Paul Cashmere

Producer, performer, songwriter Steven Wilson has put many of his major and side-projects on hold while he concentrates on his own solo shows as well as remixing classic albums for Yes, XTC and King Crimson.

Harley Streten (aka Flume) has dominated the nominations for the ARIA Awards with eight nominations and already one win.

UK singer songwriter Jake Bugg spent time at the iconic Sun Studios in Memphis laying down demos for his new album ‘Shangri La’.

Alex Lloyd will tour Australia for the first time since 2008.

When Australian Branka Delic married Gonzalo Cladera in Las Vegas n Saturday Jon Bovi Jovi accompanied her down the aisle.

Lynryd Skynyrd will perform live in Australia for the very first time next February.

Dave Matthews Band will team up with Gary Clark Jr for shows in Sydney and Melbourne at Easter.

Jamaican reggae great Ernest Ranglin has responded to the announcement that he had withdrawn from Bluesfest 2014 after the suggestion that he got a better offer.

Dave Stewart is about to launch his own web TV show called The Ringmaster.

Mariah Carey says she is about ready to get back to work after being sidelined with a shoulder injury while filming a music video earlier this year.

‘Hold On Forever’, the lead song from Jason Singh’s solo debut ‘Humanequin’ is the song you hear in the promo for the 7 Network’s ‘Million Dollar Minute’.

Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes have been named as the stars of the next Australian production of The King And I.

Artists have until the end of Sunday (Texas time) to apply to showcase at SXSW in Austin next March.

Canadian crooner Michael Bublé has helped Australia’s newest radio network SmoothFM win an Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA).

Indigenous music icon Archie Roach has been announced as a keynote speaker for the Australian World Music Expo (AWME) in Melbourne in November.

Ernest Ranglin says he is not coming to Australia for Bluesfest next year because he didn’t even know about it until he was announced.

Mojo Album of the Year award winner John Grant will return to Australia in January for the first time with a full band but so far only one date has been announced.

Bob Dylan has taking the show back on the road for what has been called ‘The Never Ending Tour’ that started on June 7, 1988.

Pitbull and Ke$ha will no longer tour Australia with lack of interest appearing to be the contributing factor to the cancellation.

Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi is a featured vocalist on the new Dave Stewart album ‘Lucky Numbers’.

The Deni Blues & Roots Festival will return to Deniliquin, NSW in 2014 with John Mayer and the Doobie Brothers a couple of the names set to perform.

Cold Chisel will get back together again for 2014 and there is more new music on the way.

Queensland singer songwriter ALYS has joined the New World Artist family for worldwide artist representation.

Veteran US rock band Chicago have released a song about the shutdown on America.

Electronic act Flume was the major winner of the Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards, held last night in Melbourne picking up four awards.

‘Pure Heroine’ by Lorde is the most streamed debut album ever for Spotify.

Dave Davies of The Kinks is planning to go back on the road and create a documentary along the way.

Queens of the Stone Age will tour Australia and New Zealand with Nine Inch Nails in March 2014.

Elton John ‘The Diving Board’ has failed to impact with his Australian fans despite being his most successful album in over a decade in the UK and over 30 years in the USA.