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Scott B. Murphy, who founded the Australian Music Prize, has launched an American version called the American Music Prize. The US award is for debut albums only, for those released between August 1,…

Is global audio hardware company Bose about to launch its own music streaming service, to take on Apple s Beats Music? Rumours are rife after the company, best known in Australia for its speakers and…

Genero TV, Kicktone, Vocalizr, Muvli, Musio, Panda Crowd... welcome to Australia s burgeoning start-up scene, where new music-focused firms are enjoying global recognition and the fruits of hard…

Nick Cave: Something for skate A team-up by Nick Cave and Melbourne skate company Fast Times will result in a limited edition board based on Cave s song Nature Boy from the Abattoir Blues album. San…

The Bali Songwriting Invitational, a co-initiative of Universal Music Australia, returns to Ubud May 24 to June 2. It was set up in 2010 by Island Records Australia s managing director Michael Taylor…

Queensland elections no joy for creative sector There was no good news for Queensland s creative sector regarding the January 31 state elections. The major parties unveiled their platforms over the…

Sony Music Entertainment Australia brings in Jason Aldean Jason Aldean has become a huge country music superstar in the United States without being released outside that country. Sony Music…

A week after launching in India, US-based music streaming and internet radio company Rdio has gone live in 24 new international markets in Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. This brings the…

Former US Vice President Al Gore is staging the global Live Earth series of concerts to raise environmental awareness and Sydney is one of the cities to host Live Earth Road To Paris on June 18. The…

Courtney Barnett gets Billboard pick Courtney Barnett was this week one of three Billboard Emerging Picks, with American-British-Canadian girl group G.R.L and Haitian-Canadian EDM act Kaytranada. It…

More Australia Day honours Aside from the radio names honoured on Australia Day (detailed already in On The Dial), some music names also had their day in the sun. R B singer songwriter John Swanee…

Two new directors for Australia Council The Australia Council for the Arts has two directors joining its exec team. Marion Potts is Director, Theatre, replacing Lyn Wallis who is now Artistic…