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Launceston’s Junction Arts Festival kicks of from September 10 through to 14th, with over 25+ local and national music acts appearing. The festival’s use of unique
The first artist announcement was made today for Bluesfest 2015 and one of the world’s coolest bands The Black Keys were included as a headliner. Bluesfest
There was time in the late 70s, early 80s when inner suburban Melbourne was churning out as much world class rock n roll as it ever
Vale Ian Smith Tribute to a mate, by Rob Walker Not a lot of readers may know Ian Smith personally, he was not a musician but
Australian Musician has entered into an agreement with international artist site Reverb Nation, which will allow us to promote even more local and international undiscovered artists.
The coolest awards show in Australia, the CARLTON DRY INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS will be held on Wednesday October 8th for the first time at North Melbourne’s
One of Australia’s most beloved festivals, the Meredith Music Festival has announced its full line-up for 2014. Taking place from December 12-14, the bohemian-like celebration takes
AMAC 2014 eased into day 2, not with a whimper but a bang. Delegates attending the morning breakfast session not only got to experience a wonderful
AMAC Day 1 The Australian Music Association Convention or AMAC as it’s more commonly known is the gathering of Australia’s music product industry at Jupiters on
Steve Vai and band, currently on their Story of Light tour, were playing shows in Tokyo, Japan. Australian Musician contributor Jason McNamara, who now resides in
South by South West (aka SXSW) is the huge annual conference for music, interactive and film professionals, which takes place in Austin, Texas. While the organisers
APRA AMCOS, Alberts and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia (NRMTA) are pleased to announce that entries for the 2014 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition – the largest
The Age Music Victoria Awards have always been about recognition and fun. This year they’re proud to announce that one of Australia’s most loved bands, Daddy
Apart from his 2006 Adelaide Festival appearance, the much-lauded American guitarist Pat Metheny hasn’t toured Australia for three decades. Live Nation is thrilled to announce the
Free recording time, a free video, gigs, album art, PR advice and your song on the telly. Sound good? Bank of Melbourne has announced the return
The Pretty Littles are short on promo words but big on fun, as the new clip for their single ‘Tegan Victoria’ shows. The band’s debut album
As revealed by Australian Musician almost two weeks ago, Cold Chisel had been in the studio recording and wrapped up their surprise session earlier this week.
Melbourne is known worldwide as one of the globe’s great music cities. Any town that has a lane named after one of its mightiest bands, AC/DC,
The Million Dollar Piano! You may have been lucky enough to see the show live, many international travelers to Las Vegas have. Now everyone can see
One of Australia’s most loved bands, Augie March is back. ‘After The Crack Up’ is the first song from Augie March’s forthcoming fifth album. The
Paul Nelson, Johnny Winter’s guitarist, friend and manager has confirmed that the blues legend has died. In a statement issued a moment ago, Nelson said: I
Paul Kelly Presents – The Merri Soul Sessions Following the recent releases of his groundbreaking song cycles, ‘Spring and Fall’ and ‘Conversations with Ghosts’, Paul Kelly
Rottofest 2014, the sixth annual weekend festival of comedy, film and music on Rottnest Island, WA curated by Vulture Culture is proud to announce its best
Local promoter Brian Taranto (Love Police) has had a long-term love affair with alternative country music. On October 18, he will be realising a dream when
Word on the street (and Jimmy Barnes’ wife Jane’s Twitter page) is that legendary Australian band Cold Chisel is in the studio and working on demos
Sydney’s band of the moment Sticky Fingers are ready to launch their sophomore album, Land of Pleasure. To celebrate, Australian Musician features the video from the
The Barnes clan is clicking into action this year with several recording and touring projects emanating from the rock n roll dynasty. Included in the 2014
There are 2 separate reports of stolen goods today. Guitar Brothers in Red Hill, Qld has reported a Rickenbacker Bass shoplifted (see picture above). Model: 4003 Colour: Jet
Steve Nieve has been playing keyboards for Elvis Costello for more than thirty years, firstly as a member of The Attractions, and in more recent times
The 2014 lineup for the Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival has just been announced. Now in its 25th year, the Festival has grown to become an
Any die-hard Australian indie rock ‘n’ roll fan might want to make their way to Melbourne this weekend to honour three local guitar legends. Melbourne’s Leaps
Brisbane indie soul songstress Bec Laughton has been stopping audiences dead in their tracks ever since they heard her perfect pairing of infectious pop melodies backed
The Vines have been a mercurial band since they arrived in 2002. Their talent took hold when the debut album ‘Highly Evolved’ launched them as one
Prog-rock royalty returns to Australia in November when classic-rockers YES hit our stages to play the entire Fragile (1971) and Close To The Edge (1972) albums,
The folks at the Australian Musician magazine office are finding it hard to not to groove to this infectious track from Aston Shuffle. Co-written with and