New York born funk legend Jimmy Castor has died at the age of 64 in Nevada.

SXSW put its initial artist schedule together today and more names have hit the list. Counting Crows, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey and Jimmy Cliff are three more acts to add to the SXSW schedule.

Mark Seymour, Deborah Conway, Michael Spiby, Angie Hart and more play Harvest N’ Graze’s gourmet day out.

Bono has performed in Timbukto but terrorist threats have been keeping foreigners away from the Mali music festival.

Adelaide’s surprise success The Beards deliver new single 'I'm In The Mood... For Beards', prep their third album and book a national tour.

Madonna wants to kiss and make-up with Elton John after beating him to an award at the Golden Globes yesterday.

David Furnish has slammed into Madonna after she beat his partner Elton John to a Golden Globe Award.

Paul Weller and his wife Hannah have welcomed twin sons Bowie and John Paul to the world.

John Fogerty is just one of the names added to Bluesfest 2012.

Hilltop Hoods have a Platinum hit on their hands with thanks to Sia. ‘I Love It’ featuring Sia from the album ‘Drinking From The Sun’ has past the benchmark Platinum sales mark.

The Bronx personalise bar games, Alicia Keys cheers MLK, T-Pain's enormous liquor receipt, myspace introduce Lane Del Rey, and heaps more.

Melbourne born, but internationally based instrumental violin-driven art rock band Dirty Three have revealed their first song since 2005.

The Gotye and Kimbra song ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ has been covered by The Voice contestant Paul Turner on Holland’s The Voice and quite frankly it is bloody awful.

Danish pop confectioners Aqua have already sold out their Sydney and Melbourne shows and add two more.

Olivia Newton-John has placed a message to Melbourne band The Swamp Dandies thanking them for their song ‘Olivia’.

Barbadian singer Rihanna and British superstar Cheryl Cole are reportedly recording a duet this week in Los Angeles.

The next Dr. John album should have a very different sound with thanks to the Black Keys.

Trent Reznor plans to bring Nine Inch Nails back from hiatus after his soundtrack work.

Adele’s 21 has equaled John Farnham’s Whispering Jack record of 25 weeks at number one on the ARIA Album Chart.

Adele stays at number one for yet another week, and Foster the People finally top the singles chart.

Velvet Revolver reformed for their first show since 2008 on January 12 for a benefit for the late John O’Brien.

Children Collide have hit 2012 running with the release of ‘Sword To A Gun’, their first single from their third album.

New Order will do two additional shows for Sydney and Melbourne when they hit Australia for the Future Music Festival in March.

Big Day Out has added some guest additions for the 2012 events.

John Mayer will return to SXSW for the first time since his launch back in 2000.

Creedence Clearwater Revival singer/songwriter John Fogerty has written and produced the theme for new American TV drama The Finder.

Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum has been diagnosed with post-traumatic amnesia following his fall exactly one-month ago today.

The Walk Off The Earth cover of Gotye and Kimbra’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ was one of YouTube’s most watched videos in the past week with over 19 million views. 19,827,754 to be exact.

Reclusive singer Kate Bush had her home broken into by an obsessive fan who had planned to propose to her.

Cyndi Lauper is furious that one of her classic songs has been used for a political campaign.