Music - Richard Turton

Bridging Traditions Through Music

Xin Zhang on the yang qin (dulcimer) at the Monash School of Music and Performance, 2018. Zhang is known for combining traditional Chinese with contemporary music and cross-cultural collaborations, helping bring the instrument to audiences in Australia and internationally.

Ben Harper

American singer-songwriter Ben Harper performs with The Innocent Criminals during the closing day of the 2016 Queenscliff Music Festival.

The Many Lives of Eugene Hamilton

Portrait of performer and painter David Bowers, aka Eugene Hamilton, a veteran of Australia’s live music scene and leader of Melbourne’s genre-defying Eugene Hamilton and the Money. 2017.

Keeping Songlines Alive

David Yipininy Wilfred backstage before a concert in Melbourne, 2017. A Ritharrŋu man and custodian of Nyilipidgi manikay (ceremonial song cycles), his album collaboration with Paul Grabowsky received an ARIA nomination.

Zixi Song

The hands of Zixi Song playing the gu zheng (zither) with Xin Zhang on the yang qin (dulcimer) at the Monash School of Music and Performance, Melbourne. 2018.

Free Jazz Pioneer Carla Bley

Carla Bley rehearsing before a 2017 Melbourne concert. The free-jazz pioneer helped reshape independent music through influential recordings and artist-owned labels.

Emma Louise

Australian singer-songwriter Emma Louise performs at The Corner in Richmond, Melbourne. 2013.

Killing Heidi kills it in Queenscliff

Ella Hooper fronts Killing Heidi at their comeback tour at the Queenscliff Music Festival, 2016. The influential Victorian sibling-led band helped define Australian rock with their chart-topping early-2000s success.

Vijay Iyer

American jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer performs with the Vijay Iyer Trio during a concert at the Monash School of Music in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 2014. The trio featured bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore

Monash Art Ensemble

A student plays the zylophone during Monash Art Ensemble's "Interpolations" concert at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance. 2018.

Spectrum reform for Charity Concert

Mike Rudd performs with Spectrum at the 2014 Masters of Rock charity concert for Myeloma Australia. The New Zealand-born musician fronted influential Australian progressive rock bands Spectrum and Ariel.

Barney McAll & Monash Art Ensemble: album launch

Barney McAll launches his album Zephyrix at Bird's Basement Jazz Club in Melbourne. 2018.

All the Rage Inside Paul Stewart

Portrait of journalist, author and Painters and Dockers co-founder Paul Stewart OAM, 2015. His 2022 autobiography, All the Rage, reflects a life dedicated to music, journalism and advocacy for East Timor.

Award-Winning Guitarist Stephen Magnusson

Australian guitarist Stephen Magnusson performs with Omelette at Melbourne Recital Centre, 2018. The acclaimed improviser won Melbourne’s Outstanding Musician Award in 2013.

Remembering Melbourne blues musician Chris Wilson

Renowned Melbourne blues musicians Chris Wilson and Geoff Atchison play an intimate concert at the Clare Castle in Carlton in 2011. Chris died on January 14, 2019 from pancreatic cancer.

Paul Grabowsky

Australian composer Paul Grabowsky rehearsing "Comeclose and Sleepnow" by Andrew Ford, Melbourne. 2017

David Bridie

David Bridie performs at The Melba Spiegeltent during an Artful Dodgers Studio album launch celebrating one of Victoria’s longest-running community arts programs. Melbourne. 2012.

Ronny Farella

Australian percussionist Ronny Ferella performs with jazz ensemble Omelette at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne in 2018.