The Riverboats Music Festival continues to cements its place as one of Australia’s best boutique events with another outstanding lineup for 2015.

Jazz legend Joe Sample of The Crusaders has died at age 75.

Local singer/songwriter Vance Joy (real name James Keogh) takes his debut album “Dream Your Life Away” straight into the No.1 position on the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Taylor Swift spends her longest run at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week, as her second No.1 “Shake it off” racks up a third consecutive week at the chart pinnacle.

U2’s album spam PR stunt has destroyed decades of legacy quicker than hitting a delete button. In fact, many millions of Apple customers were looking for their delete button as soon as they were spammed with a product they did not opt-n for.

Foo Fighters were performing in London under the alias The Holy Shits this week.

Barbra Streisand is doing something on September 15 that she hasn't done in fifty years, appearing as a guest on a late-night talk show.

Kanye West spent Wednesday night in a Melbourne hospital after a suspected seizure.

When The Dead Daisies invited fans to contribute their face to the ‘Face I Love’ video over 5000 fans globally uploaded their mug shots.

Jeff Martin of The Tea Party joins iHeartRadio this week as the band releases its first album in 10 years and prepares for their upcoming Australian tour.

Slash, Train, Madden Brothers, Megan Washington and Obey the Brave have the lead albums this week.

Australian music legend Russell Morris’ ‘Van Dieman’s Land’ has been named Leading Edge Album of the Year.

Robert ‘Throb’ Young has been found dead in his apartment at age 49. Young died on September 9.

Bob Crewe, the legendary songwriter and producer portrayed in the movie The Jersey Boys, has died at age 82.

Stevie Wonder will bring a complete performance of his classic album Songs in the Key of Life to eleven arenas around North America.

Iggy Pop has partnered with Sailor Jerry Clothing to create 'The Flash Collection by Iggy Pop', an annual collaboration between Sailor Jerry and a like-minded artist, inspired by the legendary tattoo flash of Norman 'Sailor Jerry' Collins.

U2's bonus free album to 500 million of their closest personal friends isn't the newest music the band has recorded.

When Dusty Hill of ZZ Top fell and injured his hip, it caused the band to cancel the balance of their tour with Jeff Beck but it was hoped they would be able to finish out the rest of their 2014 dates.

Premier Artists have scored the ARIA trifecta with three of their artists Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers and Hilltop Hoods in the Top 3 albums this week.

The iHeartRadio Music Festival featuring Miley Cyrus and Redfoo have been cancelled following the unavailability of one of the headliners.

Usually I just post the massive list of Aussie acts whom are charting overseas, but with more and more local acts picking up international chart entries, I thought I’d do an occasional recap of which local artists are charting and where this week.

Taylor Swift is on track to spend a third week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart with “Shake it off”, which would in turn become her longest run at the top of the Australian charts, as her only other chart-topper; “Love Story” spent two broken weeks at No.1 in 2009.

Stephen Housden, the current legal owner of the Little River Band name, has taken action to force Little River Band founder and principal songwriter Graeham Goble to take down a LRB Facebook page.

Melbourne Music Week is heading into its 5th year with a national and international line-up featuring 250 acts including Cut Copy and Tangerine Dream.

On Wednesday 10th September, one of Britain's most loved and successful groups Spandau Ballet will be presented with a PRS for Music Heritage Award at the site of their first gig at The Blitz Club.

The long awaited new album from Damien Rice, 'My Favourite Faded Fantasy', will be released globally this autumn (3rd November in the UK & Ireland).

Annie Lennox is 'too happy' to write new music.

Joan Rivers' fans have persuaded theatre producers to dim the lights on Broadway for the late star.

Glen Campbell has gone back into the studio, reportedly for the last time, to record a new song for the soundtrack of the EP soundtrack for the documentary Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me.

Fans of Barbra Streisand will be able to gorge themselves on her music for a month, starting this Friday, via Sirius/XM Radio.