Toby Creswell
Coronavirus Music: Remembering some of the musical influencers lost to COVID-19
The coronavirus plays no favourites. This Easter perhaps it’s worth revisiting some of the musicians who gave so much before the virus...
Coronavirus music: Men with masks and some fiery females
Lone Ranger lookalikes and Mexican wrestlers are quite the thing and it’s not just the virus that has them covering their faces....
Coronavirus music: From dustbowl songs to alien anthems
Rob Hirst is a man of many faces while Grimes is out of this world like a Musk rocket, and Ry Cooder’s...
Coronavirus music: Time to take in some musings from three generations of punks
Bob Dylan amuses himself rewriting American Pie; Pearl Jam stoke up the revolution one more time and the Chats just want a...
Time to revisit Talking Heads before the songs become more true
Talking Heads’ strangely prescient paranoia rings ever truer in the age of social distancing. It could be time to revisit some of...
Coronavirus isolation listening: Time to take a deep dive into some hidden gems
Days at home and quiet nights means now is the time for the deep dive. THE BAND: The Band: 50th Anniversary Super...
Coronavirus music: Tunes to take you through the pandemic
A lot of us are cooped up at home with only our thoughts – and those of our household’s – to amuse...
When is your favourite band no longer a band?
Todd Hunter says the first rule when getting the old band back together is to never have more than one original member....
David Cassidy left an indelible mark on Australia
For a glorious moment in the early 1970s, teen heartthrob David Cassidy – who died on Wednesday from multiple organ failure at...
Malcolm Young – the man who rocked, we salute you
The architect of the unique sound of AC/DC has died after a battle with dementia. In 2003, Malcolm Young told the Rock...