With The Candle and the Flame now available, Robert Forster has released four albums since the death of his Go-Betweens bandmate, Grant McLennan. Forster began playing solo after The Go-Betweens’ ...

Australian singer/songwriter Robert Forster has always maintained this rosy life philosophy, but unexpected events that affected his family during the recent pandemic pretty much hammered it into ...

The Go-Betweens co-founder Robert Forster will release a new solo album, The Candle and the Flame, on February 3 via Tapete. This is Forster’s most personal record to date, as it features his whole ...

But still, the reaction is surprising. Just before “Spring Rain” – the set’s sixth song – Forster mutters “it’s going well.” Up to this point, four songs draw from The Candle and one, “One Bird in the ...

Well this wasn’t on our bingo card for 2023. But nonetheless, it brings us great joy to pass on the news that Robert Forster, frontman of The Go-Betweens, has just fulfilled his lifelong dream of ...

“The last album was very personal,” notes Go-Betweens co-founder Robert Forster of 2023’s The Candle & The Flame, After taking a year off from writing, the songs began to flow again and he found them ...

Robert Forster, leader of the Go-Betweens, has launched a new signature brand of muesli, which is named for a Go-Betweens song: “Spring Rain” has been modified to “Spring Grain.” The muesli also has ...

Early in the career of the band they formed in Brisbane 39 years ago, the Go-Betweens, the two songwriters agreed to contribute equally, but separately, to the group’s catalogue of breezy pop tunes ...

Dear friends, pull up chairs, this is a difficult and lengthy post. It is tough news that I wish to share with you and not for you to pick up second hand on the internet over the next months. In early ...

Experiencing this 90-minute summary of how Australia’s Forster chooses to represent himself is enlightening. Clearly, his fans – it’s a committed crowd at this sold-out show – see him in the round, ...