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Thelma Plum Joins the BIGSOUND Management Committee

Brisbane’s BIGSOUND event will be live and in-person for the first time since 2019 this year with a new face, singer songwriter Thelma Plum.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Queensland, songwriter, Thelma Plum

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Singer/Songwriter Keith Martin Found Dead At Age 55

by Paul Cashmere

‘Because Of You’ hitmaker Keith Martin has passed away at the age of 55.

Tagged as: 90s, Keith Martin, Philippines, R&B, songwriter

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Randy Newman Cancels Shows After Breaking His Neck

by Paul Cashmere

Randy Newman has cancelled shows because he has broken his neck … but that’s not as bad as it sounds.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, contemporary, Randy Newman, rock, songwriter, USA

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Neil Diamond Sells Song Catalogue and Master Recordings To Universal

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Diamond is the latest artist to sell off the family assets with Universal acquiring his publishing and recordings.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, contemporary, Neil Diamond, publishing, rock, songwriter, USA

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Music Industry Legend Morty Craft Dies At Age 101

by Paul Cashmere

Record label owner, arranger, producer and songwriter Morton ‘Morty’ Craft has died at the age of 101.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, Marton Craft, Morty, music industry, producer, songwriter, USA

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Australian Singer Songwriter Mark Gillespie Has Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer songwriter Mark Gillespie has passed away. A cause of death is unknown at this stage. Mark had been living in Bangladesh since around 2005.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Bangladesh, folk, Mark Gillespie, rock, singer, songwriter

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Andrew Farriss Clocks Up Over 1 Billion Streams For Dua Lipa’s ‘Break My Heart’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Break My Heart’, the Dua Lipa hit based around Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence’s INXS classic ‘Need You Tonight’ has been streaming over one billion times earning Farriss a round thing from APRA.

Tagged as: 80s, AMCOS, Andrew Farriss, APRA, Australia, Break My heart, Dua Lipa, INXS, rock, songwriter

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Diane Warren To Release All-Star Album

by Paul Cashmere

Legendary songwriter Diane Warren will release her debut album at age 64 and she has asked her famous friends along to contribute.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Aerosmith, Diane Warren, pop, Santana, songwriter, Starship, The Cave Sessions, USA

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Gordi Shares Live Performance of ‘Sandwiches’

by Paul Cashmere

Gordi has shared her performance of ‘Sandwiches’ recorded at Phoenix Central Park in Sydney.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, folk, folktronica, Gordi, indie, pop, songwriter

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Vance Joy Releases First New Music In Three Years

by Paul Cashmere

Vance Joy has released ‘Missing Piece’, his first new music in three years.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, acoustic, Australia, Benny Blanco, Marshmello, Missing Piece, pop, songwriter, Vance Joy

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Diplo Sues Ex

by Music-News.com

Diplo is suing an ex accusing her of harassing him and his family with explicit and racist messages.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Diplo, DJ, producer, songwriter, USA

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Henry Wagons Calls Warren Zevon ‘A Complicated Genius’

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon died “under-appreciated” and “a complicated genius” according to Henry Wagons.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, country, Henry Wagons, rock, songwriter, USA, Warren Zevon

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Zak Nilsson Loses His Battle With Cancer

by Paul Cashmere

Zak Nilsson, the son of the late singer songwriter Harry Nilsson, has lost his battle with colon cancer.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Harry Nilsson, Nilsson, rock, songwriter, USA, Zak Nilsson

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Ed Sheeran Will Have A New Album in 2021

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran celebrated his 30th birthday on Wednesday (17.02.21), and used an Instagram post marking the special occasion to also reveal his career plans for 2021.

Tagged as: 10s, Ed Sheeran, pop, rock, songwriter, UK

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Sydney Songwriter Khaled Rohaim Joins 1,000,000,000 List For His Rihanna Song

by Paul Cashmere

Khaled Rohaim of Sydney has joined the 1,000,000,000 List for the song ‘Needed Me’ written with Te Whiti Warbrick for Rihanna.

Tagged as: 10s, AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Khaled Rohaim, Needed me, pop, Rihanna, songwriter, Ye Whiti Warbrick

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Don McLean Joins Home Free For New Version of ‘American Pie’

by Paul Cashmere

Don McLean has teamed up with alt-Country band Home Free for a new version of his classic ‘American Pie’.

