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Country music singer songwriter John Williamson has quit as President of the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) after ten years – saying that its annual Golden Guitar music awards have…

The last time the wider Australian public saw Bonnie Anderson, it was back in 2007, and she was a 12-year-old prodigy who had just taken out the first series of Australia’s Got Talent. In the interim…

Guy Sebastian named new face of Canon Singer and photography enthusiast Guy Sebastian is ambassador for Canon. He stars in its new campaign ‘Change Your Lens, Change Your Story’ on how consumers can…

ABC-TV’s Head of Entertainment resigns Jennifer Collins, ABC TV’s head of Entertainment, has resigned to take up the role of head of Non-Fiction at independent production company Screentime. She was…

Storm Queen, a truly organic rise from the underground. This week a favourite track of mine beat Eminem Rihanna’s The Monster in sales to hit number 1 on the UK singles chart. The weird thing about…

Tom Ballard has quit his job as host at triple j, announcing he will focus on stand-up and sleeping. 24-year-old Ballard began his tenure with the networked station at just 17 before he began…

After their successful partnership with ARIA for last year’s awards, Rdio have teamed up with Big Day Out to be the festival’s official streaming partner. More than that, they have launched an epic…

New York-based company Verse Music Group has found a new way to use PledgeMusic. It is using the crowd-funding site for fans to pre-order the re-release of four classic jazz albums and pay for their…

We have a sneaking suspicion Jhené Aiko is about to become a main priority for Def Jam. Ostensibly signed to producer No I.D’s imprint Artium, Aiko released the EP Sail Out last month: a breezy,…

Kilter is a name many of us may not yet be familiar with, but trust me when I say you will be soon. He’s fast building a reputation for himself, both here and internationally, as a producer and as…