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Music

Culture

Clubs call for a thaw on late night liquor freeze

Story by Sean Ruse

Culture
Image credit: Supplied

A high-tech(no) solution for ravers pining for the dance floor

Story by Peter Quattrocelli

People

Jazz? Classical? Rap? Pay your coin, find the soundtrack for your city

Words and photos by Yike Cai

Society

‘Australia Does Not Exist’: Hip hop and the minority experience

Audio report by Bess Maria Zewdie

Culture

3010: Husband-wife duo bring music to the streets of Melbourne

Video by Silvi Vann-Wall

and Jenina Ibañez

Culture
Jeanette Olivia Little. Photo: Sasa Stucin

Tearing down the walls of sound

Words by Lewis Fischer

Culture

On Sydney Road, where Gambia meets Cuba via Japan and … Ballarat

Words and pictures by Charlotte Grieve

Culture

Sonic boom time for a neglected Australian musical classic

Words by Lewis Fischer

Culture
Picture: Zachary Snowdon Smith

The Paris Cat: Striking a chord, and turning hot jazz into cool cash

Words and pictures by Zachary Snowdon Smith

Culture
Picture: Charlotte Grieve

In rude health, ‘Interrupted’ rockers still playing on their merits

Words and Pictures Charlotte Grieve

Culture

Australia develops a taste for K-pop

Words by Samar Khouri

Culture

Girls Rock! and roll their way to empowerment

Words and video by Kate Stanton

Culture

The long, slow death of the CD . . . where is it at?

Culture

The Asia-Pacific dreams up its own Eurovision

Audio report by Liam Clark

Culture

Shamir: Ratcheting up the tension

Words by Andy Hazel

Culture

2015 in music: cram it all in

Review by Andy Hazel

About The Citizen

THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

  • Editor: Jo Chandler
  • Reporter: Petra Stock
  • Audio & Video editor: Louisa Lim
  • Data editor: Craig Butt
  • Editor-In-Chief: Andrew Dodd
  • Business editor: Lucy Smy
Winner — BEST PUBLICATION 2016 Ossie Awards

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