Edwin Hawkins, the gospel great who brought the genre to the masses with the 1969 hit "Oh Happy Day", has died at the age of 74. According to reports, he had been ill for some time.

Danny Woods, one of the co-founders of the group Chairmen of the Board, has died at the age of 73.

Australian electro-pop musician Nick Summerfield has released his first new music in four years.

The publisher behind ‘Love Is In The Air’ is suing US songwriters John Padgett and Lori Monahan over the alleged use of the song in an Air France television commercial.

The members of The Smith Street Band will be gainfully employed doing what they are trained to do, play as musicians, throughout March, April and May.

Singer and actor Grace Jones says that the producer of her first movie attempted to sexually abuse her.

Sam Smith will be offering a morsel of his national tour later in the year when he performs for iHeartRadio in Melbourne later this week.

Six South Australian acts will take to the stage at the Adelaide 500 to perform ahead of Cold Chisel, Live and Robbie Williams.

Kasey Chambers, Birds of Tokyo, Sheppard as well as Bad//Dreems will open for the headline entertainment at the end of each day of the Adelaide 500 in March.

Retaining its No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart for a second week is the soundtrack for "The Greatest Showman".

It's a sixth week at No.1 in Australia for Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" track, now becoming his second longest running chart-topper on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Australian singer and songwriter Suzie Dickinson has lost her battle with brain cancer.

A song Ed Sheeran co-wrote for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw is the subject of the latest copyright infringement lawsuit.

A new movie is being released called Proud Mary. Starring Taraji P. Henson (Empire), the movie is described as about a "hitwoman working for an organized crime family in Boston. Mary's life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes awry."

Arts Centre Melbourne has brought together the best of jazz, opera and theatre for three nights of a new High Tea Live series.

ZZ Top legend Billy Gibbons may be the victim of false marketing following a serious of disastrous appearances in Australia.

Major new titles coming this week from: Camila Cabello, Avatar, Joe Satriani, Tonight Alive, Anderson East, Black Veil Brides, BØRNS, Black Label Society and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Russell Simmons is "vehemently" denying new rape allegations against him.

The surviving members of Motorhead are regrouping for an upcoming tribute to late band leader Lemmy.

The album This House is Not For Sale is, by most accounts, not a milestone in the career of Bon Jovi. The set debuted at number 1 and then took the largest drop from the top of the charts in history, all the way to 43 in its second week.

"Fast" Eddie Clarke, the last of the members of the classic lineup of Motorhead that included Lemmy Kilmister and Phil Taylor, has died after battling pneumonia. He was 67.

Billy Gibbons has cancelled his disastrous Australian tour and dragged his sorry arse back to the USA but maybe this isn’t all his fault. In fact, it isn’t.

Amy Shark, Big League, Big White, Calan Mai, Childsaint, Daggy Man, Death Bells, Divide and Dissolve, Juanita Stein, Lime Cordiale, ORB, Pretty City, Slum Sociable are the latest Australian acts added to the 2018 SXSW line-up.

Kim and Kelley Deal, Jim MacPhearson and Josephine Wiggs (but not Tanya Donnelly) have reformed The Breeders classic line-up of the early 90s.

With APRA AMCOS the barometer of Australian music you can rest assured that Australian music is in fine shape, even it doesn’t make the ARIA annual Top 10.

Vance Joy has released a taste of the upcoming ‘Nation of Two’ album with the video ‘We’re Going Home’.

Jack White has dropped two new songs for his fans signalling preview of his next album ‘Boarding House Reach’.

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience Australian down hase been bumped into May.

It's a fact of life. The older we get, the harder it is to do the things we love. That's where Eric Clapton is, admitting to hearing loss and hands that aren't working as well as they used to.

Ricky Martin has confirmed reports he's a married man.