Cyndi Lauper brings her farewell tour to Australia in April

‘I’m 71 and I’m strong’:Why Cyndi Lauper’s farewell tour is not goodbye

The pop trailblazer has spent decades fighting church,state and misogyny. At 71,she is heading our way with the show she’s always dreamed of.

  • Michael Dwyer

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American magician and mentalist David Blaine.

The world’s most extreme magician reveals the one thing he won’t attempt

Fearless endurance artist,magician and mentalist David Blaine learns from the masters in a new TV series,so we don’t have to.

  • Michael Dwyer
Dressed In Black:The Shangri-Las and their Recorded Legacy by Lisa MacKinney

The story behind misunderstood ’60s girl group the Shangri-Las

Melbourne historian and musician Lisa MacKinney has written the first biography of mid-60s US group the Shangri-Las.

  • Michael Dwyer
Jill Ogai starred in the Australian Ballet’s performance of Carmen.

Australian Ballet’s Carmen misses heights of dark passion

A few spine-tingling moments,yes,but this austere contemporary-dance interpretation of a classic story of desire,jealousy and murder was weirdly hollow.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann,Will Cox,Michael Dwyer,Karl Quinn,Sonia Nair andCameron Woodhead
Sex pistol Steve Jones

Punk’s (still) not dead:Steve Jones on the Sex Pistols’ new tour

The raw power behind the Sex Pistols is past playing the hard man.

  • Michael Dwyer
Sun Ra Arkestra’s Knoel Scott.

Space is still the place for Afrofuturist legends Sun Ra Arkestra

The late jazz composer and bandleader Sun Ra still “visits” his sax player from the great beyond. Their cosmic mission continues.

  • Michael Dwyer
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Jazz composer and performer Shabaka Hutchings

Jazz legend Shabaka Hutchings swaps his trademark sax for the flute

Higher powers have slipped a new tool into the jazz prodigy’s hands.

  • Michael Dwyer
English rock band Led Zeppelin in 1969.

Led Zeppelin never wanted an official documentary – until now

The iconic band are finally telling their electric origin story,offering a peek behind the curtain,as director Bernard MacMahon reveals.

  • Michael Dwyer
Bob Dylan in 1964

Chalamet got you hot for Bob? Try this book next

This new book about Bob Dylan is a perfect primer for a new generation.

  • Michael Dwyer
Sarah-Louise Young:“I don’t worship at the altar of Kate… but making this show has made me incredibly open.″⁣

Face it,we won’t see Kate Bush any time soon. But there is this ...

Sarah-Louise Young channels the elusive British singer in An Evening Without Kate Bush.

  • Michael Dwyer