Interviews

For Melbourne singer-songwriter Helen Ryder, the journey to her second album Love Over Hate has been one marked by recovery, reflection, and creative rebirth. Speaking with

With the release of Big Whoop, their first album in six years, Sydney indie-rock veterans Youth Group return reinvigorated yet relaxed, a band comfortable in its

With more than four decades at the forefront of Australian music, Joe Camilleri continues to lead The Black Sorrows with the same passion, curiosity and creative

Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips caught up with in-demand session bassist Luke Hodgson to talk about the long-awaited, self-titled debut album from Melbourne’s ten-piece boogie/funk collective Mondo

Australian rock legend Graham ‘Buzz’ Bidstrup has lived several musical lives … drummer, songwriter, producer, manager, and now author. In his new memoir No Secrets, Buzz

  With Dream Theater’s landmark 40th Anniversary Tour set to reach Australian shores in February 2026, guitarist John Petrucci spoke with Australian Musician’s Joshua Batten about

  With the release of St. Paul & The Broken Bones, the band’s sixth studio album and first self-titled record-frontman Paul Janeway tells Australian Musician’s Greg

  Australian-born, Chicago-based guitarist MICHAEL CHARLES is preparing to return home for his Guitars, Music, and Miles 225 Tour this November, an annual pilgrimage that reconnects

  Ahead of the release of her second album Don’t Be Afraid (out October 17 via Dot Dash / Remote Control), Western Australian songwriter Carla Geneve

In a heartfelt and wide-ranging conversation with Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips, blues guitar virtuoso Eric Gales spoke about the loss of neo-soul artist D’Angelo today,

With the release of her explosive second solo album “You Heartbreaker, You”, Jehnny Beth sat down with Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips  to discuss the record’s raw

In January 2019 I had the honour of interviewing Monkees member, singer, songwriter, film maker and producer Michael Nesmith at the famous Troubadour club in Hollywood,

Decades into his career but more captivating than ever, Australia’s nicest guy in music, Pete Murray, returns with one of his most personal and nourishing releases

After a decade between albums, Melbourne singer-songwriter EMILY ULMAN returns with SEVERE CLEAR, out October 10, a record that captures both the quiet intensity and emotional

JON STEVENS returns with new solo album SHIMMER and announces SUMMER OF LOVE ROCKFEST featuring WOLFMOTHER and THE SCREAMING JETS Jon Stevens is back with “SHIMMER,”

Australian blues and southern rock artist Bill Barber sat down with Australian Musician to discuss his band Bill Barber and The Holding Cell and their new

  Australian singer-songwriter Mike McClellan joined Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips to discuss his upcoming tour and creative projects. At 80 years old, McClellan remains in strong

The Living End have today released their first new album in eight years, ‘I Only Trust Rock n Roll’ and have well and truly returned to their

Three decades after its release, Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes’ The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound remains one of the most distinctive Australian albums of the

In our recent zoom interview with singer, songwriter Charlie Pittman, we learn that he has never taken the conventional route. Born in Australia, raised in the

Few artists have woven themselves into the fabric of Australian music quite like Kate Ceberano. For close to five decades, she’s been a fearless creative spirit

Jacobs Run Step Into The Other Side When Jacobs Run released their debut album at the end of 2019, the world was a very different place.

In this chat with Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips, MusicEDU CEO Kate Hargreaves and Roland’s Tactical Marketing Manager (Asia Pacific) David Whitehead introduced Making Beats, a

Australian guitarist and songwriter BRETT WOOD has long been admired for his fiery yet soulful playing, whether on stage with Pete Murray or in his own

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, composer, and eternal raconteur, Stewart Copeland is heading back to Australia in January 2026 with his spoken-word tour Have I

For much of her career, Melbourne guitarist Stella Anning has been known for her command of six strings, whether through her trio projects or her side

Phil Campbell: Celebrating 50 Years of Motörhead with the Best of Motörhead Show By Greg Phillips Phil Campbell, legendary guitarist and former member of Motörhead, is

Charlie Collins: The Nightwriter Feature by Greg Phillips “Sometimes as an artist you have to go a bit left field to figure out who you want

When Swedish rock’n’roll firebrands The Hives announce a new album, the world takes notice. For three decades, the five-piece have stormed stages in matching suits, injected

Three times voted Young Artist of the Year at the UK Blues Awards (2020, 2021, 2022) and nominated in four categories in 2024, I believe that