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Alec Benjamin Finds Paul Simon and Eminem Very Similar

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.

Tagged as: 10s, Alec Benjamin, contemporary, pop, singer-songwriter, USA

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Life Is Fine As Paul Kelly Continues To Sell In Decent Numbers

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Paul Kelly, rock, singer-songwriter

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Jack Johnson To Perform In Australia In December

by Noise11.com

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

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, contemporary, Jack Johnson, singer-songwriter, USA

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Courtney Barnett performs in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile Release First Duet ‘Over Everything’

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Australia, Courtney Barnett, kurt vile, rock, singer-songwriter, USA

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Melbourne’s Noah Earp Uses Hometown Backdrop For New Video

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: 10s, alt-country, Australia, Melbourne’s Noah Earp Uses Hometown Backdrop For New Video, Noah Earp, singer-songwriter

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Tim Buckley Is Getting A Singles Collection Make-Over

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

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.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, alternative, blues, California, Jeff Buckley, Male, rock, singer-songwriter, Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley Is Getting A Singles Collection Make-Over, USA, Wings

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Josh Pyke, SXSW 2009, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Josh Pyke Releases Leeward Side Video

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: Australia, Josh Pyke, Leeward Side, pop, singer-songwriter, The Beginning and the End of Everything

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Jewel Won’t Spoil Her Son

by Music-News.com

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

Tagged as: 2010s, country, Jewel, singer-songwriter, Ty Murray, U.S.A.

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Carole King Releases Song She Wrote With Hal David In Last Century On iTunes

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

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

Tagged as: 1970s, 2010s, Carole King, Gershwin Prize For Songwriting, Hal David, Louise Goffin, singer-songwriter, U.S.A.

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Ed Sheeran, 2013, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Ed Sheeran Says Reports Of Taylor Swift’s Lovelife Are Greatly Exaggerated

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran thinks Taylor Swift’s reputation as a serial dater is a mistake.

Tagged as: 2010s, Ed Sheeran, pop, singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift, U.K., U.S.A.

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Ed Sheeran Suggests His Next Album Might Be Rap-Metal

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran reveals his forthcoming album is a bit of a musical hodgepodge.

Tagged as: 2010s, Ed Sheeran, folk, Grammys, Rap-Metal, singer-songwriter, U.K., Yankees

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Jonathan Wilson Books Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

North Carolinian psych-folk singer-songwriter Jonathon Wilson brings songs from his debut to Australia.

Tagged as: folk, Gentle Spirit, Jonathon Wilson, psych, singer-songwriter

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Christina Perri Announces Melbourne And Sydney Shows

by Andrew Tijs

Chart-topping US singer-songwriter Christina Perri announces June shows while she’s in town.

Tagged as: ballad, Christina Perri, Dancing With The Stars, June, Melbourne, pop, singer-songwriter, Sydney, tour, US

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Your New Favourite Artist: Eliza Hull

by Andrew Tijs

Moody electro-soul-jazz newcomer Eliza Hull bewitches with atmospherics.

Tagged as: blues, electronica, Eliza Hull, Five, jazz, Melbourne, pop, sing you a song, singer-songwriter, single, soul, Your New Favourite Artist

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Walter Trout To Return To Australia In 2024

Bluesman Walter Trout will return to Australia in 2024 for a national tour.

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Tina Turner Was A Favourite of Janis Joplin

In 1969, Janis Joplin appeared on the Dick Cavett Show in the USA and when asked who she listened to she responded “Tina Turner”.

May 25, 2023

Eric Clapton and Friends Perform A Tribute To Jeff Beck Setlist Night One and Two

London’s Royal Albert Hall is hosting A Tribute To Jeff Beck this week with two shows on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd of March.

May 24, 2023

Leo Sayer and Joe Camilleri Had A 75th Birthday Celebration For The Fans

Leo Sayer and Joe Camilleri were born on the same day in the same hemisphere 75 years ago. On May 21, 1948, Leo Sayer arrived in Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex UK and Joe was born one time zone to the right in Malta the same day.

May 23, 2023