The Drawing Room

Canberra is a landlocked city. But that hasn't stopped naval ships being named after our bush capital.

There's of course the HMAS Canberra. But this Saturday a new ship will be officially commissioned at Garden Island in Sydney Harbour: The USS Canberra. 

It's a US naval ship and to mark the occasion the U.S. 7th Fleet Band - based in Japan - is here to perform this weekend.  

Did you know that The Kimberley in WA was at one time seriously considered as an option for the Jewish Homeland?

That’s according to SBS’s new docu-series Who The Bloody Hell Are We, a three-part series uncovering the unknown histories of the Jewish, New Zealand and Chinese communities in Australia.

John Safran discusses delving into Australia's Jewish history in the first episode.

What does a glacier sound like?

Internationally acclaimed visual artist Benjamin Knock went to Iceland with a sound recordist and captured recordings of the glaciers and the surrounding volcanically active areas with bizarre things called hydrophones, Seizmaphones and Geophones for his exhibition Terra-Therma.

He's compiled a multi-disciplinary exhibition to bring the sights and sounds of Iceland to Melbourne.

Fresh from releasing reissues of classic albums Electrical Storm and Honey Steel’s Gold, the legendary punk pioneer and co-founder of The Saints, The Aints and Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper has announced a national tour in September.

He reflects on his influences, inspirations and how his grandkids interact with his music.

Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne’s folk songs may sound gentle and ethereal, but they carry the weight of immense emotional heft.

Following the sudden passing of her long-term collaborator and producer, Eric Littmann, her new album “The Greater Wings” moves through shared experiences that are both timeless and life-affirming.

Ukrainian composer and electronic musician Heinali has transformed years of pre-war audio recordings of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv into a time capsule of ambient sound and memories of a city now besieged in his album 'Kyiv Eternal'.

Scott Patterson's new book “Chaos Kings: How wall street traders make billions in the new age of crisis” looks into the world of the doom-mongers making a fortune from the worst-case scenarios.

‘The Days Toppled Over’ unravels the complex systems that lead to the exploitation of international students in Australia, through a heartening story about family, success and the migrant experience.

A new film asks if our drive to tell stories is overriding our ability to put the subjects of documentaries first?

Mutti Mutti man Uncle Kutcha Edwards is a highly respected elder and survivor of the Stolen Generations who has been combining songwriting and activism since 1991.