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Chris Cody’s New Album “Mountain to Sea” (opens the original)
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This album is without drums so there’s plenty of space for people to stretch out! There are some really interesting compositions here that paint some very interesting colours. Chris Cody - piano, Sandy Evans - tenor and soprano saxophones, Tessie Overmyer - alto saxophone, & Lloyd Swanton - double bass.Stepping OutJourneyMountains<
I didn't receive the nomination, but I already "won" (opens the original)
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This weeks APRA/AMCOS & AMC Art Music Awards was really interesting and enlightening for a few reasons. I feel that it’s always good to be at these things whenever you can; not only to see what people are doing, but get a sense of how they’re doing it, and why. I was nominated for the Excellence in Music Education award; and thrilled to even be a finalist amongst other people and organisations just doing brilliant work.It’s just really good to be in the room actually<a class="image-link image2 i
Limelight's Guide To Australian Composers (opens the original)
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Lucy Clifford New Tunes from "Between Spaces of Knowing" and "Meeting Place" (opens the original)
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Lucy Clifford is an ARIA award-winning Sydney bassist, composer and bandleader. Her career spans across 15 years, performing internationally with a myriad of Grammy winning artists and appearing on countless recordings.Having performed alongside multiple luminaries of the Australian music scene, including Kate Ceberano and Katie Noonan, Lucy has also garnered widespread acclaim in the contemporary jazz scene for her own genre-defying work, winning the 2025 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album of the y
The Knife’s Edge of AI (opens the original)
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Creation & Authorship statement: No AI was used at any point in the creation or editing of this writing, it is entirely from the (often scattered) brain of Tim Nikolsky in July 2026. Maybe it would be more cohesive and easier to read and tighter if I ran it through Chatty-G; but I’ve consciously chosen to put this out into the world in its raw, human form, warts and all.We are at a consequential time right now as musicians, creators and consumers. It feels like everything is on a knife’s edge an
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