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ownership of Bakehouse Studios, Marcou further solidified her status as a visible champion of Australian music by co-founding SLAM in 2010 and helping to organise a 20,000-person ... report into the social, cultural and economic contribution of the live music sector, the recognition of live music in the objects of the state's liquor licensing Act, reviews into

been a major change of pace for Craig Silvey. In 2016, the West Australian author of the modern classic Jasper Jones,  enjoyed not one, but two new productions ... that change both boys forever. Director Rachel Perkins, best known for her comedy-musical movie  Bran Nue Dae, initiated the process of transporting Silvey's characters from the page

12th  Australian Music Prize ( AMP ) is just around the corner and details for the 2017 event have today been confirmed.  After being based for all 11 years

releasing her album Take It Or Leave It in 1981. She was the first Australian artist of any gender to score a wordwide publishing contract with respected multinational ... year, a new eponymous award was launched in her honour, providing a $15,000 prize to be bestowed upon an emerging female singer-songwriter from anywhere in Queensland, with

dual winner at the 2016 Gold Coast Music Awards, picking up the gong for Best Song Of The Year and Best Music Video for her track Unknown Water . A regular ... past few years, Fence was aboard the artist line-up at last year's Australian Music Week event in Cronulla. (She also appears among the raft of local acts

just nine, we now have the official shortlist for the prestigious  Australian Music Prize  (AMP). With names that include  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, AB Original

such as (in alphabetical order)… Bliss N Eso — Off The Grid (Illusive/mushroom) Seasoned Australian rappers Bliss N Eso are looking to come back in from the cold after four ... music, so they've got that going for them; and, secondly, the entire exercise — the interactive, immersive, immense scope of all aspects of the project, from songs to music videos

Olso, working on new music and preparing for a performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. But she's already daydreaming about the Australian ... Norway's West Coast, in the harbour town of Alesund. Her mother was a music teacher, so Havik "always wanted to be a singer"; her earliest memories are of singing

with end-of-year lists flooding the country, the longlist for the Australian Music Prize has been unveiled, giving another glimpse at how healthy the county’s music scene ... Bernard Zuel, Chris Berkley, Mike Glynn, Shannon Logan and Nate Nott. “The Australian Music Prize has never been so sprawling,” said Jamieson. “It has been rewarding but also somewhat exhausting