Bigsound announce programmer change-up for 2019

Change is a-coming the way of Bigsound.

Bigsound, one of the most premiere and beloved music industry events in Australia, well-known for helping to launch the careers of countless musicians from Stella Donnelly to Alex Lahey, has today announced a change-up in staff for the 2019 iteration of the event.

Watch Bigsound alum Stella Donnelly perform ‘Time After Time’:

Maggie Collins will remain in the role of Executive Programmer for Bigsound.  But the programming team will see a slight reshuffle – Tom Larkin of VV Management and Shihad fame will join the Bigsound team as conference programmer, while Melody Forghani of twnty three and Tim Shiel of triple j are going to be Bigsound co-programmers.

twnty three, an independent artist management and publicity company based in Sydney, Australia, is a beloved institution, and Forghani a beloved industry player. “I’m really honoured to be working alongside Q Music and the full programming team on what I believe is one of the most progressive music conferences in the world,” Forghani told The Industry Observer.

Watch new Bigsound programmer Tom Larkin talk his band Shihad here:

Larkin’s extensive knowledge as both a musician and a long-suffering agent and manager make him equally expertly poised to push Bigsound into new and exciting territory, while Shiel’s radio experience is set to add a fresh new flavour. The appointments gesture towards what makes Bigsound quite so great – the festival is uniquely skilled when it comes to comprehensively covering the industry from every available angle, and has a knack for plucking some of the best and brightest and popping them in well-deserved positions of power.

Count us supremely excited for Bigsound 2019 then, won’tcha?

For more Bigsound news as it breaks, stay tuned to The Industry Observer. 

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This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.