Songs

Indigenous-led songwriting is helping to celebrate cultural knowledge, revitalise language and improve wellbeing in a remote community in the central Kimberley

From her teenage crushes to her feuds, Taylor Swift has been using confession, testimony and narrative to shape the public story of her life

Songs, dances and other ceremonial traditions offer a rare insight into Australian history from an Indigenous perspective

Violence, corruption and murder dominate our modern headlines, but little has changed since execution ballads were sung in sixteenth-century Europe

Music’s ability to trigger our deepest memories and emotions could help improve quality of life for people with dementia

Music is a powerful tool that can shape moods, define moments and ignite memories. In creating music we can share something of our experiences and ourselves – a notion explored in therapeutic songwriting

Photo gallery: Graduating Victorian College of the Arts music theatre and production students bring the Broadway classic to life

Britney Spears as music torture may at first seem like a joke, but sound is delving into some dark places the law should keep an ear out for