Features
National Indigenous Music Awards
It's been a big year for Indigenous music. This month the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) will set the stage on fire with hip-shaking rock n' roll, sublime singing, powerful...
One Tropical Day feat. Grinspoon
We are well and truly into the Dry season and Aussie rock heavyweights Grinspoon are dropping by to help Top Enders celebrate. They visit the NT as a part of...
DSO Kids' Classics – Play me a Story
The first instalment of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra's (DSO) new education series Kids' Classics explores how to tell a story through music. By Chelsea Heaney. Designed specifically for a younger...
Queens of the Stone Age
In what has been some great news for Darwin fans, one of the most acclaimed and popular hard rock groups of the last 20 years plays in the Top End...
Chorale in Cabaret – ABBA
Chorale in Cabaret is back, this time celebrating the music of Swedish pop group ABBA and all things 70s. By Chelsea Heaney. The Darwin Chorale is taking on favourite tracks...
REMI x Sampa - Fire Sign Tour
Poet and singer songwriter Sampa The Great is coming back to Darwin. Off The Leash caught up with the artist ahead of this month’s Fire Sign Tour, which sees her...
Darwin Symphony Orchestra – Queen
Joined by some of Australia’s finest rock musicians and singers for an evening celebrating the music of one of the biggest rock bands in history, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO)...
Q&A with Ben Ottewell
As the former singer and guitarist of English band Gomez, Ben Ottewell has been carving a solid solo career for himself over the past few years. Ottewell kicks off his...
4 Hands At The Piano
After wowing audiences last year with her residency at the Darwin Festival, celebrated pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska returns to the Top End. Performing this time with renowned multi-award winning Australian composer...
Lee Kernaghan
Lee Kernaghan OAM has been a staple in Australia's country music scene for decades and his championing of rural Australian life has seen him develop a strong community following across...
Mandorah Ukulele and Folk Festival
The picturesque Wagait Beach plays host again to the annual Mandorah Ukulele and Folk Festival – MUFF. By Chelsea Heaney. Performers from across the country are converging at the Cox...
On the Northern Track
Sydney based Catholic School Santa Sabina College is touring the Northern Territory this month, performing Australian choral and instrumental music in iconic landscapes and venues across the Northern Territory. "Santa...
Q&A with Ben Evolent
Joshua Tarca is known on the music scene as Ben Evolent – a happy-go-lucky singer-songwriter based in Darwin, who personifies his namesake by ‘doing charitable things for others.’ MusicNT caught...
Q&A with Missy Higgins
Following a recent hiatus, Missy Higgins has made a much-welcomed return to the stage. Performing at Barunga Festival this month, Off The Leash had a chat with Higgins about what...
Q&A with Amy Shark
Just a few months ago Gold Coast singer songwriter Amy Shark quit her job as a video editor to refocus on music, after a long time of treading water in...
NT News Live on Fridays
It's another one of those much-awaited events that, just like the dragonflies around town, returns to the Top End to mark the start of the Dry season. By Chelsea Heaney...
Darwin Symphony Orchestra
Comprising 65 volunteer musicians and a small professional core, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an orchestra of and for the community. By Anna Dowd An accessible and essential community...
APIA Good Times Tour
The annual Apia Good Times Tour returns for its fifth consecutive year with another formidable line-up of Australian music legends including The Black Sorrows with Vika and Linda Bull, Colin...
