Paul Cashmere

A.B. Original, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Pick Up Three The Age Music Victoria Awards

Brigg’s side-project A.B. Original and the forever working, forever recording King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have picked up three awards each at The Age Music Victoria Awards held in Melbourne Wednesday night (22 Nov 17).

Tagged as: A.B. Original, Australia, Brigg, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, music industry, Music Victoria, The Age, Zo Damage

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Jenny Morris and Ian James Named Chair and Deputy Chair of APRA

by Paul Cashmere

Jenny Morris and Ian James have been named the Chair and Deputy Chair for APRA at the annual general meeting conducted in Sydney today.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Ian James, Jenny Morris, music industry, songwriters

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Missy Higgins Proves True Australian Talent Still Exists At A Weekend In The Gardens

by Paul Cashmere

Missy Higgins is the real deal. There is no “pop star” here. Missy is a genuine singer, songwriter and musician. When she is on stage, what you see is what you get and what you get is raw talent.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, contemporary, Missy Higgins, music industry, songwriter

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David Cassidy 2002. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

R.I.P. David Cassidy 1950-2017

by Paul Cashmere

David Cassidy has died from organ failure after his liver and kidneys failed last week.

Tagged as: 70s, David Cassidy, pop, The Partridge Family, USA

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LCD Soundsystem To Play Australian and New Zealand Dates In February

by Paul Cashmere

LCD Soundsystem will be back in Australia and New Zealand for shows in 2018.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, dance, Electronic, LCD Soundsystem, punk, USA

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Melbourne’s Paul Kelly Performs In Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens For Melbourne’s A Weekend In The Gardens

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Kelly at A Weekend In The Gardens was special. The opportunity to watch Melbourne’s most treasured songwriter in one of Melbourne’s most iconic places, the Botanic Gardens, was a rare treat.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, A Weekend In The Gardens, Australia, folk, indie, Paul Kelly, rock

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Neil Young Teams With Rapper DRAM For Bright Soundtrack

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young and DRAM have recorded the song ‘Campfire’ for the movie Bright.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Bright, Canada, DRAM, Neil Young, rap, rock, USA

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Guy Sebastian, photo by Ros O'Gorman, noise11

Guy Sebastian Mentors For ABC’s ‘Don’t Stop The Music’

by Paul Cashmere

Guy Sebastian will mentor music students for a new ABC program ‘Don’t Stop The Music’.

Tagged as: ABC, Australia, Guy Sebastian, music education, music industry, pop

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Andrew Strong To Tour Australia In 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Andrew Strong, the star of the movie The Commitments, will return to Australia for shows in 2018.

Tagged as: 90s, Andrew Strong, Ireland, soul, The Commitment, UK

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Good Riddance Charles Manson 1934-2017 Rest In Hell

by Paul Cashmere

Charles Manson is dead. Good riddance. The serial killer had a bizarre tir-in with the music industry

Tagged as: 60s, Beach Boys, Charles Manson, Dennis Wilson, rock, Terry Melcher, The Beatles, USA

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Pretenders ADOTG at Rochford Winery on Saturday 18 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Pretenders Sounded Reinvigorated For 2017 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Pretenders 2017 were sounding like Pretenders I remembered from the 80s on their current Australian tour.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Chrissie Hynde, Pretenders, rock, USA

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Taylor Swift Album Comes In Third Biggest Debut Behind Ed Sheeran and Pink

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran and Pink Australian fans have proven to be much bigger than Taylor Swift fans with Swift’s album coming in with the third biggest debut of the year so far in Australia.

Tagged as: Australian charts, Ed Sheeran, music industry, Pink, pop, Taylor Swift

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Rage To Run Malcolm Young Special This Saturday

by Paul Cashmere

Australian music TV show ‘Rage’ will right a night of Malcolm Young this coming Saturday morning (Friday night).

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, ABC, AC/DC, Australia, Malcolm Young, music industry, Rage, rock

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Malcolm Young, ACDC, Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Malcolm Turnbull Names Mentals Hit When Asked For Favourite AC/DC Song

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull credibility has long been shot with his refugee stance, his environmental views, his parties waste on the SSM survey and his botched NBN. Now its sunk even lower when he named a Mentals track when asked for his favourite AC/DC song.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, AC/DC, Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, Malcolm Young, Mental As Anything, rock

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Stevie Nicks ADOTG at Rochford Winery on Saturday 18 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Stevie Nicks Has Fun At 69 The Review From Rochford Winery

by Paul Cashmere

This Stevie Nicks tour is special. Stevie tells lots of stories about lots of the songs and the people she knew who are no longer with us. Tom Petty and Prince featured heavily in the show.

