The most exciting and consistently well-sung Don Giovanni to appear for several years.

Schiff transcends all questions of instrumentation to deliver a pure experience.

Fluently stylish and idiomatic, these performers live and breathe Bach's music.

A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers.

The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances.

This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation.

In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater.

This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.

Meet the dog on the frontline of defence against African Swine Fever, and rejoice with Menindee locals as water finally reaches their parched lakes.

This week we find out how COVID-19 is affecting the highly mobile force of international backpackers; dive deeper on the price hikes for fruit and veg; and give a round of applause to businesses changing what they do to help fight the disease.

This week we hear about the changes we want to keep post coronavirus; why veggie seedlings and seeds are selling out and will more Australians look to farm work as job losses increase?

This week we welcome water down the Darling River, all the way to Pooncarie; the panic buying of mince has now led to heavy discounting; and let's spend some hours on the road with the nation's busiest drivers - truckies.

This week we find out what it is to be flexitarian; discover the precautions farmers are taking to keep their workforce safe amid coronavirus; and learn how a vegetable could become part of your sunscreen.

This week how the closure of restaurants is hurting other boutique business; and butchers are bouncing back after a rush on meat.

This week we find out why Australia wants a review of wet markets; why farmers can't get their tractors repaired and how agriculture is hitting its sweet spot.

This week we find out why the US meat industry is in coronavirus chaos; hear the Belgian potato industry's cry for frites; and discover why this Mothers' Day will be a great one for flower growers.

Uncompromising, truly unique music from the experimental veteran.

If magic in music exists, it is here, and never-ending.

An absolute tour de force of an album from an artist with nothing left to lose.

Cocker’s an oddly innocuous voice on an album too smooth to really impress.

A mixed manifestation of electronic pop from the former Kraftwerk-er.

We make it easy for New Zealanders to work in Australia but not so easy for them to survive in times of personal crisis. Four Kiwis tell their stories of falling between the cracks.

In 2019, the famous flying great white sharks of South Africa’s False Bay completely disappeared, leaving locals, scientists and a booming tourism industry desperate for answers. Are shark-eating orcas or climate change to blame? Or could the answer lie across the Southern Ocean in Australia?

Flying a light plane to pick up bread from the local bakery is not something most Australians can relate to, but it is the unique reality for some who call Central Australia home.

Generations of droving families have been running cattle through outback Queensland, but that could soon end as young people leave the regions in search of other opportunities.

One man's rescue of a four-year-old girl from a fire 80 years ago has been formally recognised, and now the girl he saved wants to give something back to his family.

Three-dimensional zebra crossings have turned up in Iceland, England and even the tiny outback town of Boulia in Queensland and now one Sydney council is exploring whether it could join the trend.

Bull riding has always been the cowboy's domain, but young cowgirl Riley O'Dell is bucking the trend and taking home prized buckles in outback Queensland.

Winton shines in the new television series, Total Control, starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths.

RobynCaldwellisoneof thousandsof womeninrural Australiadealingwiththe falloutfromthedrought,but everyyearaspecialevent with250countrywomenin aremoteQueenslandtowngives her welcomerespite andstrategies tofightback.

The outback Queensland town of Barcaldine has officially set a new world record for the longest line of motorhomes.

When outback pioneering single mother Mary Emmott started rainfall records in 1914 she had no idea how important they would be.

Emus have once again mobbed the streets of Longreach in search of food and water. While some locals say the number of chicks is a good omen for the wet season, an expert says the birds simply "lay and hope for the best."

Outback Queensland towns are celebrating after much-needed rain, but the effects may not flow on downstream.

Governor Hutchinson's May 4 directives on the re-opening of indoor and outdoor venues indicate closures will be lifted on May 18, but that's not what the event calendar at Fort Smith's Temple Live says.

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Arkansas Times staff photographer Brian Chilson was on site at 7th Street Tattoo and Piercing for its re-opening.

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Good government groups are pressing Gov. Asa Hutchinson to act now to encourage absentee voting in the November election.

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The Racing Commission had a long and open discussion but again cleared the Cherokee Nation's belated application for a casino permit in Pope County. A Mississippi casino operator says it will sue if the Cherokees win the permit.

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Saline County juveniles are free to roam, but they are encouraged to follow directives on social distancing. They will, right?

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Hampton describes himself as "birthed within the state-of-mind forged by Native Americans, Civil War battles, blues and folk music, diamonds and nine students that corner-stoned the spirit of the civil rights movement."

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Another federal court has denied a request to preserve surgical abortion rights for Arkansas women.

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The Arkansas Supreme Couirt wamts court to resume May 18.

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Little Rock Marriott giving 163 employees notice of layoffs longer than originally thought.

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Code revisions, short-term rentals and a donation of city land to the state's proposed billion-dollar freeway project through downtown are on the agendas of city meetings next week.

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South West farmers accuse Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce of knocking back Wellington Dam desalination funding in favour of cash splashes in the east.