurus by fans are an Australian Rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981 by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter Men at Work's "Down Under" hit number one in Australia, Europe, the UK, and the United States, and was considered the theme song of Australia's successful showing at the 1983 America's Cup. " Down Under " is the title of a pop song of Reggae flavour written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, recorded in 1981 by the Australian The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. See also America's Cup The 1983 America's Cup was the occasion of the first successful challenge to the New York Yacht Club 's 132-year defence of a Sailing [12] Hoodoo Gurus, meanwhile, hit it big on the US college charts—with the exception of Kinky, all of their albums topped the chart. Kinky was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus ' fifth studio album and was released April 9 1991 by RCA Records. The discography of Hoodoo Gurus consists of eight Studio albums thirty-two singles, one Extended play, six ' compilation ' albums and four [13]
In the 1980s, numerous innovative Australian rock bands arose. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. These included Hunters & Collectors, The Church, TISM, Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus, Mondo Rock, The Sunnyboys, Men at Work, The Go-Betweens and The Triffids. Hunters & Collectors were an Australian Rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1981 led by principal songwriter Mark Seymour. TISM (an Acronym of This Is Serious Mum) is a seven piece anonymous Alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia Divinyls are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring vocalist Christina Amphlett and Guitarist Hoodoo Gurus (referred to as the Gurus by fans are an Australian Rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981 by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter Mondo Rock are an Australian rock band most prominent in the 1980s Sydney band The Sunnyboys remain one of the most highly regarded and best-loved bands of the Australian ' Post-punk ' era For the 1990 movie "Men at Work" see Men at Work (film. The Go-Betweens were an internationally influential Indie rock band from Australia, formed by guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in The Triffids were an Australian Rock band who achieved some international success in the 1980s During this period a number of Australian bands began to reflect their urban environment in songs dealing with day to day experiences of inner-city life eg Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls perhaps best exemplified in his songs "From St. Paul Maurice Kelly (born 13 January 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian Rock music Singer-songwriter, Guitarist and Kilda to Kings Cross" and "Leaps & Bounds", John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong in songs such us "King Street" and The Mexican Spitfires in tracks like "Sydney Town" and "Town Hall Steps. John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong is perhaps the best known band fronted by Australian singer-songwriter John Kennedy. The Mexican Spitfires were a Sydney, Australia based Indie rock / Indie pop band formed in suburban Strathfield in the Strathfield " This decade also saw the rise of world music groups like Dead Can Dance; of special importance is Yothu Yindi, who helped found the field of Aboriginal rock. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians Dead Can Dance is a band comprising Lisa Gerrard ( Contralto) and Brendan Perry ( Baritone) Yothu Yindi ( Yolngu for "child and mother") is an Australian band with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members Aboriginal rock refers to a style of Music which mixes Rock music with the instrumentation and singing styles of Aboriginal people In 1985, the Newsboys emerged and produced the hit albums Not Ashamed, Step Up to the Microphone, Devotion, and more. For the protest event see Newsboys Strike of 1899 Newsboys (sometimes stylized as newsboys) is a Grammy Award -nominated Not Ashamed is the fourth Studio album by Australian CCM band Newsboys, released in 1992 Step Up to the Microphone is the seventh Studio album by Christian Pop rock band Newsboys, released in 1998 For the album by Beach House, see Devotion (Beach House album Devotion is the eleventh Studio album by Christian Then soap star Kylie Minogue began her music career in the late 1980s and released The Loco-Motion which became the biggest selling single in Australia for the decade and quickly catapulted her to worldwide stardom. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. " The Loco-Motion " is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
The first annual ARIA Music Awards were held in 1987. The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian John Farnham and Crowded House were the most successful artists at the event. John Peter Farnham, AO (born July 1, 1949) is a British-born Australian pop Singer. Crowded House is a rock group formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and Singer-songwriter Neil Finn.
