The Australian National University in Canberra has awarded music producer Mark Opitz the HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship for 2018.

Canadian Music Week will host the Music Cities Summit in Toronto in May.

Melbourne music entrepreneur Albert Dadon has bought the name and assets of The Basement in Sydney.

10cc founder Graham Gouldman tells a remarkable story this week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Music Victoria is expanding to create the Victorian Music Development Office and it needs a General Manager.

Arts Centre Melbourne together with the Australian Music Vault will present the day-long workshop Process Lab in May.

Alex Lahey, Baker Boy, Jen Cloher, Stella Donnelly and The Jungle Giants are the nominees for Best Independent Artist for the 2018 AIR Awards.

Drake is being applauded around the world for having one of the longest running number one hits in history. In the UK NME has the complete bullshit headline ‘Drake breaks The Beatles’ UK chart record’.

Kylie Minogue ‘Golden’ physical sales well and truly proved that the CD is still the music format of choice for fans in Australia.

The fourteenth studio album for Kylie Minogue titled "Golden" becomes her fifth No.1 on the ARIA Albums Charts, plus the set also took out the top spot in England (her 6th there) and Scotland as well.

It's an eleventh week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart for the Drake track "God's Plan", becoming one of the four longest running No.1's songs of this decade, plus he has a new entry within the ten also, and the songs racks up its eleventh week in America too.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and 28 original co-sponsors today introduced sweeping bipartisan legislation to overhaul the nation's antiquated music licensing laws, including providing federal copyright protection for sound recordings made prior to February 15, 1972.

Major new titles coming this week from: Manic Street Preachers, Pentatonix, Jason Aldean, John Prine, Sofi Tukker, Tinashe, The Hard Aches, Wiley, Derek Smalls, Breaking Benjamin and Gurrumul.

Kendrick Lamar will return to Australia to headline Splendour In The Grass 2018. Lamar was last in Australia headlining Bluesfest in 2016.

Paul Kelly ‘Firewood and Candles’ was won Song of the Year at the APRA Awards in Sydney beating out songs by Jessica Mauboy, Ainslie Wills, Amy Shark and Gang of Youths.

The Beasts of Bourbon will reform a little earlier than expected for ‘I Get Up Again – Brian Hooper Benefit’ on Friday (13 April 2018).

Ed Sheeran holds firm to the No.1 albums slot in Australia with his third studio album "÷ (Divide)" for a twenty-seventh non-consecutive week at the top here.

Drake enters double-digit week as his "God's Plan" notches up a tenth stay atop the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia, picking up a 2x▲Platinum sales certification this week, while the track also holds for a tenth week in America, Canada and Ireland.

Tiddas will join Archie Roach, St Vincent and Laurie Anderson will perform and Laurie’s late husband Lou Reed will be honored at Mona’s Dark Mofo 2018.

In a brand new iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com James Taylor about his new kids book Sweet Baby James, Robert Plant sings the praises of Greta Van Fleet and Jack Bourke of Calm City Down reveals the secret of Joan in his song ‘Joan I’m Disappearing’.

Major new titles coming this week from: Kylie Minogue, Elvis Presley, Caliban, Japanese Wallpaper, Lisa Stansfield, Cardi B, Levellers, The Aces, 30 Seconds to Mars, Gin Wigmore, Eels, Tina Arena, The Dead Daisies and the Johnny Cash and Elton John tribute albums.

APRA will recognise Midnight Oil’s cultural contribution by awarding the band the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music at the upcoming APRA Music Awards.

Melbourne’s City of Stonnington will host the Jazz Industry Summit in May.

Amazon has created a Made In Australia playlist featuring Australian artists covering Australian songs.

The Andrews’ Victorian Government is offering the third round of grants for the Good Neighbours program.

Ed Sheeran again has the No.1 album in Australia with his "÷ (Divide)" album for a twenty-sixth week in total, and fourth week in a row since it's return to the top.

Drake scores a ninth week at the top of the ARIA Singles chart with his track "God's Plan", just in time for his son's resurrection this weekend (i.e. Easter). The track holds the top spot in America, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland also (9th week in each territory).

Major new titles coming this week from: The Vaccines, Escape the Fate, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, The Garden, Kacey Musgraves, Deadmau5 and Kate Nash.

Australian music royalty including Cold Chisel’s Ian Moss, country queen Kasey Chambers and one-time King of Pop where at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday to spread the word and the word was “copyright”.

Download will happen for Sydney for 2019 after debuting in Melbourne last weekend.