Following is an industry obituary for New Orleans music industry identity Barney Kilpatrick from Bob Merlis.

Adele's fourth set "30" holds for a second week atop the Australian Album Charts, as she also retained the No.1 spot on both charts this week.

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer is heading across the Tasmania.

Country music legend Marty Stuart has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, 49 years after he was first delivered to Nashville on a Greyhound bus and wandered into the Ryman Auditorium. He was 13 years old.

In November this year, Australian Musician teamed up with Noise11.com for a readers’ poll to find out who is Australia’s and the world’s Most Respected Musician. Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips and Noise11’s Paul Cashmere catch up via zoom to discuss the poll results, which reveal that Paul Kelly is Australia’s Most Respected Musician and the World’s Most Respected Musician is Paul McCartney.

Six years to the date since her last No.1 entry, this week Adele takes her fourth studio album "30" straight in at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Splendour In The Grass will return in 2022 with a top-heavy international line-up set for hopefully a non-Covid restrictions touring year.

Groovin The Moo will reactivate in 2022 after a not so welcome delay from lockdown 2020 and 2021.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, which can only mean one thing – the race for the Official Christmas Number 1 is coming.

Jay-Z has become the most-nominated musician in Grammys history.

There's more live music about to begin. The Presets are coming up soon to to headline Reminisce.

Under The Southern Stars has been rescheduled for 2022 and there is a bonus. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have been added to the tour.

Hiatus Kaiyote, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Rufus Du Sol, AC/DC and The Kid Laroi are the Australian’s nominated for Grammy Awards for 2022.

Taylor Swift's redone fourth album "Red (Taylor's Version)" debuts at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming her ninth chart-topping album in Australia.

Victoria has a new music festival for 2022. By The Pier will be held in March in Queenscliff.

Premier Artists has a run of five live music events kicking off from 11 December on the Bellarine Peninsula.

ABBA returns to the No.1 spot in Australia with their ninth studio album "Voyage", their first new material in forty years, and now their fifth chart-topping album locally.

Jean-Francois Ponthieux’s So Frenchy So Chic will be back for 2022 after a year off due to covid.

Riverboats Music Festival will make its return in 2022 with a stunning line-up of Australian acts

In Australia, Europe and the UK, ABBA were the biggest act of the decade. ABBA had six Top 10 albums in Australia including two number ones, five number one albums in the UK and seven number one albums in Sweden but failed to make the Top 10 in the USA.

Ed Sheeran lands his fifth No.1 Album in Australia this week as his fourth studio album "= (Equals)" takes out the top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart.

ABBA are setting course for dominance this week as Voyage sails straight towards Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

Drake and Travis Scott are being sued following the tragic Astroworld Festival in Texas where eight people lost their lives.

Rüfüs Du Sol land their third No.1 Album in Australia this week with their fourth studio album called "Surrender".

It appears George Benson, Patti Smith and The Wailers have let their fans in on a little secret before an official announcement has been made. Australian dates for April 2022 are on their official websites.

You can honor Australian artists in Australian T-Shirt Day with a round of releases from Scot Crawford’s new Reckless Records.

Twilight At Taronga, the Sydney zoo 2022 Summer Series, will return for 2022 with an all-Australian line-up.

The ninth studio album for Coldplay called "Music of the Spheres" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming the British acts' seventh No.1 Album in Australia.

Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko is taking part in the Broad Radio Music & Comedy Variety Hour, streaming free this Wednesday night.

Artists from around the world will return to Austin, Texas when SXSW resumes in 2022.