Poppy Reid

Metadata is the most uncool, complicated, laborious necessity in music right now. Without the correct metadata to tell collecting societies which songwriters are owed what, artists can miss out on…

Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the world’s independent label sector, has today announced its new CEO. Jeremy Sirota comes from Facebook’s Music Team, where he led the company’s efforts…

New Zealand’s 19-year-old burgeoning pop export BENEE, real name Stella Bennett, is rounding out a banner 2019. Following multiple wins at the New Zealand Music Awards (single of the year, solo…

Next month, a beloved heavy music media institution will make its return to the local market. Lead by journalist, podcaster, and Co-Founder of The Neversphere Mike Hohnen and writer and Microsoft…

Today marks a momentous day for the Australasian music industry as APRA AMCOS announces it is taking its annual APRA Awards ceremony global. Australasian songwriters, composers and music publishers…

Untitled Group has added a second record label to its stable of bookings, management and tour offerings. The Melbourne-based music company will launch All Night Records, a record label in partnership…

ARIA's annual Masterclass series today did not disappoint, and it showed off the industry body's continued focus on hip hop. Following last year’s Masterclass featuring Apple Music's Zane Lowe,…

In an article published in 2018, Forbes described allyship as “a lifelong process of building relationships based on trust, consistency, and accountability with marginalised individuals and/or groups…

Let's be clear, Amanda Palmer has always taken the road less traveled. The singer-songwriter, performance artist and author of The Art of Asking has no qualms in enlisting her fanbase to lend a hand…

Each year, ARIA create memorable live music experiences and conversations for its annual ARIA Week leading into the Awards – and 2019’s edition will be no different. This year’s ARIA Week will…

Australia’s number one music and entertainment publisher ​has partnered with the number-one brand in music publishing. The Brag Media, which reaches over 5.3 million Australians per week, has entered…

*Content Warning: This article features details of an injury and recovery and features an image which may be disturbing to some people. I have been performing all through my childhood, and recording…