The reunification of sibling songbirds Angus and Julia Stone has
put bad blood to bed, writes Andrew Murfett.  WHEN Angus and
Julia Stone parted ways in April last year, the brother-and-
sister duo were exhausted to the point of defeat. Unable to
communicate with each other as musicians - let alone siblings -
they appeared finished as a musical entity.  They were three
months into a spirit-sapping American tour, which had followed
almost two years of promoting their 2007 debut album A Book Like
This. Their musical union had started to disintegrate.  So Angus
flew home to Australia, tossed a swag over his shoulder and
began camping and surfing around the east coast. Julia flew to
New York. The two would not speak for five months.  Today, more
than a year on, Angus and Julia have experienced an
extraordinary reversal of fortunes. Their second album Down the
Way is the biggest-selling Australian album of 2010, selling
about 120,000 copies since its release in March. Their current
tour, which lodges in Melbourne's