Poppy Reid

Australia s largest charity festival will celebrate its 35th anniversary in August with some of Australia s biggest country music artists. John Williamson, Beccy Cole, The McClymonts and now-divorced…

The requests to remove links to pirated content have increased exponentially over the past few years. In 2008 a paper published by Virginia Journal of Law and Technology found Google was issuing an…

Around this time last year Melbourne artist Meg Mac inked a deal with Lyor Cohen s 300 Entertainment for the world release (ex-Aus and NZ) of her debut EP. Now, just over one year later, she s signed…

Publisher Yesh Music, who is suing both Tidal and Google, has settled its lawsuit with Microsoft. Settled out of court in New York, Digital Music News has included a screen shot of a Notice of…

In 2011 under the moniker Flume, Harley Streten received mild triple j Unearthed success with his tracks Possum and Sleepless. In just five years Flume has gone from a restaurant waiter refreshing…

The need for pill-testing at Australian music festivals has been put in the forefront in recent months, with artists, doctors, promoters and even researchers from New York University coming forward…

Image: Max Jackson, Greg Gould, Gem McCormack (founder) and AVA Sydney-based Reservoir Records, the wholly independent label taking on gender and artist inequality in the industry, had its launch…

Image: Festival founders Leanne de Souza Joe Woolley In April over 40 authors, musicians and commentators will take part in the inaugural Rock Roll Writers Festival in Brisbane. Panelists and keynote…

A burglary and drug addiction is what stopped Cold Chisel frontman and rock and roll hero Jimmy Barnes writing his tell-all book. When his laptop was stolen in the early 90s the burglar took his…

Australian country artist Adam Brand has been named a finalist for four of the eight CMC Music Awards, announced this month. The full list of finalists were announced by CMC this morning, with last…

Below are the playlist additions to triple j next week. FEATURE ALBUM Matt Corby - Telluric [Universal] The troubadour behind 6x Platinum, ARIA Song of the Year Brother, and the 4x Platinum ARIA Song…

The DJ/producer duo (Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles) from Canberra have inked a worldwide deal with Sony Music Entertainment in partnership with RCA Records. Peking Duk’s Manager Ben Dennis (Myriad…