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Songwriters in the U.S. should see a lift in their measly royalty cheques after the National Music Publishers’ Association claimed victory in its push for a better cut on mechanicals from streaming…

Entering its fifth year, Josh Pyke and APRA AMCOS have again announced their partnership, set to award a lucky Australian musician with a $7500 grant to help develop their career. The winner will…

Two ARIA awards, an APRA, an MTV EMA, a Billboard Music Award, a Platinum certified single ('Youth') and TV performances on Ellen, James Corden, Seth Myers and Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Those…

Cool, hip, rad, ruling; Sheppard is, frankly, none of these. And they’re not losing any sleep over it. The six-piece indie band from Brisbane is flying way under the hipster radar and writing itself…

G DAY AUSTRALIA PUSHES AUSSIE MUSIC IN LA The 15th G Day Australia in Los Angeles (January 26-29) was helping to showcase Australian music as well as films, technology, businesses, investment…

Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker has been added to the performing lineup for the CMC Music Awards. The show will mark Rucker s solo Australian debut, as he joins a star-studded bill including Kelsea…

The Josh Pyke Partnership is open for 2018, with Australian muso Josh Pyke set to once again present a $7500 grant to a lucky Australian artist. The grant will again be presented in conjunction with…

Aussie rural festival tour Groovin The Moo has announced its 2018 lineup, with some strong internationals to feature alongside a huge bill of locals. The bill will feature veteran Aussie rockers…

A record amount of Australians listened to live and local commercial radio in 2017 than ever before, the sector s representative body Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) reported. An average cumulative…

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s Despacito (the original and the Justin Bieber featuring remix) has been certified Diamond for 10 million US equivalent sales although you could be forgiven for thinking…