R&B and disco singer Donna Summer passed away on Thursday at the age of 63 following cancer-related complications.

ADELAIDE: Indigenous elder, convicted criminal, gifted artist, drug addict and gay: The music from Jack Charles’ award-winning stage production Jack Charles v The Crown is a Cabaret Festival exclusive.

If I was faced with the pressure of singlehandedly entertaining a sold-out Allphones Arena, which has a capacity of 21,000, I think I would instantaneously combust. Poof! Just like that, I’d be no more.

Against Me! punk rock singer Tom Gabel has come out as transgender and revealed plans to live as a woman with the support of her wife and band.

Kane Alexander returns to Adelaide with his first ever solo show. He spoke with Peter Burdon.

With an ARIA award under his belt, End of Fashion frontman Justin Burford goes cabaret – with Kurt Cobain!

Electro-goth duo, Light Asylum, are getting a lot of attention these days. Their music is reminiscent of 80s bands such as Cabaret Voltaire and Depeche Mode, and singer, Shannon Funchess, can be as scary as Siouxsie and as commanding as Grace Jones. Ahead of their Australian tour, Rachel Cook had a conversation with the rather dynamic (and not so scary) Funchess.

Amy Bodossian has returned to the Adelaide stage with her new cabaret performance of Exhibit Amy.

OK, so it’s taken a while for Sal Kimber and the Rollin’ Wheel to release an album, but the fans and critics have agreed, and as they say, it was worth the wait. Kimber and her band members Beth (Buffy) Kimber, Jacob Cole, Cat Leahy and Trent McKenzie are some of the finest homegrown musicians in the country and they’re about to hit Victoria’s annual queer country festival, ChillOut. Rachel Cook spoke to Sal Kimber about growing up in a creative family and her love of alt-country music.

The American sing-songwriter will soon be embarking on an Australian tour and a couple of lucky fans have the chance to win double passes to her Sydney and Melbourne shows. Maeve Marsden spoke to the rising star who has the likes of k.d. lang and Rufus Wainwright sitting up and taking notice.

English composer Howard Alexander has been named the winner of The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir’s (SGLC) international OutPostChoir song competition with his piece You Make Me Proud to be performed by the world’s largest queer virtual choir in time for this year’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).

Leonard Bernstein’s gargantuan Mass receives a rare performance in the Adelaide Festival.

Candy Royalle’s cutting edge underground poetry show, Stories By Starlight rides a wave of success after theatres were packed at Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival in January.

Tributes are being shared across the world, following the death of American singing sensation Whitney Houston.

ADELAIDE: It’s election year in the USA, and Presidential candidate Tina C is making a triumphant return to Adelaide. Peter Burdon spoke to Tina C and her manager, Christopher Green.