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Clare Wright's Historical Trilogy: Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions How the people of Yirrkala changed the course of Australian Democracy Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2024. ISBN 9781922330864. The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2013. ISBN 9781922147370. The Daughters of Freedom The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2018. ISBN 9781925603934. Together, Clare Wright's trilogy presents a definitive, essential re-

In a career that spanned almost the entire history of post-WWII British music - his musicianship bridging jazz, folk, blues and beyond, - Danny Thompson's legacy is peerless.

Click to open Audiobook on Spotify An essential read/listen for all Australians (Original and non-Original) So-called Australia is built upon a lie: that 97% of the population are human, and the others simply 'Indigenous', devoid of the same basic rights. Human? is the story of acclaimed Wik artist Ziggy Ramo's experience growing up under the weight of this lie. We've had 236 years of continued destruction in the name of 'civilised progress', under an oppressive colonial syst

his week we celebrate NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Organising Committee) with a playlist from 2023-2025 that highlights the diverse excellence of Australia's indigenous musicianship. Artists represented include Jungaji, Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight), DOBBY, Emily Wurramara, ICONYX, Selve, Christine Anu, 3%, Ripple Effect Nabe, Jen Cloher and Gurrumal.

In addition to their "mainstream' careers in pop, jazz and classical music, some of the most prolific and innovative contemporary composers are also hard at work in the parallel universe of computer games. Here are some of our favourite albums in this genre, released in the past year. 2023's Best Game Soundtracks Final Fantasy XVI - 祖堅 正慶, Soken Masayoshi The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and Tsukasa Usui, with Hajime W

We hear some of our best music at the movies and on TV and they often expose us to music that we'd otherwise never hear. Here is our selection of the most outstanding soundtracks from the past year. 2023 Year's Best Film Soundtracks BEEF - Bobby Krlic Rye Lane - kwes. Saltburn - Anthony Willis, London Contemporary Orchestra Kagami - Ryuichi Sakamoto Killers of the Flower Moon - Robbie Robertson The Boy and the Heron - Joe Hisaishi Oppenheimer - Ludwig Goransson Maestro - Leon

Happy New Year everyone! As we do every year, we've combed our monthly playlists for the past 12 months for all the five star reviews (almost exactly 100, as it turns out) and created our "BEST OF" playlist for 2023. It's an impressive lineup that we're sure we'll come back to throughout the coming year(s). We hope you do too! Click to connect to 2023 YEAR'S BEST ALBUMS playlists Click to connect to 2023 YEAR'S BEST ALBUMS playlists

There's nothing else like it in the social calendar, that attracts artists of all stripes to produce their best (and sometimes worst) in a common cause that encompasses Advent, Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Winter Solstace, Boxing Day, New Year and more. So here at sunneversetsonmusic we celebrate with the release of our third annual Christmas Playlist, alongside our Favourite Christmas Albums and Classical Christmas Albums playlists. Highlights this year include new Christmas a

Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) Carla Bley was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader and an important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s. She is perhaps best known for her jazz opera Escalator Over the Hill (released 1971 as a triple LP set), as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Art Farmer, John Scofield, and

Popular musicians have been sounding the alarm for more than 60 years now - since Malvina Reynolds' 1962 satirical "Little Boxes", made popular the following year by folk singer Pete Seeger As world leaders prepared for Cop26 in Glasgow in October 2021, The Guardian's music critic Alexis Petridis published a soundtrack, with music ranging from Gojira’s metal fury to gorgeous environmental paeans by Childish Gambino, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell It's a few years old, but it's

Sixto Rodriguez (July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023), From Detroit, Sixto Rodriguez (who recorded as simply, Rodriguez), led one of the most remarkable lives and careers of all. A pair of early albums - 1970's Cold Fact and 1971's Coming from Reality - sold few copies in the US, failing to break into a market saturated with white, male, singer-songwriters. Dropped by his label Sussex, Rodriguez withdrew to live modestly, lifestyle, in a derelict house purchased for $50 at a gove

