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Image: Esperanza Spalding PRESS RELEASE: Electrifying the city this winter with an extraordinary program of international and Australianjazz artists, the 2016 Melbourne International Jazz Festival…

Image: James Bay at Hordern Pavilion The UK Government has taken the lead from Australia for new laws passed this week to protect independent music venues, which are closing at an alarming rate. From…

Sony Corp has entered into an agreement to buy Michael Jackson s half share of the lucrative Sony/ATV for US$750 million. The 3 million-strong catalogue owns works The Beatles, Bob Dylan, David…

PRESS RELEASE: triple j Unearthed and rage have teamed up with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) for a unique initiative which pairs Australia s most talented emerging artists with the…

PRESS RELEASE: Bank Robber Industries (BRI), the parent of New York based indie licensing powerhouse Bank Robber Music, has announced its acquisition of UK publishing company Rough Trade Publishing…

PRESS RELEASE: Frontier Touring has announced the long awaited return of The Temper Trap to Australian stages, with confirmation that the band are heading home this May for special intimate concerts…

Last night s finale of Nine Network s Australia s Got Talent pulled a peak of 908,000 viewers in the five capital cities, according to overnight preliminary figures from OzTAM. This was when Fletcher…

PRESS RELEASE: The Orchard, an independent music, film and video distribution company, today announced the launch of its Mobile Analytics application. A mobile-optimized version of its Workstation…

PRESS RELEASE: Phil King has landed one of the best gigs in the city following his appointment by International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) to the role of Director of Live Entertainment a…

APRA AMCOS has introduced a new award to this year s APRA Music Awards to recognise the success of its Australian songwriter members overseas. The winner of the Overseas Recognition Award will be…