By Bernard Zuel TIFT MERRITT – SUGAR (One Riot) Look around and it is easy to find some well-meaning or well-remunerated type telling us how what we need to build – in ourselves, in society, [...]

By Chris Lambie Rainforest World Music Festival 2026 – June 26-28, Sarawak Cultural Village, Borneo One of the things I love most about a World Music festival is being among a diverse crowd when unfamiliar [...]

By Ian McFarlane Vale Bill Armstrong 24 June 1929-7 August 2026 Bill Armstrong AM, the pioneering giant and visionary of the Australian recording industry, has died at the age of 97. As a recording engineer, [...]

Episode 35 of On The Record begins where last week’s conversation left off: with Glen Hansard.  Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie watch the Irish singer-songwriter’s funeral, a ceremony that made plain the depth of affection [...]

Blaze Foley’s songs are revisited by a new generation of roots and Americana artists on Sittin’ With Blaze: A Tribute To Blaze Foley, released today via Lost Art Records. The 13-track collection focuses on songs [...]