Day: 14 March 2026

Diary of a Melbournian at WOMADelaide

As a Victorian-based girl with a pretty strong pop music bias, attending WOMADelaide was always going to be an interesting experience. I’d never been to South Australia before, and I’ve never attended anything quite like this. Known for its global music programming, sprawling site and a deeply loyal crowd, WOMADelaide has built quite a reputation-…

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RISING 2026: Five must-see gigs in this year’s music lineup

Melbourne’s RISING festival returns this May/June, once again lighting up the city with a sprawling program of music, art and late-night mischief. As always, the music lineup spans generations and scenes, pulling together legends, cult favourites and some of the most interesting artists working right now. With shows spread across Melbourne Town Hall, Hamer Hall,…

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Interview: The Madison stars Elle Chapman, Patrick J. Adams and Amiah Miller on grief, Montana, and the movies that make them cry

Grief sits quietly at the heart of The Madison, Taylor Sheridan’s new drama following the Clyburn family as they leave New York City for the wide, untamed landscapes of Montana’s Madison River valley after a devastating loss. For the cast, that emotional terrain wasn’t just something to perform – it was something many of them…

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Interview: Director Christina Alexandra Voros on shaping the emotional canvas of The Madison

Grief has a way of reshaping not just the people who carry it, but the spaces they inhabit. In The Madison, the latest Taylor Sheridan television production set against the sweeping beauty of Montana’s Madison River valley, the Clyburn family leave behind their life in New York City in search of something quieter – and…

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Story Of The Year’s Adam Russell on A.R.S.O.N and getting better with age

Story Of The Year are rediscovering their prime, having just released their best record in recent times, A.R.S.O.N. Serving as a real return to form with an obvious natural progression of sound and talent, A.R.S.O.N is the result of a band with no agendas and nothing to prove, making the music that they want to…

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Interview: Ben Schnetzer and Rebecca Spence on playing the outsiders in Taylor Sheridan’s The Madison

Created by Taylor Sheridan, The Madison trades the sweeping ranch rivalries of his earlier work for something more intimate: a character-driven drama about family, grief and reinvention set against the vast landscapes of Montana. The new Paramount+ original series follows the Clyburn family — led by Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell as Stacy and Preston…

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Series Review: The Madison; Michelle Pfeiffer is phenomenal in Taylor Sheridan’s most intimate, emotional series yet

Created by Taylor Sheridan, The Madison may have been born from the creative orbit that produced Yellowstone, but it ultimately emerges as something far more intimate: a quietly devastating family drama wrapped in the sweeping visual language of the American West. Rather than leaning on the operatic power struggles that have defined Sheridan’s other series,…

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