Dan Condon

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Dan Condon

If you were tuned in to the Hottest 100 of 2004 when we played it out on Double J in January, you'd have been reacquainted with the magical pop brilliance of Western Australia's Little Birdy. LoadingThe band, led by frontwoman Katy Steele, had such a massive year in '04. They released their debut album BigBigLove, which featured songs like 'Beautiful To Me' and 'Tonight's the Night', which have made an indelible mark on a whole generation of Australian music lovers.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Dan Condon

When musicians come to Australia as part of their long, arduous touring schedules, they tend to be pretty good at telling us how much they love us and our country. Dermot Kennedy doesn't just tell us, he shows us. The 33-year-old Irish former busker has played dozens of Australian shows in his relatively short career, first playing tiny clubs in 2018 and most recently selling out three nights at the Sydney Opera House's Forecourt.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Dan Condon

Indie rock royalty Bloc Party will return to Australia later this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their incredible debut album Silent Alarm. This was the album that didn't just introduce the British band to the world, it was a totemic force that played a huge part in ushering a whole new style of dance-punk infused indie rock into the zeitgeist.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Dan Condon

It may have been planned this way, but it didn't seem like it. If you wandered through the WOMADelaide festival in Adelaide's Botanic Park this International Women's Day, you couldn't stumble more than 100 metres without encountering a woman on top of her game, holding court in front of an audience of hundreds or thousands of enraptured music fans. It didn't come across as virtue signalling, the festival didn't make much of a deal about the gender split of their deftly programmed second day.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Dan Condon

Before she was Queen Omega, the globally revered dancehall singer with dozens of celebrated releases to her name, Jeneile Osborne was living with her family in the small city of San Fernando in Trinidad and Tobago. She first performed on stage at nine years old, the natural power and beauty of her show-stopping voice immediately clear to her family and local groups around town. "My mum always told me that my voice was a gift," Queenie, as she's best known, says.