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Raising the standards
Andrew Ford
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
One Sunday in March
Kerry Ryan
21 March 2016
Kerry Ryan
keeps his options open at WOMADelaide
Books & Arts
On interpreting and being interpreted
Andrew Ford
2 March 2016
Music
| The scope for choices makes music a special case among art forms, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & Arts
Hollywood on the Yarra
Susan Lever
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
Heroes
Andrew Ford
5 February 2016
Music
| More music, fewer musical heroes?
Andrew Ford
on the paradox of plenty
Books & Arts
Stage crafter
Jane Goodall
13 January 2016
Performance
| David Bowie brought extraordinary inventiveness and highly developed technique to the auditorium, writes
Jane Goodall
Books & Arts
In praise of “The Divorce”
Andrew Ford
13 January 2016
Music
| Not really an opera at all?
Andrew Ford
disagrees
Books & Arts
Listening to the zeitgeist
Andrew Ford
8 December 2015
How important to music is time and place?
Books & Arts
Sound and vision
Richard Johnstone
17 November 2015
Photography
| Tony Mott didn’t so much fall into photography as throw himself into it, writes
Richard Johnstone
Books & Arts
Anthems of late capitalism
Andrew Ford
27 October 2015
Much of the James Bond style comes down to the music
Books & Arts
Serious about singing
Andrew Ford
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
Everyone was a bird
Andrew Ford
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
In praise of Help!
Andrew Ford
4 August 2015
Music
| Released fifty years ago, this often-overlooked Beatles album is well worth returning to, says
Andrew Ford
Books & Arts
The art of funding
Andrew Ford
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
Boulez at ninety
Andrew Ford
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
Eurovision’s war on gravity
Jane Goodall
25 May 2015
Television
| Even without Edna Everage, the sixtieth Eurovision entered hyperspace once and for all, writes
Jane Goodall
Books & Arts
Jack Body in transit
Andrew Ford
13 May 2015
Music
| Jack Body’s last composition,
Cries: A Border Town
, was a work like no other, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & Arts
Joni, Bob and Van
Andrew Ford
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
The collegial composer
Andrew Ford
10 March 2015
Music
| Bass drum, crotales or tubular bells?
Andrew Ford
takes the best advice
Books & Arts
On authenticity and Philip Glass
Andrew Ford
5 February 2015
Music
| Andrew Ford is surprised to find room for interpretation in the music of the influential American composer
Books & Arts
In praise of serendipity
Andrew Ford
8 January 2015
Music
| It’s not necessarily all that far from Joni Mitchell to the Eton Choirbook, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & Arts
Your Christmas present problems solved
Andrew Ford
10 December 2014
Andrew Ford
’s pick of 2014 album releases
Books & Arts
Counting down the talent
Jane Goodall
26 November 2014
What if you ditched the whole marketing bonanza, asks
Jane Goodall
, and had nothing but the talent?
Books & Arts
The 1 per cent
Andrew Ford
10 November 2014
Mopping his brow,
Andrew Ford
considers the sources of inspiration
Books & Arts
Going for a song
Andrew Ford
13 October 2014
Andrew Ford
considers breaking the habit of a lifetime
Books & Arts
A transcendence that can’t be explained away
Andrew Ford
11 September 2014
The brash face of American post-minimalism?
Andrew Ford
considers the work of composer John Adams
Books & Arts
Peter Sculthorpe, a composer in Australia
Andrew Ford
11 August 2014
Andrew Ford
reflects on the man and his music
Books & Arts
When the bough breaks
Andrew Ford
6 July 2014
A lullaby is a parent’s work song, writes
Andrew Ford
, even if the taskmaster isn’t paying attention to the words
Books & Arts
Look what they’ve done to my song
Andrew Ford
10 June 2014
Vocalists rewriting lyrics?
Andrew Ford
reaches for his Smith Corona
Books & Arts
The composer as critic
Andrew Ford
14 May 2014
Taste and criticism don’t necessarily go together, argues
Andrew Ford
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