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Australia has had a strong and vibrant jazz scene since the 1920s, commencing with visiting performers and reciprocated by Australian jazz performers touring regularly in America and Europe. Mainstream jazz centres on 'swing', although most jazz styles co...

Australian singer Little Pattie and the band, Col Joye and the Joye Boys, perform for soldiers of Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, in the Free World Military building, Saigon, Vietnam. Like rock music, popular, or pop music had its origins in the 1...

Portrait of Slim Dusty at the Australia Day Concert (i.e. Australia Day Live), Sydney Entertainment Centre, 1984, transparency. Country music, a derivative of folk music, originated in southern and western USA and consisted mainly of rural songs accompan...

Don McMurdo, Fireworks over the Sydney Opera House, Japan Week, 1988, slide. William Lyster set up his own opera company in 1861, giving audiences their first full scale productions of European opera. Opera Australia was created through the merger of Th...

Australian rock music has its roots in the 1950s and '60s when the style of music was growing in popularity around the world. In the 1970s Australian rock bands became well known for classic hard rock. First appearing in the United States of America, ro...

Indigenous music in Australia uses the environment itself to generate unique sounds and rhythms. Australian musicians performing across a range of genres, or styles, have achieved international recognition with a unique Australian approach. The opera sin...

Each year the Sydney Festival offers a rich and diverse program spanning all art forms including dance, theatre, music, visual arts, film, forums and large scale free outdoor events. The National Multicultural Festival is held over two weeks and features...

For example, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders these ceremonies bring together all aspects of their culture - song, dance, body decoration, sculpture and painting. Anny Nungarrayi (centre) with other Warlpiri women perform a traditional dance dur...

The songs and music that has come from people's experiences of living and surviving in the Australian bush has become known in Australia as 'bush music'. The convict songs of the early days of the Australian colonies became the foundation of Australia's ...

In the early days of the Australian colonies, convict ballads and songs became the foundation of Australia's later day folk music and its first original compositions. Bush songs, ballads and music influenced and defined the folk music of the 1950s. Indi...

Websites matching your query...

Paul Kelly   (more info)

Website about singer/songwriter Paul Kelly who has issued an enduring body of work with his own bands, and as a solo performer, as well as having his songs covered by many well known Australian. Kelly has also co-produced successful albums for other perfo

Nicholece K. Garner   (more info)

Nicholece K. Garner is an independent singer-songwriter. Her website contains information about the artist, a guide to her upcoming gigs, latest news, a gallery showing pictures of the performer as well as links to artist resources, media links and other

Sean O'Boyle - Australian Composer, Conductor, Producer and Performer   (more info)

This website provides information about Australian composer Sean O'Boyle. There are a variety of links from the site showcasing some of his work as well as major musicians, singers and performers.

The Pram Factory   (more info)

The Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory was a creative community of gifted writers and actors, directors of film, theatre and TV, artists, musicians and singers, circus performers, arts administrators and community artists. This website provid

Jo Jo's Entertainment Agency   (more info)

Entertainment agents offering an extensive range of performers to suit all occasions including bands, singers, roaming performers for festivals, magicians and clowns.

Essential Talent   (more info)

Performance academy, and entertainment agency and production company for actors, singers, dancers, bands and variety performers.

Fine Tunes   (more info)

Website of jazz musician Mark Whitty. Includes a biography, news and information about CDs.

Choir of High Hopes   (more info)

The Choir of High Hopes operates under the musical direction of Jenny Chapman. The choir is dedicated to helping disadvantaged Tasmanians rediscover themselves and reconnect with their community through song.

Cool 4 Kids entertainment   (more info)

Cool 4 Kids is a children's entertainment education service developed by experienced teacher musician Tony Genovese. It provides interactive theme-based musical concerts and a variety of creative workshops such as song writing, instrument making, cooking

Sacred Stage   (more info)

Sacred Stage presents performances of sacred vocal music.