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Don McLean reveals the story behind American Pie and reflects on the song’s lasting legacy ahead of his Australian anniversary tour.

Dave Mason, founding member of Traffic and solo artist behind Feelin’ Alright? and We Just Disagree, has died aged 79 following a career spanning six decades of rock history.

David Duchovny releases Stay On The Train, a song written more than a decade ago for his daughter, now serving as the title track of his 2026 album.

Tom Busby travelled to Texas to record his debut solo album Rockhampton Hangover with Ben Kweller in a creative collaboration that reshaped the project.

Joseph Arthur launches an ambitious new three-part album project with You’re Not A Ghost Anymore: Faith, released via Lonely Astronaut Records in April.

Gordi launches 2026 with new single High Line and announces an 11-date Australian headline tour following her acclaimed album Like Plasticine.

Mon Rovîa has released his debut album Bloodline, a sweeping and deeply personal 16 track project shaped by themes of identity, migration, and resilience.

Thunderstorm Artis returns to Australia in March 2026 with an intimate live tour showcasing his heartfelt songwriting and soulful vocals.

British folk artist Blair Dunlop will tour Australia in March 2026 with headline shows, festival appearances and collaborative performances.

Tracy Bonham ends 2025 with the festive and biting single Un-F-k This F-kt Up Christmas and prepares for new live dates ahead of her 30th anniversary year.

Delaney Bailey will release her debut album Concave in January 2026, unveiling an emotional, atmospheric world shaped by grief, growth and romantic-era influence.

Lloyd Cole will return to Australia in March 2026 with an electric solo tour revisiting songs from Rattlesnakes to On Pain. Tickets go on sale 17 October.

Madi Diaz releases Why’d You Have To Bring Me Flowers, the final single from her upcoming album Fatal Optimist, due this Friday through ANTI-.

California’s Nicki Bluhm taps into Nashville’s creative energy with Rancho Deluxe, her eighth studio album and one of her most inspired works yet.

Sarah McLachlan has released Better Broken, her first album in over a decade, alongside the single “Reminds Me” featuring Katie Gavin of MUNA.

After five decades as one of Australia’s most respected and enduring singer-songwriters, Mike McClellan is returning to the road for a final series of concerts this October and November, 2025.

After four years away from solo work, 11-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is back with her eighth studio album, Returning To Myself, due October 24 via Interscope Records/Lost Highway. The album, her first solo project since collaborations with musical legends, sees Carlile looking inward, reflecting on her life, and embracing a deeply personal artistic vision.

Alec Benjamin, the 24-year old US singer/songwriter, is a huge fan of both Paul Simon and Eminem and finds them very similar in a lot of ways.

Paul Kelly’s first ever number one album ‘Life Is Fine’ is continuing to sell in decent numbers, at least relative to how music sells these days.

Jack Johnson will return to Australia for the first time in four years for shows in December.

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile are clowning around in their new video ‘Over Everything’.

Melbourne singer-songwriter Noah Earp has made a home-made video using his hometown environment for his new song ‘The Raw and the Cooked’.

While contemporary audiences are more familiar with his son, the late Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley was as an influential musician, if not more so, as his own famous son.

Josh Pyke has unveiled his new video for the song ‘Leeward Side’.

Jewel wants to set her son up to ‘live a happy and rewarding life’.

Tonight and tomorrow night, Carole King will be honored with the Gershwin Prize For Songwriting at the Library of Congress and the White House, but she has also been seeking out an old tape of a song that she wrote with Hal David in 1999. Her people found the cassette (!) and it was released