2021 marks 40 years since Hunters & Collectors started. Between 1982 and 1998 the band released nine studio albums. Since 1997, lead singer Mark Seymour has now released 10 solo or The Undertow albums passing his H&C output in 2020 with his latest album ‘Slow Down’.

In 1993 The Badloves released their debut album ‘Get On Board’. As the 30th anniversary approaches the album has been remastered and expanded, given its first vinyl release as Michael Spiby prepares the band to tour again to celebrate what became an award winner for Best New Talent and Breakthrough Artist – Album at the 1994 ARIA Awards and took away Highest Selling Album at the ARIA’s the following year.

Jon Batiste comes from a New Orleans musical dynasty. The Batiste family dates back decades. In previous generations Harold worked with Sam Cooke and Sonny and Cher, Alvin was a music teacher who played with Wynton Marsalis and Cannonball Adderley and Lionel was once a member of the Treme Brass Band.

Some years back Richard Clapton decided to pay homage to his influences. It started with Dylan, went to The Byrds and then he went on a journey of discovery via David Crosby to Crosby Still & Nash into Neil Young into Crosby Stills Nash & Young.

Chocolate Starfish have a new album for 2021. 'Beautiful Addiction' was made during lockdown and preceded by a cover of 4 Non Blondes 1993 classic 'What's Up'.

Alice Cooper has a lot of Detroit Stories tell. he started out in Detroit, with The Stooges, Bob Seger, MC5, Suzi Quatro ... it was a hard rock town.

Bush will head to Australia in April and May 2021 for the Under The Southern Stars tour.

The first Cheap Trick album came out in 1977, the second in the same year. A few years later guitarist Rick Nielsen was playing on John Lennon's Double Fantasy sessions and taking the Beatle guitar shopping.

Ian Moss is touring again with the One Guitar One Night Only Australian tour.

Lockdown sidetracked Tim Wheatley’s recording plans from a new album and tour to a concentrated 5-track new music release ‘A Night Without Shakespeare’.

Andrew Farriss will release his self-titled debut album on 19 March 2021 through BMG.

What was Wolfmother is now Andrew Stockdale.

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top talks music, sauce and beer.

Michael Buble talks to Noise11.com about the different sound of his fourth album, how he feels about his early recordings, working with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and imperfections in music.

Dave Mustaine of Megadeth talks to Noise11.com about still being able to write songs after 12 albums, hearing their influence in other bands and listening to various genres of music.

Tori Amos talks Noise11.com about starting to play piano at the age of two, being a very prolific songwriter, her album 'Abnormally Attracted To Sin', releasing a Christmas album, working on the musical 'The Light Princess'.

Bob Gaudio at Undercover talks about watching the Jersey Boys story unfold, the accuracy of the stage show, Joe Pesci's involvement in getting Gaudio into the Four Seasons, Tommy's role in the band, his first successful song 'Short Shorts', getting his high school diploma, the hit song 'Sherry'.

Engelbert Humperdinck is a true music legend.

Gary Clark Jr is one of the great guitarists of the 21st Century.

Immaculate R&B pop star and Dance Master Jason Derulo drops in to talk about Everybody Dance Now and his Platinum Edition.

Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson are by far two of the best people in the music business.

Singer/Songwriter Rodriguez is a music legend on so many levels yet you would never call him a star.

Rufus Wainwright was born into the music world. The son of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle and brother to Martha was just 2 years old when he was the subject of his father’s song ‘Rufus Is A Tit Man’.

Suzi Quatro is a pop rock icon.

Justin Townes Earle is equal parts storyteller and singer. For his 5th and 6th albums ‘Single Mothers’ and ‘Absent Fathers’ he focused on his own story.

Stereophonics features Kelly Jones, Richard Jones and Adam Zindani.

Chess was the 1984 musical written by Tim Rice with Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus from Abba.

In the past 10 years, James Blunt has become the definitive singer-songwriter. His five album body of work in that time is absorbed by a fanbase who decipher every word.

In the 70s Alice Cooper was every parent's nightmare. Those were the days of the fake blood, guillotines, electric chairs and dead babies. He is no longer every parent's nightmare because those kids from the 70s are now the parents and grandparents of today.

Renee Geyer celebrated 50 years in the biz and her 67th with an encore performance at Memo Music Hall in 2020. Renee streamed a live performance from St Kilda's iconic venue Memo Music Hall in May. To mark her 67th birthday on September 11, 2020 and her 50th year in the music biz, Renee spoke to Paul Cashmere of Noise11.com.