The Recording Academy has released it's list of special award winners for this year's ceremonies in February.

iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com features over the holiday season the touring artists of 2015.

Charli XCX, has a new album this week and there are reissues from XTC and Yes as well as vinyl Neil Young.

Mahalia Barnes, her band The Soul Mates and American blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa have been working on an album of Betty Davis covers.

Perth soul singer Shameen will head east for summer for in February.

Madonna views her music leak as "artistic rape".

Stevie Wonder has welcomed his ninth child.

Sir Elton John will marry his longtime partner David Furnish this weekend.

The Woodford Folk Festival on the Queensland Sunshine Coast has been praised for its impact on the economy.

Foo Fighters will now perform in Perth one day later than originally scheduled on March 8.

Canadian music legend Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive will release an all-star album featuring Neil Young and Joe Bonamassa in April.

Metallica are no strangers to playing at sports events, but they've never done it before on ice.

Irving Berlin's 1923 song What'll I Do was already melancholy before it got into the hands of Willie Nelson on his new album with his sister Bobbie December Day (Willie's Stash, Volume 1).

Vance Joy was the musical guest of Conan O'Brien this week.

The Big Sky Blues and Roots Festival for Deniliquin next Easter has been cancelled for 2015.

Modest Mouse last released the album ‘We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank’ in 2007. The new album Strangers To Ourselves will be released in February.

The Who Hit 50 this year but they might have to rename their tour The Who Hits 51 by the time they get to play their shows in London.

Rob Potts, CEO of Rob Potts Entertainment and the man behind events such as the CMC Rocks Qld festival and tours by Zac Brown Band and Big & Rich, has been reappointed the CMA board for the 13th year.

Van Morrison has a new record label. The Irish icon has signed with RCA to release his next album, the 35th of his career.

Soundwave has expanded its 2015 line-up to include The Smashing Pumpkins and Steel Panther.

Noel Gallagher's second album with the High Flying Birds will feature an appearance from Johnny Marr.

Twenty seven new titles, including recordings by Lou Reed and Neil Young, have been added to the Grammy Hall of Fame (15 singles, 12 albums), recognizing their "qualitative or historical significance".

Bluesfest has expanded the 2015 line-up with new additions Charles Bradley & his Extraordinaires.

Paul Kelly will hit the airways of Double J over Christmas with his own radio show.

The Decemberists have a new song The Wrong Year to preview their 2015 album ‘What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World’.

Perth’s Pond have released a video for ‘Sitting Up On Our Crane’ as a preview to their 2015 album ‘Man It Feels Like Space Age’.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have announced their inductees for 2015 with Green Day and Stevie Ray Vaughan making the cut.

KC and the Sunshine Band will release an album of 60s covers fresh for 2015.

Marilyn Manson’s next album ‘The Pale Emperor’ is a collaboration with film composer and producer Tyler Bates.

David Byrne will be honored to benefit music education.