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Five minutes with Splendour In The Grass Director/Village Sounds Director, Jessica Ducrou.

QMusic Executive Officer Denise Foley is responsible for overseeing the growth of the annual BIGSOUND conference – and making sure that it runs smoothly – but as she tells Steve Bell she mainly enjoys seeing other people have fun while making useful connections.

“I don’t think we intended it but all the songs are all sort of about pretty important people in a couple of our lives, so I guess there’s a bit of almost a nostalgic vibe to the songs."

“I’m looking forward to it – it will be nice to play in a big auditorium... The soul band that we have, we’ve played at Bluesfest a couple of times, but we’ve only ever played in the smaller tents, but this for the swing band will probably our biggest gig – so far anyway.”

Five minutes with Pledgemusic Founder/CEO, Benji Rogers.

Geoffrey O’Connor has stepped out from the shadow of his band Crayon Fields to embrace the love ballad. He takes some time out from mixing the new album to talk to Brendan Telford.

"I’m a bit of a dork and I’ve always liked this idea that a smile can be contagious."

St Lucia is headed back to Australia for the upcoming Parklife tour. Find out what's in store with Mikayla

This year marked the first ever tour of Triple J's House Party, with Nina Las Vegas + Flume, Beni, What So Not and Deacon Rose

"We thought it was going to be a really quick process because we had all these offers. We just thought, ‘Alright, we’re going to take one, then we’ll have the money to make one,’ but it’s not like that at all."

"It’s quite striking, but not immediately likable – people seem to like it, so maybe I’m wrong about that... [the album]’s pretty diverse but I think there will be some other big-sounding, darker songs on it as well."