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In 2024 SunNeverSetsOnMusic invites you on a virtual world tour in search of the best new music from around the world. Our first...

In addition to their "mainstream' careers in pop, jazz and classical music, some of the most prolific and innovative contemporary...

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...

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...

There's nothing else like it in the social calendar, that attracts artists of all stripes to produce their best (and sometimes worst) in...

Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) Carla Bley was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and...

Popular musicians have been sounding the alarm for more than 60 years now - since Malvina Reynolds' 1962 satirical "Little Boxes", made...

Sixto Rodriguez (July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023), From Detroit, Sixto Rodriguez (who recorded as simply, Rodriguez), led one of the most...

SunNeverSetsOnMusic supports YES23, while celebrating the diverse excellence of Australia's indigenous musicianship. All selections from...

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...

Boston born saxophonist Charlie Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009) is one of those musicians who, although highly prolific and...

YUSSEF DAYES is a tour-de-force behind the drums. Widely recognised as one of the most electrifying live performers of his generation -...

Robbie Robertson (5 July 1943 - 9 August 2023) might not be a household name, but he deserves to be. Whether playing behind Bob Dylan...

SunNeverSetsOnMusic prefers not to wallow in nostalgia but, as an exception, I recall how even in my teens, my musical interests were...

Shuhada' Sadaqat | Sinéad O'Connor (8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) fearless | angelic | idealist | provocateur | vulnerable | determined...

This week we celebrate NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Organising Committee) with a playlist from 2022/2023 that...

For those who have ever had the pleasure and privilege of attending the annual Gnaoua festival in the Moroccan coastal city of Essaouira,...

Astrud Gilberto (born Astrud Evangelina Weinert (29 March 1940 – 5 June 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter,...

The Queen has left the stage, but her songs will forever be sung. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023)...

Arabic and North African music has had a profound influence on jazz and improvised music in Europe. The use of microtones, polyrhythms,...