Jimmy Dowling

Twenty years after Jet released their second album, Shine On remains defined by the deeply personal song Nic Cester wrote after his father's death, a track the band recorded in a single take.

A previously unreleased collaboration between Chrissy Amphlett and Tim Finn, recorded in Sydney and New York, will finally be heard more than 30 years after the songs were written.

From First Nations songlines and protest music to pop anthems, jingles and digital disruption, a new anthology examines how Australian songwriting has reflected and influenced the country across a century.

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Michael G. Jones has returned with a new single that draws directly on the tension between pursuing a dream and keeping a relationship intact.

Kylie Minogue brought three decades of hits, a striking collaboration with William Barton and an airborne finale to the AFL Grand Final at the MCG.

The Melbourne trio's new single expands from melodic indie rock into a 32-piece orchestral arrangement before ending with the sound of a crowd joining the procession.

The Rose Tattoo frontman had been at the centre of the Australian rock band for 50 years, surviving every member of its original lineup and becoming one of the country's most recognisable rock voices.