Popular music

Putting the popular back into culture

Putting the popular back into culture

March 25, 2012

Film, New books, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Television:

Sitting pretty : the life and times of Clifton Webb by Clifton Webb with David L. Smith A face that any lover of classic Hollywood movies will instantly recognise, Clifton… Read More ›

New Music Tracks.

New Music Tracks.

January 27, 2012

Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

New CDs in Arts include Greatest Voices of Bolshoi, from the record library of Melbourne broadcaster, John Cargher.  There is the self-titled best seller from popular crooner Michael Buble, the classic album,… Read More ›

New CD Listening in Arts

New CD Listening in Arts

November 17, 2011

Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

New CDs arriving into the collection include music from icons of pop culture such as Peter, Paul & Mary, George Harrison and Santana ;  jazzy moods with The Syncopators ;  and classical favourites like The… Read More ›

Summer Sound Beam

Summer Sound Beam

January 13, 2011

Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

Sound Beam is a regular program highlighting recorded music from the Arts audio-visual collection. It is accessible through headphones at selected workstations in the Arts Reading Room. The current program… Read More ›

Sound Beam for Spring

Sound Beam for Spring

November 22, 2010

Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

Sound Beam is a regular program highlighting recorded music from the Arts audio-visual collection. It is accessible via headphones at selected workstations in the Arts Reading Room. Sound Beam currently features… Read More ›

New CDs & Listening Post Music in Arts.

New CDs & Listening Post Music in Arts.

October 30, 2010

Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

New CDs arriving into the collection include the following mix of Broadway Cast albums, pop and rock favourites and film music. Some of these are already available on – Listening Post… Read More ›

Sound Beam featuring Mozart and Muse

Sound Beam featuring Mozart and Muse

September 1, 2010

Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

Sound Beam is a regular program highlighting recorded music from the Arts audio-visual collection. It is accessible via headphones at selected workstations in the Arts Reading Room. Sound Beam currently features… Read More ›

Rhythm on film

Rhythm on film

August 6, 2010

Film, Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

The Backbeat section of the Melbourne International Film Festival is known for highlighting a variety of fascinating films on various aspects of popular and un/non-popular music and music culture over… Read More ›

CSNY Déjà vu and more in Arts

CSNY Déjà vu and more in Arts

June 15, 2010

Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

As a part of the Outside-in Cinema screenings in Experimedia here at the Library, on Wednesday 16th June at 6:30pm you can catch the recent rockumentary, CSNY: Déjà vu. The film… Read More ›

What’s new on the Arts shelves

What’s new on the Arts shelves

June 13, 2010

Film, Photography, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

The Drawings of Bronzino This beautiful new book from Yale University Press highlights the wonderful draughtsmanship of Mannerist artist Agnolo Bronzino who was a pupil of the great Pontormo. It can be found… Read More ›