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Music
How seven years in detention led Farhad Bandesh to singer Laura Jean
Kurdish refugee Farhad Bandesh knows a phone call doesn’t just bridge the distance between two people. It can open a door to creative freedom.
- by Neha Kale
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Live music
Rowing back full circle to a 1970s cult classic album
Some of Melbourne's best musicians are coming together to riff off 1972's landmark bluegrass album Will The Circle Be Unbroken.
- by Martin Boulton
Machine Gun Kelly gushes over Megan Fox's feet
Rapper Machine Gun Kelly thinks Megan Fox has the "most beautiful feet" after she stepped on his face in his 'Bloody Valentine' music video.
Megan Fox in Machine Gun Kelly’s ‘Bloody Valentine’ music video
Watch the official music video for Machine Gun Kelly's song 'Bloody Valentine' starring Megan Fox.
Arts
The heartfelt humour and sorrow in an unopened letter, set to music
Composer Katy Abbott has written a new work based on almost 2000 letters written by Australians to asylum seekers on Nauru - which were returned unopened.
- by Nick Miller
Body found confirmed to be Glee actress Naya Rivera
Authorities have confirmed that they have found the body of missing Glee actress Naya Rivera who went missing while swimming with her son.
MeToo movement
Music photographer admits 'I'm an abuser' after #MeToo posts
Photographer Jack Stafford, who has shot some of the country's leading musicians, has confessed to sexual misconduct after Instagram posts by musician Jaguar Jonze.
- by Nick Miller
Kelly Preston on her marriage to John Travolta
Kelly Preston reveals how she met husband John Travolta.
Arts
Repeating the poem of forgotten love
A New Zealander, a German, a Puerto Rican and a Norwegian walked into an Oslo studio, and sonic poetry flowed out.
- by John Shand
Arts
Subtle, sincere and artfully simple: Romantic Orchestra shines
A varied program brought to life the work of five of the greats of composing.
- by Tony Way
Arts
Digital drum role as ancient instrument breaks out of its glass cage
A Vietnamese drum, thousands of years old, will be playable over the internet thanks to an innovative new project.
- by Steve Dow