1990s: indie rock
The 1990s saw continued overseas success from groups such as AC/DC,[14] INXS,[15] Men at Work, Midnight Oil, The Bad Seeds, and Crowded House,[16] and a new indie rock scene develop locally. Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia largely from the Psychobilly is a genre of Rock music that mixes elements of Punk rock, Rockabilly, and other genres The Living End are an Australian rock band based in Melbourne, Victoria. AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. INXS (pronounced "in excess" are an Australian rock and New Wave group For the 1990 movie "Men at Work" see Men at Work (film. Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band from Sydney, Australia Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band with multinational personnel fronted by Nick Cave. Crowded House is a rock group formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and Singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia largely from the Sydney-based Ratcat were the first new band to achieve a mainstream following,[17] while bands such as the Hoodoo Gurus got off to a slower start; debut album Stoneage Romeos earned a small following but failed to captivate a mainstream that at the time "didn't get it". Ratcat were an Australian Indie rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s fronted by vocalist Simon Day Hoodoo Gurus (referred to as the Gurus by fans are an Australian Rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981 by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter Stoneage Romeos was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus ' first album (released 1984 and saw them receive record sales to complement [18] Later reviews would describe the band as "integral to the story of Aussie indie music", influencing bands including Frenzal Rhomb and Jet. Frenzal Rhomb is an Australian Punk rock band that formed in 1991, based in the city of Sydney. Jet is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia, whose debut album Get Born, released in 2003 has so far sold over one million copies [19] The band would go on to become an ARIA Hall of Fame inductee. Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA has inducted artists into its ARIA Hall of Fame. [20] The Church, meanwhile, was highly successful in the 1980s, only to see their careers diminish in the next decade; 1994's Sometime Anywhere saw the band recede from a mainstream audience. After 1992's Priest=Aura, Peter Koppes departed the band and replacement drummer Jay Dee Daugherty found other work The Church was now [21]
Alternative rock began to gain popularity midway through the 90s, with grunge and Britpop styles especially popular, resulting in a new wave of Australian bands. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Britpop is a subgenre of Alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Some, such as Savage Garden and Silverchair, also gained quick success in the United States,[22] while Something for Kate and Powderfinger gained more success locally. Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo that enjoyed major international success between 1997 and 2000 Silverchair is an Australian Alternative rock band. The band formed as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1992 Something for Kate is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Powderfinger is an Australian Rock band. The band formed in Brisbane in 1989 and since 1992 their line-up has consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists [23] Bands such as Regurgitator, You Am I, and Spiderbait were hit heavily by the post-grunge backlash, losing in sales and critical acclaim. Regurgitator is an Australian Rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of lead singer/guitarist Quan Yeomans, bassist Ben Ely, You Am I is an Australian Alternative rock band fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. Spiderbait is an Australian Rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40 Post-grunge is a subgenre of Alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of Grunge music. [24][22]
Much of the success of rock in Australia is thanks to radio station Triple J, which focuses heavily on Australian alternative music, and has done so since its formation as 2JJJ in 1975. Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed [25] Throughout the station's history, they have helped jump start the careers of numerous bands, through programs such as Unearthed and the Hottest 100. Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name hidden talent in regional Australia. The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll based on the votes of national Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners in order to determine their favourite [26] The Big Day Out festival has showcased Australian and international acts, with lineups spanning multiple genres, with an alternative focus. The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 The is a comprehensive listing of artists and bands who have performed at Big Day Out listed by year It has become highly popular amongst musicians; Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl said "We play the Big Day Out because it's the best tour in the world. Foo Fighters is an American Alternative rock and Post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 David Eric Grohl (born January 14 1969 is an American rock musician Singer and Songwriter. You ask any band in the world - they all want to play the Big Day Out, every single one of them. An Australian band on the rise is Alternative rock/metal band Cross Threaded, current members are Tony Baker Vocals & Guitar", Russel Papalaskus Guitar (Who's career is online owing to serious arm injury), Jason Crisp on Bass and Paul Bird is the drummer who use's Pearl Drum And Sabian Cymbals. [27] Other festivals, such as Homebake, Livid, and Splendour in the Grass, are also rock focused, and together with Big Day Out are "united by the dominant presence of the indie-guitar scene". Homebake is an annual Australian Rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand) LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create Program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Splendour In The Grass is an annual Music festival held in July at Belongil Fields, outside Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia [28]
1990s: Electronic music
Electronic music in Australia emerged in the 1990s, but takes elements from funk, house, techno, and numerous other genres. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s [30] Early innovators of the genre in Australia include Severed Heads, who formed in 1979 and were the first electronic group to play the Big Day Out. For the 1961 novel by Iris Murdoch, see A Severed Head. Severed Heads was an Australian The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 [31] The band achieved long term success, winning an ARIA Award in 2005 for "Best Original Soundtrack" for The Illustrated Family Doctor, where lead singer Tom Ellard said the band would never fit into mainstream music. The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) were held on Thomas (Tom Ellard (born 1962 is an Australian Electronic musician most well known as the founding member of the electronic and Industrial music [32]
The genre has developed a wide following, to the point the University of Adelaide offers an Electronic Music Unit, teaching studio production and music technology. The University of Adelaide (colloquially Adelaide University or Adelaide Uni) is a Public university located in Adelaide, South Australia A studio is a Artist 's or worker's workroom or an artist and his or her Employees who work within that studio Music Technology is a term that refers to all forms of Technology involved with the Musical arts particularly the use of electronic devices and computer software to [33] Traditional rock bands such as Regurgitator have developed an original sound by combining heavy guitars and electronic influences,[34] and rock-electro groups, most notably Rogue Traders, have become popular with mainstream audiences. Regurgitator is an Australian Rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of lead singer/guitarist Quan Yeomans, bassist Ben Ely, Rogue Traders is a British/ Australian dance/electro band consisting of James Ash (keyboards and Danny Spencer (guitars [35][36] The genre is considered to be most popular in Melbourne, with multiple music festivals held nationally in the city. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 A music festival is a Festival oriented towards Music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as Musical genre, Nationality or locality [37] However, Cyclic Defrost, the only specialist electronic music magazine in Australia, was started in Sydney (in 1998) and is still based there. Cyclic Defrost is Australia's only specialist electronic music magazine Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 [38][39] Radio still lags somewhat behind the success of the genre—producer and artist manager Andrew Penhallow told Australian Music Online that "the local music media have often overlooked the fact that this genre has been flying the flag for Australian music overseas". Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Australian Music Online is a Website that indexes information related to Australian music. [40]
Recently, bands such as Cut Copy and Pnau have made a name for themselves in the genre. Cut Copy is a band from Melbourne, Australia. Their sound often labeled as alternative dance and/or Electropop, draws considerable influence Pnau is an Australian dance music duo from Sydney, NSW made up of Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes. Influenced by Sydney band Gerling, Cut Copy frontman Dan Whitford has attributed the band's success to a change in public attitude as much as the band's quality, explaining "It's a case partly of timing and a growing awareness of electronic music in Australia". Cut Copy is a band from Melbourne, Australia. Their sound often labeled as alternative dance and/or Electropop, draws considerable influence [41] Pnau's first album, Sambanova, was released in 1999, at a time when many in Australia considered electronic music to be a dying breed. Nonetheless, the band traveled around the US and Europe, and slowly made a name for themselves, and for a rebirth of electronic music in the country. [42][43]