SunNeverSetsOnMusic supports YES23, while celebrating the diverse excellence of Australia's indigenous musicianship. All selections from 2022-2023! Artists represented include Ngulmiya, William Barton, Bumpy, King Stingray, Charlie Needs Braces, Jess Hitchcock, Jem (and Troy) Cassar-Daley, Thelma Plum, Mo'Ju, Miiesha, Aodhan, Robert K Champion, Ziggy Ramo, KIAN, Budjerah, Aachem, Tasman Keith, Yirrmal, Electric Fields, Andrew Gurruwiwi, Izy, Pirritu, Emma Donovan, Aimee Hanna

As he has done so well, so many time before, Paul Kelly captures the essence of the moment. IF NOT NOW It’s a splinter in the mind, a whisper in the heart A feeling something’s missing, some crucial little part It’s business that’s unfinished, a reckoning that’s due If not now, then when? If not us, then who? It’s a simple proposition to join the new and old A chance to make our country larger in its soul It’s an invitation offered to set our course anew If not now, then when

Boston born saxophonist Charlie Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009) is one of those musicians who, although highly prolific and universally revered by all who are exposed to his work, remains almost unknown to the general public. This is a great shame - his music is as interesting and varied as many of his contemporaries and deserves it's place every jazz collection. The Guardian's Obituary is essential reading for those interested in Mariano's pedigree and extensive

YUSSEF DAYES is a tour-de-force behind the drums. Widely recognised as one of the most electrifying live performers of his generation - an exhilarating performer who combines technical prowess, intensity and emotion, leaving audiences in no doubt as to the role of rhythm in channelling spiritual energy. It's over four years since Dayes released his last studio solo album "What Kinda Music", but he's been very busy in the years since then and his new release "Black Classical M

Robbie Robertson (5 July 1943 - 9 August 2023) might not be a household name, but he deserves to be. Whether playing behind Bob Dylan (Blonde On Blonde, The Basement Tapes and The "Electric" Tour of UK), as a founding member of The Band, as a soundtrack composer (The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, The King Of Comedy, The Wolf Of Wall Street and Killers of the Flower Moon) or in his own right as solo artist with few peers, the Canadian-born guitarist and songwriter was one of the gr

SunNeverSetsOnMusic prefers not to wallow in nostalgia but, as an exception, I recall how even in my teens, my musical interests were already broad-based and embracing folk, blues, jazz, "world" and classic rock, and open to more. Influence(r)s at that time included ABC radio's "Room To Move", TV's "GTK" and the vinyl collection at the house of my friends Doc and Jim. Listen to complete Spotify playlist "Banyan Street, 1972"

Shuhada' Sadaqat | Sinéad O'Connor (8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) fearless | angelic | idealist | provocateur | vulnerable | determined | uncompromising | flawed | spiritual | profane | haunted | inspired | abused | generous | dangerous | poetic | enfant terrible | original | irreplaceable In This Heart from "Universal Mother" Chrysalis Records 1994 In this heart lies for you A lark born only for you Who sings only to you My love My love My love I am waiting for you For onl

This week we celebrate NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Organising Committee) with a playlist from 2022/2023 that highlights the diverse excellence of Australia's indigenous musicianship. Artists represented include Ngulmiya, William Barton, Bumpy, King Stingray, Charlie Needs Braces, Jess Hitchcock, Jem (and Troy) Cassar-Daley, Thelma Plum, Mo'Ju, Miiesha, Aodhan, Robert K Champion, Ziggy Ramo, KIAN, Budjerah, Aachem, Tasman Keith, Yirrmal, Electric Fields,

For those who have ever had the pleasure and privilege of attending the annual Gnaoua festival in the Moroccan coastal city of Essaouira, it is an experience never to be forgotten. The festival not only showcases the mesmerizing mystical music and dance of the Gnaoua traditions, but also attracts jazz, pop, rock and folk artists from around the world, many forming one-off collaborations on the numerous sound stages and other venues throughout the city, invigorating the tradit