FINALLY FRIDAY: Fanning’s city show
By MICHELLE HERBISON
AUSTRALIAN rock royalty Bernard Fanning will play Geelong’s Costa Hall on 10 August, the former Powderfinger front-man has announced.
Following the release of...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Our opera royalty
By MICHELLE HERBISON
SOPRANO Donna King owes her opera career to renowned Geelong singing teacher Marcelle Cortous Grose-Menzel.
The 41-year-old from a “completely non-musical family” wanted...
Art wizard shows Hollywood how to get real with Oz
By NOEL MURPHY
DISNEY’S latest retelling of The Wizard of Oz might be a provocative prequel but artist Robert Ingpen’s take on the classic is...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Run for the covers
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A PLAN to include a cover song in Mark Seymour’s next original album resulted in a whole CD covering some of his...
Breaker to roll in over coast stage
By MICHELLE HERBISON
BREAKER Morant is “just as relevant today” as when Kenneth Ross wrote his famous play about the Australian’s tragic fate in the...
Thom raw for festival
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
SCOTTISH singer-songwriter Sandi Thom confesses that creating fourth album Flesh and Blood drew out the sound she had "been searching for”.
“It’s where...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sisters bring hotel harmonies
By MICHELLE HERBISON
THE exquisite blending of three sisters’ voices that shot the McClymont sisters to fame six years ago will highlight the trio’s next...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Our Manfred’s making Merry
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A QUICK scan of the audience while taking bows at a recent Melbourne opera show delighted singer and school music director Manfred...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Joe’s travelling Van
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
SINGER Joe Creighton might have created a Van Morrison tribute show but the Irish-born Melbournian said he has no interest in meeting...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Guitarist hits The Wall
ABOUT once every two years virtuoso guitarist Bruce Mathiske allows himself to listen to his favourite album of all time, Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
He...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Touring Evermore
LOSING a camera to a thief in South America was just another unexpected experience for Evermore singer-guitarist Jon Hume as he travelled the world...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Jane blows in for show
CLASSICAL flautist Jane Rutter wants to show kids that classical music “doesn’t have to be boring”.
The world-renowned musician combines poetry and theatrical elements...
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Saint Ignatius wins Herald-Sun Shield
Saint Ignatius College was ruthless in winning the 2024 Division 2 Herald-Sun Shield recently.
The Saint Ignatius Wolves steamrolled through the local GISSA qualifying tournament,...
