Books & arts
5 December 2016
Music | Something unique happens at the intersection of music, ideas and life
Books & arts
7 November 2016
England’s most famous composer is less English than he might seem
Books & arts
17 October 2016
Despite the doubters, it is possible to talk about music. And the conversations can be revealing
Books & arts
7 September 2016
Music | Andrew Ford discovers the unimportance of style
Books & arts
9 August 2016
Music | After a run of ho-hum albums, it’s good news for fans, says Andrew Ford
Books & arts
5 July 2016
How do we reconcile an artist’s views with her work?
Books & arts
2 June 2016
Composers might sometimes be envied by other artists, but music has a paradoxical limitation, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
10 May 2016
Music | Each singer must find his own voice for Peter Maxwell Davies’s best-known work, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
6 April 2016
Music | The jazz standard ain’t what it used to be, writes Andrew Ford. In the case of Bill Frisell’s new album, that’s definitely a good thing
Books & arts
21 March 2016
Kerry Ryan keeps his options open at WOMADelaide
Books & arts
2 March 2016
Music | The scope for choices makes music a special case among art forms, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
22 February 2016
Books | Crawford Productions was created in the early years of Australian TV, writes Susan Lever, and its influence is still alive in the industry
Books & arts
5 February 2016
Music | More music, fewer musical heroes? Andrew Ford on the paradox of plenty
Books & arts
13 January 2016
Performance | David Bowie brought extraordinary inventiveness and highly developed technique to the auditorium, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
13 January 2016
Music | Not really an opera at all? Andrew Ford disagrees
Books & arts
8 December 2015
How important to music is time and place?
Books & arts
17 November 2015
Photography | Tony Mott didn’t so much fall into photography as throw himself into it, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
27 October 2015
Much of the James Bond style comes down to the music
Books & arts
6 October 2015
Music | Take singing seriously and you're on your way to solving the problem of music education, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
8 September 2015
Music | It’s no surprise that Messiaen was a prisoner of war when he first made use of birdsong, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
4 August 2015
Music | Released fifty years ago, this often-overlooked Beatles album is well worth returning to, says Andrew Ford
Books & arts
13 July 2015
Music | Arm’s-length decision-making and peer review have gone hand-in-hand at the Australia Council, writes Andrew Ford. But they are not the same thing
Books & arts
11 June 2015
Music | Once you listen to the recordings, it’s clear that Pierre Boulez’s interpretations of other people’s work are neither arid nor cold, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
25 May 2015
Television | Even without Edna Everage, the sixtieth Eurovision entered hyperspace once and for all, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
13 May 2015
Music | Jack Body’s last composition, Cries: A Border Town, was a work like no other, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
8 April 2015
Music | Next to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell’s output has been small, writes Andrew Ford. But she is a different kind of composer and performer
Books & arts
10 March 2015
Music | Bass drum, crotales or tubular bells? Andrew Ford takes the best advice
Books & arts
5 February 2015
Music | Andrew Ford is surprised to find room for interpretation in the music of the influential American composer
Books & arts
8 January 2015
Music | It’s not necessarily all that far from Joni Mitchell to the Eton Choirbook, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
10 December 2014
Andrew Ford’s pick of 2014 album releases