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Image: Bluesfest Byron Bay Peak industry body Music Australia has published some statistics to highlight music s multi-billion dollar contribution to Australia s economy and culture. According to the…

Image: Anthony Bay Sony Music is suing senior executives of defunct streaming service Rdio in an attempt to gain back millions owed to the major label. The lawsuit filed in New York federal court…

PRESS RELEASE: Global EDM superstar Martin Garrix has extended his exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, it was announced today by Mark Bremer, Managing Director…

The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple a patent for technology that automatically scans streamed songs for swear words and replaces them. This could be with bleeps or non-explicit…

Australian jazz great James Morrison will play at the White House before President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on April 29. He ll be part of the Washington DC bill for the 5th…

Kanye West s unorthodox ideas about creating music and distributing them has proven a success for his seventh album The Life of Pablo. Despite challenging the industry notion that a record should be…

2016 is predicted to be the year when global music industry revenues rise for the first time since its dip in 1998. Zurich-headquartered global financial services company Credit Suisse published a…

[PRESS RELEASE] One of Australia s hardest working bands is at it again Melbourne locals The Smith Street Band have barely stopped to take a breath since the release of their third album, 2014 s…

Photography: Bob King The Australian music and acting community farewelled Jon English yesterday at a public memorial at the Capitol Theatre, where his career launched in Jesus Christ Superstar as…

Music and audio streaming service SoundCloud has launched its long awaited subscription streaming service. Called Go, it will only be available in the United States first, costing $9.99 a month, or…