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Show of Hands - Wake the Union

Those already under this band’s wingspan are sure to be richly rewarded.




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Southern Tenant Folk Union - Hello Cold Goodbye Sun

Folk collective reaps quirky rewards from genre-crossing.




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Ernest Bloch - Voice in the Wilderness, Schelomo, From Jewish Life; Kol Nidrei (cello: Natalie Clein; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Ilan Volkov)

A lovely piece of programming, tenderly performed.




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Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique (Scottish Chamber Orchestra; conductor: Robin Ticciati)

Demands to be heard by all lovers of Berlioz's best-known orchestral work.




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Carl Nielsen - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (New York Philharmonic; conductor: Alan Gilbert)

Rich and hugely enjoyable performances.




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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - La Finta Giardiniera (Freiburger Barockorchester; Rene Jacobs)

An overwhelmingly joyous account of one of Mozart’s lesser-known operas.




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Nils Frahm - Screws

Nine meditations upon a broken thumb.




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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni (Ildebrando D'Arcangelo; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin)

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




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Franz Schubert - Schubert Edition Vol. 7: Erlkönig (baritone: Matthias Goerne; piano: Andreas Haefliger)

The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances.




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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Septem verba a Christo (Sophie Karthaüser, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff, Academie für Alte Musik Berlin/Rene Jacobs)

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




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Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonatas (violin: Leonidas Kavakos, piano: Enrico Pace)

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




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T. Rex - The Slider: 40th Anniversary Box Set

Bolan’s brilliance came through clearly on T. Rex’s seventh LP.




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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours – 35th Anniversary Edition

A justified addition to the many Rumours already making the rounds.




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Sewing hair scrunchies raises money for drought-affected communities

Alice Baxby wasn't around to enjoy (endure) the scrunchie hair trend of the 1980s and '90s, but she's selling hundreds of the hair ties to help drought-affected families.







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Bob Pickersgill was a station hand at Bonnie Doon when he rescued the family's three-year-old daughter from a fire




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A Barcoo Independent newspaper clipping describes a fire at Bonnie Doon, outside Blackall, November 29, 1940




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Cowgirl Riley O'Dell beats the boys to junior bull ride buckle, has Las Vegas rodeo in her sights

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.




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Outback Queensland pioneering single mother's daily rainfall records recognised 100 years on

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




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Coronavirus today: Governor cheers legislative approval of increase in business grant program, announces expansion of surgeries, opening of public swimming pools

Coronavirus today:

The post Coronavirus today: Governor cheers legislative approval of increase in business grant program, announces expansion of surgeries, opening of public swimming pools appeared first on Arkansas Times.




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Little Rock schedules video ‘town hall’ Monday on code revision; city Board meeting Tuesday includes conflicting opinions on short-term rentals in Hillcrest

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.

The post Little Rock schedules video ‘town hall’ Monday on code revision; city Board meeting Tuesday includes conflicting opinions on short-term rentals in Hillcrest appeared first on Arkansas Times.





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Tornado hits Harvey overnight as storms lash WA's South West and Perth

A suspected tornado tore through the WA town of Harvey on Thursday night, damaging houses and bringing down trees, as a strong cold front battered the state's South West and brought heavy rain to Perth.




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Aussie school students are planning to skip class and join a global climate strike

Bunbury student strike leaders BellaBurgemeister and Lachlan Kelly say they're doing it to show politicians that urgent action is needed.




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Knickers the giant steer makes a packet for Blue Tree Project in brief return to limelight

One year on, 2018's most unlikely internet sensation, Knickers the giant steer, has put his big hoof forward for a good cause, raising more than $14,000 in the process.





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WA mother says Curtin University camp was inappropriate when it allowed teenagers to change behind bushes

A WA university has removed an activity from a camp for high schoolers after a mother complained that teenagers were told to change out of wet clothing behind a bush.





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Bunbury prison in full lockdown as raid nets 'significant quantity' of drugs

A prison in WA's South West remains in full lockdown as a three-day raid uncovers a significant haul of drugs and syringes.




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The Nightingale roots horror in Tasmania's colonial history with a tale of revenge

In Jennifer Kent's award-winning follow-up to the Babadook, a young convict woman teams up with a young Aboriginal man for revenge in 19th century Tasmania.



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Damon Herriman in The Nightingale




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Baykali Ganambarr and Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale




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Aisling Franciosi stands with horse in The Nightingale




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Sam Claflin in The Nightingale




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Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale




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Tasmania news: Police search for fruit tree thief, council throws out homeless man's belongings

DAILY BRIEFING: The search is on for a thief who stole a "large quantity" of citrus trees, while the Launceston City Council "sincerely apologises" to a homeless man




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Tasmania news: Dozens of little penguins found dead, boat death findings to be handed down

DAILY BRIEFING: More than 30 little penguins are found dead near Wynyard, a family raises money for their three-year-old daughter's cancer treatment and a coroner hands down his findings into four boating deaths.




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How can one half of Tasmania be inundated with rain while the other half is dry?

Tasmania's east coast is experiencing some of its driest conditions on record, but in the west there has been record high winter rainfall. How can the weather vary so much in such a small state?




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Tasmanian Labor Party vows never to make 'mistake' of working with Greens again

Opposition Leader Rebecca White vows to ditch the Greens as party faithful meet in Burnie for Labor's first Tasmanian gathering since suffering a bruising federal election defeat.




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Aurora Australis visible from Tasmania leaves southern lights chasers in awe

Aurora chasers around Tasmania are treated to a spectacular display of the southern lights in conditions described as "just perfect".




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Tasmania news: Escapee not dangerous police say, call to end 'mind-blowing' wildlife cull

DAILY BRIEFING: Police are still looking for escapee Jake Mark Pearce, the Greens want an end to wildlife culls after six permits were issued to kill platypus.




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'No protection' for prisoners in Tasmania Police transport vans, union says

Prisoners being transported in Tasmania Police vans have no restraints and are forced to crouch of lie down when they're inside, according to the state's police union, which warns it is only a matter of time before someone dies.




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Ex-police minister Rene Hidding won't be charged over alleged sex abuse

A woman who claims she was sexually abused by former police minister Rene Hidding says she has been told he will not be charged over her claims.




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Tasmania news: Tattooist murder trial begins, hundreds of Temco jobs threatened

DAILY BRIEFING: A trial gets underway for the alleged murder of Dwayne Davies who was shot more than two years ago, 300 jobs at Temco are at risk and the cause of penguin deaths is identified.




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Physical abuse, use of chemical restraints among complaints to aged care watchdog in Tasmania

When Jane Rankin-Reid moved her mum Shirlee into an aged care home in Hobart, she hoped she'd live out her twilight years in comfort and dignity. But the elderly woman's life soon became a nightmare.





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Tasmania 'losing' its penguins as authorities grapple with spate of dog attacks

More than 170 little penguins have been mauled to death by dogs in Tasmania in the past year. Experts say the attacks are leaving the state's population in a "tenuous" position.




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Tasmanian news: Speaker Sue Hickey pauses parliament over pay row, police officer to plead guilty over strip search

DAILY BRIEFING: Tasmania's Speaker pauses parliament as tensions run high over her bid for a pay rise, and a police officer charged over the strip search of an 11-year-old boy indicates she'll plead guilty.