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.

Sydney ridiculous Liberal government induced lock-out laws has claimed another scalp, according to Sydney musician Danny G Felix. The iconic Circular Quay music venue may be on the verge of closing.

The Ed Sheeran onslaught continues at the top of the ARIA Albums Charts for a 25th week for his third album "÷ (Divide)", matching the amount of time that a classic Aussie album achieved in 1986 and 1987.

Drake sees his track "God's Plan" hold for an eighth straight week as the No.1 song on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Talking with PP Arnold is like talking to a music encyclopaedia and it talking right back at you. PP Arnold lived music history. She was there with The Small Faces, had songs produced by Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton and written by Barry Gibb. One of her songs was a duet with Rod Stewart in a band featuring Keith Richards and Ron Wood.

Major new titles coming this week from: Neil Young, George Ezra, Jack White, Dami Im, Rick Parfitt, Led Zeppelin (re-issue), Preoccupations, Don McLean and a new So Fresh compilation.

Anthony Albanese MP and 2017 Ambassador for Record Store Day Australia has officially passed to baton to 2018 ambassadors Michael Chugg, Amber Lawrence and Dan Sultan.

The City of Melbourne has revealed a bold three-year strategy to build on the $1billion music industry.

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival has a lot of surprises for 2018 including a collaboration called The Others pairing jazz geniuses Paul Grabowsky and James Morrison with Rock God Kram from Spiderbait.

Police have dismissed a connection between a man who emailed a bomb threat shutting down a concert by The Roots at SXSW to the three other bombings in Austin this past week.