This writer has mixed thoughts about The Pixies. They were all the fashion at one time; bought the albums, went to see them, and was very disappointed.

Jan Kuehnemund of the all-female metal band Vixen died on Thursday after a battle with cancer at the age of 51.

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).

Miley Cyrus scores her second No.1 album in Australia with her first RCA album “Bangerz” becoming the 29th chart-topper and the 24th No.1 debut this year (so far).

Katy Perry is spending a seventh week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with her smash song “Roar”, making it the second longest running No.1 of 2013 behind Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” at eight weeks.

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

Country singer Cal Smith, who topped the country charts three times in the 70's, died on Thursday (October 10) in Branson, MO. He was 81.

Playwright Tom Stoppard wrote the radio play, Darkside, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon.

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.

The death of the Pogues long-time guitarist Philip Chevron on Tuesday did not come as a surprise. He had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2006 and a statement in 2012 said that it had returned and was "fatal".

Columbia/Legacy will release a 2-CD overview of the 44-year recording career of Boz Scaggs. The Essential Boz Scaggs will be out on October 29.

Music icon Prince has released an official music video for his new song Breakfast Can Wait.

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’.

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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.

The inaugural Age Music Victoria Awards public nominations and genre winners event was held last night with The Drones leading the charge with three nominations for the public awards.

Boy George is sounding very Culture Club for his new song 'King Of Everything'.

Paul McCartney put on a surprise performance in New York City's Times Square on Thursday.

Following an intense Twitter feud that erupted between the rapper and the TV show host, Jimmy Kimmel invited Kanye West onto his late night talk show to clear the air. As always when it comes to ‘Yeezy’, hilarity ensued.

Ian Ball will release his second solo album ‘Unfold Yourself’ on November 15 with a tour set to begin three days later in Fremantle.

Australian electronic act The Potbelleez’ new single, ‘Magic Number’, marks the first time 24 year old rapper B.o.B has appeared on an electronic track.

Miley Cyrus is the best bet for taking over the top spot on the ARIA chart this week but this week's pure heroine Lorde is putting up a good fight.

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

After a successful operation to remove the cancer that saw her and the band take an immediate hiatus, Sharon Jones will return to her Dap-Kings to finally ‘Give The People What They Want’.