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Universal sets up Sinatra label Universal Music Group has gone into a licensing agreement with Frank Sinatra Enterprises to set up a new imprint called Signature Sinatra. It will bring under the one…

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Today, The Music Network launches a special microsite for the music industry, in association with ARIA and Rdio. We’ll be bringing you regular news, insights, overviews of all the nominees, blasts…

More bad news for 2Day FM: this morning the Federal Court threw out a bid to stop broadcast watchdog Australian Communication Media Authority from investigating whether airing the royal prank call…

Musicians who emerged with rock music backgrounds are among those nominated for the 2013 Screen Music Awards. Custard’s David McCormack, Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, Gotye’s producer Francois…

Record, release, promote. That’s the old way, reckons Benji Rogers. The future as he sees it is all about a deep engagement between musicians and their fans, where the recording process is part of…

Singer Jenny Morris was elected the first new Chair of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 20 years. This followed the resignation of composer Mike Perjanik, who held the post for…

How many Glastonburys have you done? It’s a bragging right for anyone who has spent a long, lost weekend at the famous English festival. Whatever your answer, it won’t stack against the efforts of…

Eleven acts get international tour funding Eleven acts received funding for overseas touring through the Australia Council for the Arts’ International Pathways scheme. It is a joint initiative of its…

This is a three-part feature. Part one can be read here. Part two can be read here. The Cost of a Country Career Australia’s country music acts tend to be the glass-is-half-full kind. You’d be hard…