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Peter Noble has sounded off via an open letter sent to media, outlining the details behind Ernest Ranglin’s cancellation in his participation in the Jamaican Legends Tour, scheduled to play Bluesfest…

Photo credit - Ryan Pierse @ Getty Images Flume looks set to dominate this year’s ARIA Awards, with eight nominations, and one victory already in the bag for Producer Of The Year. The young…

The Kyle and Jackie O Show won Best On-Air Team (Metro FM) at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards over the weekend. This is the fourth time the duo have picked up the top prize, with wins in 2006,…

“Not independent.” When those two words were shot out at the 2012 AIR Awards as Lanie Lane took a prize, the independent music community found its rogue. R.I.P Society Records owner Nic Warnock was…

Music streaming service Rara has signed a deal with Toshiba that will see its Windows 8 music app pre-loaded on millions of Toshiba PCs and tablets in Australia. The deal also covers consumers in New…

The career path of an artist manager can sometimes be as rock ‘n’ roll as the story behind the artist. British exec Paul Carey cut his teeth as a publicist to the stars, before taking a different…

Two streaming services have announced major global expansion plans within the past 24 hours. Streaming music provider Rdio this morning (Australian time) launched its services in 20 new countries.…

Fine Arts and Artisan nominees announced The 2013 ARIA Nominees for the Fine Arts and Artisan Award categories including; Best Classical Album, Best Jazz Album, Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show…

SCA and Shazam team to promote UMA acts Southern Cross Austereo launched a new radio campaign using Shazam to increase awareness of Universal Music Australia’s priority acts in the run-up to…

Warner Music and Sony Music have struck two separate licensing deals, spanning two different markets. Warner Music Russia will import, press and distribute the Sony Music catalogue (physical only) in…

The UK music industry was worth £3.5bn (A$6.3 billion) to the British economy in 2012. This is according to new figures released early this morning (Australian time) from UK Music, the trade body for…

According to figures released by Billboard magazine this week, The Rolling Stones had the highest-grossing British tour of 2013. The 23 shows, attended by 326,998 fans, made £77.5 million (A$144.28…