Paul Cashmere

The second volume of songs from ‘Boardwalk Empire’ features Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Neko Case singing standards from the 1920s.

David Crosby says he will probably “piss off the government again” when he releases his next solo album.

Josh Burdette, manager of Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club, has been found dead from a suspected suicide. He was 36-years old.

Smiths legend Johnny Marr has been added to the Falls Festival line-up over the New Year’s long weekend.

Nicky Bomba has left the John Butler Trio to concentrate on the Melbourne Ska Orchestra.

Supergroup The Dead Daisies will spend a month in the UK from November 22 on tour with Black Star Riders.

Billy Bragg has been confirmed as a showcase act for the BIGSOUND music conference in Brisbane next week.

Hunters & Collectors and Birds Of Tokyo have been announced as the acts to perform at the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne on September 28.

The Queenscliff Music Festival in November has announced its third round of artists with Sticky Fingers and D At Sea making the list.

The Pearl Jam ‘Lightning Bolt’ tracklisting has been released by the band.

Rapper The Game has finally landed on Australian soil to start is on-again, off-again Aussie tour.

Sir David Frost, one of the greatest interviewers of a generation, has passed away at the age of 74.

Lily Allen is making a comeback after taking a few years off to become a mother and a music executive.

Glenn Shorrock, Catherine Britt and Casey Donovan are just some of the stars coming together to perform for A Night At The Rock Opera to benefit the YWCA, New South Wales.

US country superstar Toby Keith will perform for the first time ever in Australia next March when he heads down under for CMC Rocks The Hunter 2014.

Mick Jagger has cast Chadwick Boseman in the lead role of James Brown in the biopic he is making about the Godfather of Soul.

John Bromell, former Managing Director for Warner Chappell Publishing and Rondor Music in Australia, has died in Coffs Harbour at the age of 71.

‘Swine’ is the new song by Lady Gaga. Gaga released a one-minute sampler of the new song from her ‘ARTPOP’ album on YouTube on Friday.

John Mayer ‘Paradise Valley’ has held a steady lead all week on Australia’s iTunes chart and coupled with instore reaction for physical disc sales will easily come in ahead of Avenged Sevenfold ‘Hail To The King’ this week.

Darren Middleton of Powderfinger has released the first song from his first solo album ‘Translations’.

The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) has announced its first round of showcasing artists with Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Vanuatu and Reunion Island representing the first nations announced.

Australia’s Future Music Festival has been given a fresh injection with the announcement of a strategic alliance with Michael Gudinski’s Frontier Touring Company.

Black Sorrows and Jo Jo Zep frontman Joe Camilleri will revisit his critically acclaimed show ‘Here Comes The Night: Songs from the Van Morrison Songbook’ for Sydney and Melbourne in November.