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Midnight Oil play the Bowl on their Great Circle Tour 2017 Monday 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst Honors Pintupi Nine with ‘Sugar In the Tea’

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst has written ‘Sugar In the Tea’ about the Puntupi Nine, who were considered Australia’s “lost tribe”.

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Judi Kenneally Spirt of Place artwork

Judi Kenneally Raises Over $8000 of $20k Target For Goanna Legal Fees

by Paul Cashmere

Graphic Designer Judi Kenneally has quickly raised over $8000 of a $20000 target to go towards legal fees for her copyright dispute with Goanna’s Shane Howard.

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Shane Howard, Goanna Band. Pure Gold Live at the Palais in St Kilda on Friday 13 May 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Shane Howard, Marcia Howard and Rose Bygrave To Reform Goanna For Womadelaide

by Paul Cashmere

Original Goanna member Shane Howard, Marcia Howard and Rose Bygrave will perform again as Goanna for Womadelaide in 2022.

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Music From The Home Front Proves Australian Music Wins Ratings

by Paul Cashmere

1.159 million Australian’s turned in for Music From The Home Front on Saturday night with the show rating no 1 for under 40 year olds.

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Courtney Barnett . Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Music From The Home Front To Screen On Nine Australia and Three New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

This Saturday night across Music From The Home Front will bring Australian and New Zealand acts live to your lounge room.

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Peter Garrett Midnight Oil 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Peter Garrett, Martin Rotsey and Shane Howard Perform at Uluru Closure

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett and Martin Rotsey as well as Goanna’s Shane Howard have performed at the foot of Uluru as the rock in ‘The Dead Heart’ of Australia’s has been closed to tourists forever.

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Scott Darlow

Scott Darlow Teams With Eskimo Joe Members for ‘Forgotten Australia’ #Video

by Paul Cashmere

Scott Darlow, the man behind The Drought Breakers all-star version of Dragon’s ‘Rain’ and the remake of ‘Solid Rock’ with Shane Howard, has a new song ‘Forgotten Australia’ with members of Eskimo Joe.

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Shane Howard, Goanna Band. Pure Gold Live at the Palais in St Kilda on Friday 13 May 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Goanna ‘Solid Rock’ Added to National Film & Sound Archive

by Paul Cashmere

Goanna’s classic ‘Solid Rock’ is to become a museum piece. The National Film & Sound Archive in Canberra has announced that the 1982 ‘Spirit of Place’ track will be added to its Sounds of Australia.

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Shane Howard performed in Forever Young - The Songs of Bob Dylan at Memo Music Hall: Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Shane Howard Receives Australia Day Honour Then Calls For A Republic

by Paul Cashmere

Singer songwriter and producer Shane Howard was today awarded a Member of the Order of Australia and immediately called for Australia to become a republic.

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Jed Kurzel Of The Mess Hall Wins Film Score Award At Screen Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

The Mess Hall’s Jed Kurzel has taken home the Feature Film Score of the Year Award for ‘Slow West’ at the 2015 APRA Screen Music Awards.

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Archie Roach: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Archie Roach and Shane Howard To Perform At APRA Screen Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Archie Roach and Shane Howard will perform their APRA Screen Award nominated song ‘A Secret River’ at the awards in Melbourne next week.

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Shane Howard performed in Forever Young - The Songs of Bob Dylan at Memo Music Hall: Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Shane Howard Orders Reclaim Australia Not To Play Sold Rock

by Paul Cashmere

Goanna’s Shane Howard has joined Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham is voicing disapproval of his song ‘Solid Rock’ at the racist Reclaim Australia rallies.

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Scott Darlow

Scott Darlow Covers Sold Rock With Shane Howard

by Paul Cashmere

Singer songwriter Scott Darlow has recorded a cover of Goanna’s ‘Solid Rock’ as a duet with Goanna’s Shane Howard.

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Tex Perkins A Day On The Green, 2013, Photo Ros O'Gorman

Tex Perkins Records Song for The Park Rangers

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins has recorded the brand new song ‘One More For The Song’ for an album in support of wildlife park rangers.

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Joe Camilleri, The Black Sorrows

Joe Camilleri, Shane Howard, John Schumann To Play Healesville Track

by Paul Cashmere

Music at the Healesville Track is returning for its second year with Joe Camilleri, Shane Howard and John Schumann as well as Mick Thomas, Rebecca Barnard, Monique Brumby and Damian Howard.

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