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For the second time in three months, storms have affected the staging of Chinese EDM festival Storm. Plans to stage the first Storm festival in Sydney on December 9 at Parramatta Park have been…

Foxtel s Country Music Channel (CMC) will broadcast the 51st CMA Awards live from Nashville on Thursday 9 November at midday. Held at the Bridgestone Arena, it is hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie…

One of Australia s biggest champions of country music, Rob Potts, has passed away aged 65. The co-founder of CMC Rocks was involved in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash, while riding with a group on…

WA s peak music association WAM this morning announced the final 30 speakers for WAMCon (Friday, November 5 and Saturday 6 at the State Theatre Centre, Perth), bringing the total to over 50. They…

Melbourne indie pop-rock artist Angie McMahon (Pictured) is next week’s featured artist on digital station Unearthed, with her latest single ’Slow Mover’. In the words of triple j’s Stephen Goodhew,…

In a further indication of Australia s presence in the global EDM, a number of Australian names made it onto the annual DJ Mag s Top 100 DJs list for 2017. The list, which has been collated since…

New Zealand s former ruling National Party has to pay NZ$600,000 (A$535,000) for breaching the copyright of Eminem s Lose Yourself (2002) during an election campaign three years ago. The track it…

Musician, producer, educator and screen composer Martin Armiger will be the recipient of the inaugural Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen award, at the Monday November 13 Screen Music…

The Amrap Metro and Amrap Regional Charts provide insight into what s gaining airplay and attention on community radio. The charts show the top ten tracks ordered for airplay by community…

This is the first of a series of Q As ahead of the National Live Music Awards. The first one up is NLMA founder Larry Heath on Live Act of the Year, presented by The Music Network, and one of the…

After setting new attendance and revenue records in March, the Adelaide Festival s Artistic Directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healy s unveiled a bumper 2018 program. The 48 shows cover music,…

After its first visit last year, music export body Sounds Australia has confirmed it is leading a second trade mission to South America. A number of Australian music executives and artists will be in…