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Internationally renowned Australian songwriters Sia Furler and Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore (of Empire of the Sun) were honoured in America for their film composing efforts. This took place at the…

Along with the APRA board s announcement today that named music industry pioneer Fifa Riccobono as the 2015 recipient of the Ted Albert Award, Pharrell Williams has picked up an early award. Williams…

PRESS RELEASE: Applications are now open for the 2015 Art and Technology Fellowship valued at $30,000. The Art and Technology Fellowship is offered by the State Government to enable an artist (at any…

Nova, Warner Music and Caplice Management s national search for unsigned talent has been kicked up a notch. Brit Award-winner Ed Sheeran will mentor the winner of Nova s Fresh Discovery, a team-up…

PRESS RELEASE: It is with great disappointment that Frontier Touring advise that the remaining Jessie J tour dates in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth have been cancelled due to illness. This news…

Following Tidal s swift drop out of the US iPhone Top 750 downloads, the departure of its CEO, and numerous qualms from potential customers, artists and industry figures, Tidal s new owner Jay Z has…

PRESS RELEASE: Mount Isa now boasts one of the world s most remote symphony orchestras thanks to a 16-year partnership with Queensland Music Festival (QMF), with the new group to perform a new…

FEATURE ALBUM Best Coast - California Nights [EMI] Best Coast s first long-player since 2012 s The Only Place and first release since their 2013 Fade Away EP is similar to its predecessors, in that…

Following industry-wide criticism of the UK s secondary ticketing legislation, four online ticket resellers have agreed to a transparency code. Stubhub, viagogo, Seatwave and Get Me In (the latter…

Today, US non-profit performance rights organisation SoundExchange inked its second settlement agreement with a noncommercial webcaster in five months. Its latest deal sees it sign royalty deals with…