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Evelyn Richardso knows all about a tricky economy, a dodgy dollar and a looming election. They’re some of the big factors Australia’s live music business has to contend with. Live Performance…

Fun fact: over the course of the 41 weeks in the year, so far, only ten tracks have made the number 1 spot in our Hot 100, which means that a number one has an average lifespan of 4 weeks. EMI’s only…

EDM is an “overnight sensation,” twenty years in the making. Patrick Moxey knows all too well the path that finally got electronic music into the U.S. mainstream – because he helped get it there.…

It will probably be really weird or unexpected to hear but two albums – the first N.E.R.D album, the live version [In Search Of...] and Robin Thicke’s debut album [A Beautiful World] – completely…

Simon Halliday is a music man, a brand steward and a raconteur. They’re all requisite skills for the executive charged with running 4AD, an independent label whose legacy is greater than all but a…

When we chatted to Samantha Jade a few months back, she was disarmingly honest when detailing the painful process of attempting to make it in America, and having her album endlessly shelved and…

Australia’s live scene is big business. It’s a booming sector which generates $1.2 billion, services almost 42 million punters and creates almost 15,000 full-time jobs, according to a 2011 study…

We sat down with one of Australia’s finest songwriters to discuss his storied career, his new album, future Cold Chisel plans, and whether he’ll ever find a few spare hours a day to write his next…

Jack Flanagan isn’t a fair-weather guy. Having faced repeated issues with various majors and independent labels, Flanagan and the U.S. rock band he manages, Clutch, figured they’d bring on the fight,…

Ticket scalping has become a hot issue as major concerts and sports finals arrive, and tickets are exchanging hands at exorbitant mark-ups. One Direction’s, for instance, are going for four times…

Daniel Glass has something of a Midas touch. It seems everything he signs turns to a precious metal -- usually Platinum. Glass is the founder and president of Glassnote, one of the most important…