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Australia is known to have produced many Heavy Metal/Hard Rock bands such as:
- AC/DC
- The Angels
- Rose Tattoo
- Airbourne
- Psycroptic
- Virgin Black
- Blood Duster
- Dreadnaught
- COG
- Black Majesty
- Five Star Prison Cell
- Vanishing Point
- Karnivool
- The Butterfly Effect
- Stargazer
- Terrorust
- Deströyer 666
- Sunk Loto
- Mortal Sin
=Hardcore
In recent years, Australia has become known for Hardcore bands such as:
- Parkway Drive
- I Killed The Prom Queen
- Mindsnare
- Her Nightmare
- Carpathian
- 50 Lions
- Day of Contempt
Organizations
Major organisations involved in funding or in receipt of funding are: Funding Agencies
Music: Chamber
Music: Orchestra
- Sydney Symphony
- Symphony Australia
- The Queensland Orchestra
- Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
- Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Music: Orchestra (Pit)
- Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
- The Queensland Orchestra
- State Orchestra of Victoria
Choral
- The Song Company
- The Australian Voices
- Sydney Chamber Choir
- Gondwana Voices
- Birralee Voices
- Brisbane Chamber Choir
- Canticum Chamber Choir
- Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
- Adelaide Chamber Singers
- The National Youth Choir of Australia
- Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Chorale
- Brisbane Chorale
Opera
- Opera Australia
- Opera Queensland
- State Opera Company of South Australia
- West Australian Opera
See also
- Australian hip hop
- Culture of Australia
- Australian Musician magazine
- Category:Australian musicians
- List of Indigenous Australian musicians, Indigenous musicians and groups
- Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop
- Australian music charts
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- ^ Anna Burns. Cyclic Defrost. Triple J. Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed abc.net.au. Retrieved on 2008-04-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom
- ^ AMO Staff (20 June 2005). Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Penhallow - 2000AV & AIR producer. Australian Music Online. Australian Music Online is a Website that indexes information related to Australian music. Retrieved on 2008-04-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom
- ^ Christine Sams (7 April 2008). Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Cut Copy show true colours. Sydney Morning Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia Retrieved on 2008-04-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English
- ^ Class of 2008: Pnau. ninemsn. ninemsn is an Australian 50/50 joint venture between Microsoft and PBL Media. Retrieved on 2008-04-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom
- ^ PNAU. Access All Areas. Retrieved on 2008-04-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom
Further reading
- Warren Bebbington, (ed. ) (1998). The Oxford companion to Australian music. Oxford. ISBN 0195534328.
External links
- Access All Areas.net.au Access All Areas | Music News, Gig Guides, Artist Interviews and features.
- [1] Music Council of Australia. National peak organisation. Site includes Music in Australia Knowledge Base
- Australian Music Office - Australian Government organisation aimed at promoting export initiatives for Australian arists and music companies
- Raw Audio - Web TV and Radio for Australian Music
- Soulshine - Australian independent music community
- MusicAustralia - an initiative of the National Library of Australia and National Film & Sound Archive
- Australian Music Centre
- The Australian Voices
- The Tasmanian Composer's Collective
- Ihos Music Theatre and Opera
- Didgeridoo - Australian Aboriginal musical instrument
- Oz Music Project: Australian Music Webzine and Resource Site
- Australian Music Online
- Australian Classical Music Store
- Aus Music Scrapbook
- Milesago: Australasian music and popular culture 1964-75
- GO-SET MAGAZINE CHARTS: AUSTRALIAN TOP 40 SINGLES AND ALBUM CHARTS 1966 - 1974
- Australian Rock Database
- Howlspace: Music from Australia & NZ
- Bruce Johnston on Australian Jazz
- Australasian Music and Dance Research
- Roocast - Australian Music Podcasts
- Frank Coughlan: Father of Australian Jazz
- Meet Me At The Trocadero: The Life and Times of the Sydney Trocadero 1936 to 1970
- Vietnamese music in Australia
- Australian Music Artist: Vanessa Amorosi
- Xdafied - Free Australian music download website
- The Dwarf - one of Australia's largest online music site's
- FasterLouder - A popular Australian rock music resource
- Where Did They Get That Song? - Sources of Australian Pop Records of the 50s 60s and 70s
- National Film and Sound Archive homepage
- National Film and Sound Archive Sounds of Australia
- RealTime - Australian contemporary arts magazine covering dance, performance, sound/music, visual arts, film and media art
- Media Resources about Silverchair
- Media Resources about The Dissociatives
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