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Jeff Jenkins, Journalist

Jeff Jenkins

Jeff Jenkins is the author of several music books, including 50 Years of Rock in Australia. His all-time favourite band is Horsehead, and he barracks for Essendon and the Melbourne Storm.

Features / Interviews
Fiona Lee Maynard
Is This Music’s Greatest Love Story?
Fiona Lee Maynard and James Lomas have been making music together for more than 30 years. Then Fiona saved James’ life – literally.
Features / Music
Inpress
Inpress: Remembering The Primitive, Pioneering Glory Days Of Street Press
This was the world of Inpress – rough and raw but real. To celebrate The Music's street press archive launch, music journalist Jeff Jenkins explores the history of Inpress.
Features / Interviews
Sister Janet Mead in the 'Lord's Prayer' video
Sister Janet Mead: The First Aussie To Sell A Million Records In The US
Sister Janet Mead was inducted into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
Features / Music
Madonna
'Who The F**k’s Madonna?': Australia’s Love Affair With Madonna Started 40 Years Ago Today
Four decades after they met, Molly Meldrum remains one of Madonna’s biggest fans. And Australia still loves her, too.
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News / Music
Split Enz
Split Enz Re-Emerge With Unreleased Song ‘Murder’
A previously unreleased Enz song arrives – 45 years later.
Features / Music
Hoodoo Gurus
The Amazing True Story Of Hoodoo Gurus’ Debut Album
Dinosaurs, cyclones, necrophilia, kamikaze pilots and… greyhounds? This is the remarkable true story of the Hoodoo Gurus’ debut album 'Stonage Romeos'.
Features / Music
'We Are The World' music video
'The Greatest Night In Pop'… And The Aussie Who Was There
'The Greatest Night In Pop' is the new Netflix documentary about the making of 'We Are The World'. But did you know that an Aussie star was in the room that night?
Industry / Feature
Spunk Records
25 Years Of Spunk Records: ‘Incredible, Life-Changing, Lucky, A Roller-Coaster, Eventful’
As Spunk celebrates a quarter-century, founder Aaron Curnow sits down with The Music to look back at nearly 700 albums, beers with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Lou Reed, and the time he nearly drowned Bill Callahan.
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Features / Interviews
Queen
Sunbury 1974: The Day Queen Were Booed In Australia… And What Happened Next
“Go home, ya Pommy w***ers!”
Features / Interviews
Real Life's 'Send Me An Angel' music video
The Remarkable Real Life Story Of 'Send Me An Angel', The Aussie Song That Hit The US Top 40… Twice
“It was so good, I thought I must have ripped it off.”
Industry / News
ARIA logo
Australian Music’s Annus Horribilis: No 2023 Local Releases Make End Of Year ARIA Charts
“We are just as frustrated as the rest of the music industry.”
Industry / Feature
Michael Gudinski
‘How Could You Play Music That Loud?’ Michael Gudinski’s Life Story In 13 Songs
After trying to tell the Gudinski story in 13 tours, here we attempt to do it in just 13 songs.
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