Australian Music Week Announces First Round Of Speakers For 2016

Australian Music Week (AMW) returns for its second year in 2016 and today the first round of delegates and speakers have been announced for the November event.

Leading the list of industry heavyweights is director of Americana Music Association Jed Hilly who will be joined by the likes of Bluesfest director Peter Noble, East Coast Music Association's Andy McLean, Showcase Scotland's Lisa Whytock and US-born-Australian raised artist Diesel.

See the full list of delegates and speakers below. 

Peter Noble - Bluesfest 
Andy McLean - East Coast Music Association (Canada)
Lisa Whytock – Showcase Scotland Exop/Active Events (UK) 
Diesel - Mark Lizotte
Robyn Stewart / BreakOut West - Western Canadian Music Alliance (Canada)
Rod Yates -  Rolling Stone
Iain Shedden - The Australian 
Keith Welsh - Velocer 
Stuart Coupe - Laughing Outlaw Records
Larry Heath - The AU Review 
Zenon Els - Artist Network 
Nathan Farrell - Nathan Farrell Entertainment
Edwin Tehrani  - New World Artists
Troy Barrott - Hub Artist Services
Vanessa Picken - Comes with Fries 
Basil Cook – Four / Four - ABC Music 
John Zucco - The Right Profile
Peta Chew - ABC Music
Scott Mesiti - MJR Presents
Geoff Trio - Code One - Indica Australia 
Aaron Girgis - Space 44 / Sounds of The Suburbs
Marshall Cullen - Damien Gerard / Foghorn Group
Luke Girgis - Shock Records / Be Like Children 
Beth Deady - MGM 
John Wardle - Live Music Office 
Damian Cunningham - Live Music Office
Jon Howell - Rhythm Section
Geoff Bell - Laing Entertainment 
Adrian Buckley - Wollombi Music Festival, Folk In Broke, Narara Music Festival
Chris Johnson - AMRAP
Phaedra Watts - Nannup Music Festival
Rob Scott - Source Music   
Tracey Collier-Griffiths - Kick Music 
David Sleishman - Sleishman Drums
Charlton Hill - Uncanny Valley
Daniel Antix - Def Wolf Music
Jamie Croft - Sofar Sounds
Justine Crowther - Fly By Night
Kyle Druery - Dinosaur Records
Paul Camkin – Waves
Peter Paterson - Perfect Pitch 
Anthony Harrison - True Tone
Tony Cini - Blues Explosion 

Australian Music Week 2016 runs from 2-4 November in Cronulla. Band applications and conference tickets are on sale now.

For more event information, visit the AMW website.