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Didgeridoo players at the University District Street Fair, Seattle, Washington.
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". The didgeridoo is sometimes played as a solo instrument for recreational purposes, though more usually it accompanies dancing and singing in ceremonial rituals. (more...)
The crowd at the Big Day Out 2006, in Melbourne.
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992. As of 2003, it has featured seven or eight stages (depending on the venue) accommodating popular contemporary rock music, electronic music, mainstream international acts and local acts. (more...)
Tim Rogers with his band The Temperance Union, performing in Canberra in November 2005.
Tim Rogers (born Timothy Adrian Rogers 20 September 1969) is the frontman of Australian band You Am I. He is also a solo artist, as well as having fronted and released albums with bands The Twin Set and The Temperance Union. (more...)
TZU performing at the Melbourne Big Day Out, 2006.
TZU (pronounced Tee Zed Yoo) are an Australian hip hop group, originating from Melbourne, Victoria. They are known for live shows with significant crowd involvement, at festivals such as Big Day Out, Falls Festival, and Good Vibrations festival. (more...)
The Go-Betweens in 2005: Robert Forster and Grant McLennan (background) on stage in Bielefeld, Germany.
The Go-Betweens were an internationally influential indie rock band from Australia, formed by guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in Brisbane in 1977. (more...)
Ben Lee performs on May 5, 2005.
Benjamin Michael Lee (born September 11, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is a ARIA Award winning Jewish Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up. (more...)
Damien Leith performing at Paddys Day Parade Sydney 2007.
Damien Leo Leith (b. 18 January 1976, Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish Australian singer/songwriter. He was the winner of the Network Ten music contest Australian Idol 2006. (more...)
Nic Cester performing in Chicago in 2004.
Nic Cester (born Nicholas John Cester on July 6, 1979 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian musician, best known for being the nephew of one of the members of TISM and for his lead vocals in the rock band Jet. He is the band's main songwriter, singer and guitarist. (more...)
Neil Finn of Crowded House in Hamburg, 1996.
Corneilius Mullane Finn OBE (born May 27, 1958, in Te Awamutu, New Zealand) is a singer and songwriter and one of New Zealand's foremost musicians. He is the frontman for Crowded House, and previously for Split Enz. (more...)
Peter Garrett is an Australian musician and politician. He was the lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from the 1970s to their disbanding in 2002. In politics, he has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives. (more...)
The Veronicas are an award winning Australian pop singer/songwriter duo composed of identical twin sisters Lisa Marie and Jessica Louise Origliasso (born December 25, 1984 in Brisbane) who are of Italian (Sicilian) descent. (more...)
The Sydney Opera House on 20 July 2004.
The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as appointed on 28 June 2007. Designed by Jørn Utzon, a Danish architect, the Sydney Opera House is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. (more...)
Guy Sebastian visits Gloria Jeans, Broadway.
Guy Theodore Sebastian (born October 26, 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and winner of the first Australian Idol TV talent competition quest in 2003. (more...)
The Living End performing at the Electric Ballroom, London, on August 21, 2007.
The Living End is an Australian rock band, based in Melbourne, Victoria. To date, they have released four studio albums in Australia, with two - The Living End and State of Emergency - reaching #1 on the ARIA charts. They have also gained notable success in the United States and Europe. (more...)
Natalie Imbruglia performing at Paradiso in Amsterdam in November 2005.
Natalie Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. She has starred in the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours, and in 1998, she released a high-selling debut album Left of the Middle. To date she has sold more than 10 million albums world-wide. (more...)
The stage at a Wiggles concert at the Oklahoma arena.
The Wiggles is an Australian band. Since its formation in 1991, the group has achieved worldwide success with its children's albums, videos, television series and concert appearances. (more...)
