Australian music journalist Ed Nimmervoll has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 67.

Antony Partos and Cezary Skubiszewski lead the nominations for the Screen Music Awards to take place in Sydney on November 27.

Courtney Barnett will be the artist to watch in coming months after winning the Best Independent Artist award at the Independent Music Awards in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

Ed Sheeran's after his AFL appearance looks set to keep the momentum flowing to maintain other number one slot on the album chart and The Veronicas are safe for a third week with the top single.

Sydney based indie record label and social media platform Social Family Records has partnered with crowdfunding and ticketing platform GiggedIn.

The Age Music Victoria will acknowledge the best music produced in Victoria in the past year with The Age Music Victoria Awards to be held on Wednesday, November 19.

Chet Faker leads the ARIA Awards nominees for 2014 with 9 nominations including Album of the Year with Sheppard in for seven awards.

Ed Sheeran 'x' has returned to the top of the ARIA album chart.

The Veronicas stay atop the ARIA Singles chart for a second week with “You Ruin Me”.

Rolling Stones keyboard player Chuck Leavell has developed an online teaching platform for music students to learn how to play piano.

Pseudo Echo will head to Los Angeles in February to record a live album at the iconic Viper Room.

SXSW has investigated charges to improve the event for 2015 in light of the deaths caused by a driver ploughing into the crowd, killing four this year and leaving 21 injured.

93% of Americans spend more than 25 hours a week listening to music making music the top form of entertainment for the average American.

iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com has a big week with touring acts this week with Sarah McLeod of The Superjesus and Jeff Martin of The Tea Party talking about their upcoming tour together.

Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, Lady Antebellum, Weezer, Augie March and The Datsuns have the hot new music releases this week.

Ed Sheehan could return to the top of the Australian album chart this week but The Veronicas are set to maintain the no. 1 single.

88-year old Tony Bennett could replace 72-year old Barbra Streisand with the number one album in the USA this week.

ARIA will present its first awards for 2014 for Artisan and Fine Arts categories next Tuesday (October 7) in Sydney.

Australian Radio Network stations WSFM and KIIS106 in Sydney have once again dominated the radio survey with Austereo scoring its lowest every ratings result for 2DAYFM in decades.

Barbra Streisand debuts at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with her thirty-third studio album “Partners”.

The Veronicas 'You Ruin Me' is the number on song in Australia.

Thom Yorke has explained his mystery tweets this week by releasing a new solo album 'Tomorrow's Modern Boxes' exclusively through BitTorrent.

Prince has two new albums this week, Leonard Cohen also has a new album as does Jennifer Hudson, The Preatures and John Mellencamp.

iHeartRadio Music News, powered by Noise11.com this week features interviews with Guns N Roses/The Dead Daisies guitarist Richard Fortus and So Frenchy So Chic star Emilie Simon.

Barbra Streisand will be at the top of the US chart this week with her tenth number 1 album, Partners.

Alt-J and Missy Higgins albums are both two of the hottest albums in Australia this week but sales are too close to call to estimate who will be no 1.

Bob Dylan has been named MusiCares Person of the Year and will be honoured at an all-star dinner with Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Tom Jones in February.

The Bank of Melbourne’s music initiative The Melbourne Music Bank is now down to 12 finalists and ready to open voting to the public.

The Madden Brothers, Joel and Benji Madden, enter at the top of the ARIA Albums chart with their debut album “Greetings from California”.

Meghan Trainor was in Australia during the past week on a promo tour, appearing on many shows, including a live performance on The X-Factor on Monday night.