Humans of Music

Alexander 23’s path to this point has been anything but a straight line. He was studying mechanical engineering at university before he quit to pursue music full time with the band The Heydaze, which…

Dropkick Murphys' 11th studio album is called This Machine Still Kills Fascists.

The record features a collection of Woody Guthrie’s unpublished lyrics set to music.

The seeds of the project were sow…

There aren't many artists touring the world right now who can say they were once part of the Obama administration. Bartees Strange can, thanks to his time as the Deputy Press Secretary for the Federa…

My guest for this 100th episode is bona fide musical legend Don Was.

Don was a founding member of Was (Not Was), and he’s a GRAMMY-winning producer who’s worked with artists such as Bob Dylan, Elton …

Marlon Williams' voice has been turning heads since he was a teen singing in the church choir – it was enough to convince Bradley Cooper to cast him in A Star Is Born, in which his character performe…

When Orlando Higginbottom – AKA Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – releases his new album When The Lights Go on September 9, it will be 10 years since his previous LP, Trouble.

Orlando wasn’t compl…

In 2016, Moonchild Sanelly wrote down a list of goals she wanted to achieve in the next 10 years, and they included collaborating with Beyoncé, Diplo and Damon Albarn.

She achieved those goals in hal…

Alex Lynn – AKA Sydney singer-songwriter Alex The Astronaut – is one of those people who can seemingly do whatever she puts her mind to.

She might be one of Australia’s most popular singer-songwriter…

British singer-songwriter James Bay recently released his third album, Leap.

He finished recording it early in 2020, but – in an all too familiar scenario – the pandemic hit and put all of James’s re…

mxmtoon is the definition of a modern pop star.

She grew up in Oakland making music in her bedroom and posting covers of pop songs she'd perform on her ukulele to YouTube. Eventually she started uplo…

Alfie Templeman is the very definition of a prolific artist.

He may have just released his debut album, Mellow Moon, but over the past few years he’s put out four EPs and one mini-album; he also has …

Spacey Jane have had a breakout few years. The Perth outfit's 2020 debut album Sunlight hit Number 2 on the Australian charts, and their just-released follow up Here Comes Everybody landed at Number …

Given that he’ll celebrate his 44th birthday in 2022, it’s crazy to think that Ben Lee has been part of the musical landscape for three decades. As a 14 year old his band Noise Addict were plucked fr…

Conor Maynard was one of the earliest artists to embrace the power of YouTube. While he was in his teens he started uploading covers to the platform, and his version of Ne-Yo’s "Beautiful Monster" qu…

Songwriting has been a part of Sasha Alex Sloan's life for a long time.

As a kid she struggled at school, but she would come home and dedicate hours to playing and writing music.

Through a series of …

Chris Messina is a GRAMMY-nominated producer, mixer, engineer and songwriter, and one of Bon Iver's main creative partners.

They struck up a friendship when Chris was working on Bon Iver’s world tour…

The Living End frontman Chris Cheney releases his debut solo album, The Storm Before The Calm, on June 17.

Worlds away from the bombast of The Living End, the record took years to make, during which …

Pete Murray has been a mainstay of the Australian music scene since he released his major label debut album, Feeler, in 2003.

One of the interesting things about Pete’s story is that he didn’t even p…

The debut album by Jaguar Jonze – AKA Brisbane artist Deena Lynch – is called Bunny Mode.

The record’s title may sound upbeat and playful, but the story behind it is heartbreaking, as it describes th…

Stephan Jenkins was cast into the spotlight when Third Eye Blind's  1997 self-titled debut album exploded around the world. On the back of hits like "Semi-Charmed Life" and "Jumper", the frontman ach…