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In what may be one of the surest signs of the enduring struggle that surrounds physical record sales, a London man has put his entire record store and its contents up for sale on eBay. For anyone out…

Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work is Ben Lee’s ninth solo album, and perhaps his most controversial to date, focusing on his experiences with the South American psychoactive brew. We discuss this odd…

Dallas Green takes us through his just-released fourth LP track-by-track, citing the impact the disbanding of Alexisonfire had on it, why it’s so self-effacing and dark, and why a track originally…

Rob Mills has had a finger in every possible entertainment industry pie since 2003 with careers as diverse as singing and recording to hosting children’s television shows. More recently though, he’s…

Two streaming services have announced major global expansion plans within the past 24 hours. Streaming music provider Rdio this morning (Australian time) launched its services in 20 new countries.…

SCA and Shazam team to promote UMA acts Southern Cross Austereo launched a new radio campaign using Shazam to increase awareness of Universal Music Australia’s priority acts in the run-up to…

Festivals #1: inaugural Panama launches in Tasmania Music and arts experience Panama will be held March 8 and 9 in the forests of North-Eastern Tasmania. It features Australian and International…

The truly legendary Bobby Womack talks about the Stax days: gospel with Elvis, guidance from Sam Cooke, playing with Aretha and getting high with Sly and Janis Joplin. Let’s start in the ’70s. 1974,…

This evening, The Seekers will receive the coveted Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music at the APRA Music Awards. We spoke to guitarist Keith Potger about the group’s…

The dean of Australian country music broadcasting, Nick Erby, racks up 50 years on the radio this month. He started at age 18, announcing on 2VM Moree, before joining Indigenous activist Charles…