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Hoodoo Guru Dave Faulkner, Tim Levinson (aka Urthboy), Brooke McClymont of The McClymonts brought some star power to Monday’s (March 26) NSW parliamentary inquiry into the music and arts economy. The…

The vinyl revival has taken over the minds (and wallets) of music fans globally in recent years, enabling consumers young and old to revel in the joy of owning physical copies of their favourite…

APRA AMCOS is calling for a minimum of 25% Australian content from local streaming services in the playlists they curate. Head of Member Services and incoming CEO Dean Ormston has taken a strong…

Sinead O Connor is returning to the stage in the United States, sporting her new name Magda Davitt. These are her first official shows since 2015, the year where she also did national dates through…

Just off some raved-about shows at South By Southwest where the Los Angeles Times hailed her as delivering one of the day's breakout sets and a star in the making new Melbourne sensation G Flip has…

APRA AMCOS has called on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music to commit to a 25% Australian music quota on the playlists they curate. If adhered to, the figure will bring the services in…

The final album by Australia’s highest selling indigenous act, Dr G Yunupingu, has an April 13 release through Darwin-based Skinnyfish Music. The late singer-songwriter’s longtime producer and music…

Image: ANU Newsletter / Peter Damo The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra is going into the record label business. The not-for-profit venture to be called ANU Press Music, launches in…

Ahead of the inaugural FastForward conference in Sydney next month, the music business conference have now announced a new global partnership with AWAL. FastForward first began back in late 2015 by…

Apple Music might be having a faster growth rate, but Spotify has no intention of being perceived as having lost its puff especially with its public listing next week. Overnight it issued its…