Tagged as: 70s, A Day On The Green, Fleetwood Mac, rock, Stevie Nicks, USA

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Keith Urban And Anthony Albanese Salute Malcolm Young

by Paul Cashmere

The impact of the death of AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young has been so far reaching that artists of all genres and politicians have been leading the tributes for one of Australia’s greatest musicians.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Anthony Albanese, Australia, Keith Urban, Malcolm Young, rock

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R.I.P. AC/DC Founder Malcolm Young 1953-2017

by Paul Cashmere

The rock world has lost another music legend with the death of AC/DC founder Malcolm Young at the age of 64.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Malcolm Young, rock

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Happy 70th Birthday To Aussie Rock Icon Ross Wilson

by Paul Cashmere

Happy birthday Ross Wilson. The Australian rock legend is 70 years old today (18 November 2017).

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Australia, Daddy Cool rock, Mondo Rock, Ross Wilson

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When Will Margaret Court Arena Remove That Horrible Woman’s Name?

by Paul Cashmere

As long as Margaret Court Arena is stained with the name of an outspoken homophobe it is going to cop flack every time its namesake mouths off … and she is at it again.

Tagged as: Australia, Margaret Court, Margaret Court Arena, music industry

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Seth Meyers introduces Alex Lahey to America

Seth Meyers Introduces Australia’s Alex Lahey To The USA

by Paul Cashmere

Talk show host Seth Meyers had Melbourne singer songwriter Alex Lahey on his The Late Show With Seth Meyers this week.

Tagged as: 10s, Alex Lahey, alternative, Australia, indie, rock, Seth Meyers, songwriter

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Chris Cornell, the Palais Theatre St Kilda. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Watch The Video For Chris Cornell’s Final Song The Promise

by Paul Cashmere

A video for ‘The Promise’, the final song by Chris Cornell, has been released.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Chris Cornell, rock, USA

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Green Day Slam Trump In Scathing New ‘Back In The USA’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Green Day have a new American Idiot and his name is Donald Trump.

Tagged as: 90s, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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The Veronicas Make Public Personal Stand-off With Sisters

by Paul Cashmere

Jess Origliasso of The Veronicas has made a private family issue public regarding her relationship with girlfriend Ruby Rose and her sister Lisa.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Jess Origliasso, Lisa Irigliasso, pop, Ruby Rose, The Veronicas

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Kate Miller-Heidke announces Helpmann Awards Nominations at Hamer Hall.

Kate Miller-Heidke To Perform At Festival 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Kate Miller-Heidke will perform at Festival 2018 for the Commonwealth Games in Queensland next year.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, contemporary, Kate Miller-Heidke, pop

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Stone Temple Pilots Recruit Reality Show Contestant As New Singer

by Paul Cashmere

Stone Temple Pilots will continue with reality show contestant Jeff Gutt as their new lead singer.

Tagged as: 90s, Jeff Gutt, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, USA

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Ralph Carr To Bring Back Elvis The Wonder Of You To Australia In 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Australian music industry legend Ralph Carr is planning on keeping the legacy of Elvis alive in Australia in 2018 by bringing back the Elvis ‘The Wonder of You’ orchestra for a tour.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, Australia, Elvis Presley, music industry, pop, Priscilla Presley, Ralph Carr, rock and roll, USA

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Is Ed Sheeran Starting To Retire His Debut Album +

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran’s debut album + is already down to just two songs in his current setlist.

Tagged as: 10s, contemporary, Ed Sheeran, pop, songwriter, UK

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Melbourne’s Shakespeare Pop-up Globe Extends Until The End Of January

by Paul Cashmere

The Pop-up Globe, Melbourne’s most unusual entertainment event, has been so successful that it has been extended a further two weeks in January.

Tagged as: Australia, Live Nation, Pop-Up Globe, Shakespeare, theatre

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Missy Higgins Wins Her First APRA Screen Music Award

by Paul Cashmere

Missy Higgins has won her first APRA Screen Music Award for Best Original Song Composed For Screen for the Australian film ‘Torchlight’.

Tagged as: APRA, Australia, Missy Higgins, music industry, Screen Music Awards

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TISM’s Damian Cowell and Tony Martin Team For A Fuckwit-Free Christmas

by Paul Cashmere

Damian Cowell, the voice of TISM, has doubled up with comedian Tony Martin for a couple of shows.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Damian Cowell, rock, TISM, Tony Martin

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