Tagged as: 70s, alt-country, country, Don McLean, folk, Home Free, pop, songwriter, USA

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Josh Pyke Partnership Grants Program Returns For Seventh Year

by Paul Cashmere

Josh Pyke is bringing back his music industry grants program the JP Partnership for a seventh year.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Australia, contemporary, Josh Pyke, songwriter

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Grammy Award Winning Songwriter Geoff Stephens Dies From Covid-19

by Paul Cashmere

Geoff Stephens, the Grammy Award winning songwriter who wrote hits from The Hollies, Hermans Hermits, Boy George and Tom Jones, has died from Covid-19 at the age of 86.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Geoff Stephens, Hermans Hermits, Hot Chocolate, Mary Hopkins, songwriter, Tom Jones, UK

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Mike McClellan Delivers Powerful ‘Letter To America’ With Bob Dylan’s Approval

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan has signed off on a new song ‘Letter To America’ by Australian singer songwriter Mike McLellan approving of the use of one of his lines in the song.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Bob Dylan, folk, Mike McClellan, songwriter

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Happy Birthday Marty Stuart

by Paul Cashmere

Mississippi legend Marty Stuart turned 62 this week and celebrated earlier with a performance at the Grand Ole Opry with his wife Connie Smith.

Tagged as: country, country music, Country Music Hall of Fame, Dean Dillion, Hank Williams Jr, Marty Stuart, Nick Kontonicolas, noise11.com, Paul Cashmere, Philadelphia Mississippi, songwriter, The Noise Network, USA

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Josh Pyke Scores Sixth Top 10 Album In A Row

by Paul Cashmere

Josh Pyke’s ‘Rome debuted at no 8 in Australia this week making it its sixth Top 10 album in a row.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, folk, indie, Josh Pyke, singer, songwriter

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Burt Bacharach performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Wednesday 28 October 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Burt Bacharach Is Back In The Studio

by Music-News.com

Burt Bacharach says recording new music during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a “lifesaver” for him.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Burt Bacharach, contemporary, singer, songwriter, USA

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65 Year Old Luka Bloom Reflects On 23 Year Old Barry Moore

by Paul Cashmere

Irish singer songwriter legend Luka Bloom recorded his first three albums under his real name, Barry Moore. 65-year old Luka doesn’t care too much for who 23 year-old Barry was.

Tagged as: 90s, folk, Ireland, Luka Bloom, singer, songwriter

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Australian Singer Songwriter Mick Hart Has Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Hart, the ARIA nominated Australian singer songwriter, has passed away. No further details are available.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Mick Hart, songwriter

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Marty Stuart Inducted Into Country Music Hall of Fame

by Noise11.com

Noise11.com’s Chief Operating Officer Nick Kontonicolas has congratulated country music legend Marty Stuart on being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame as a Modern Era Artist.

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Judith Owen at the Paris Cat in Melbourne on Tuesday 7 June 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Judith Owen Covers Jess Glynne’s ‘Hold My Hand’

by Paul Cashmere

Judith Owen has previewed her upcoming ‘Both Things Are True’ album with a sultry cover of Jess Glynne’s ‘Hold My Hand’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, contemporary, jazz, Judith Owen, songwriter, UK, Wales

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Grace Turner Debuts Half Light from Half Truths

by Paul Cashmere

Grace Turner has previewed her upcoming ‘Half Truths’ EP with a new song ‘Half Light’.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, folk, Grace Turner, indie, songwriter

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John Prine Dies Aged 73 From COVID-19

by Paul Cashmere

Songwriting legend John Prine has passed away at age 73 after having the Coronavirus COVID-19.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, Coronavirus, COVID-19, folk, John Prine, songwriter, USA

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Yusuf / Cat Stevens Sends A Message of Peace

by Paul Cashmere

Cat Stevens has posted a message of peace at this time as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Cat Stevens, contemporary, folk, rock, songwriter, UK, Yusuf

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Ben Lee Pays Tribute To R.E.M. With Nightswimming

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Lee has offered fans a taste of R.E.M. to mark the 40th anniversary of the first R.E.M. concert. Ben has covered ‘Nightswimming’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 80s, 90s, acoustic, Ben Lee, R.E.M., rock, songwriter, USA

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June 28, 2025

Nick Littlemore And Ladyhawke Share Teenager ‘Sail The Seas’

Teenager, the Nick Littlemore of PNAU and Empire of the Sun and Ladyhawke collaboration, has premiered their second song ‘Sail The Seas’.

June 25, 2025

Justin Timberlake Closes Isle of Wight

Justin Timberlake brought The Isle of Wight Festival 2025 to a sensational close last night, delivering an epic, career-spanning headline performance that left over 55,000 festival-goers in a frenzy. With wife Jessica Biel watching from side stage, Timberlake ignited Seaclose Park with a relentless string of hits, including "SexyBack," "Cry Me A River," "Rock Your Body," and "My Love."

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