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Following four days of world music and conferences, the Australian World Music Expo is over for another year.

The 24th annual Bluesfest was named Australia’s Best Regional Event at the 2013 Australian Event Awards in Sydney last night.

Peter Noble is putting the blues into Bluesfest with the fourth artist announcement for the 2014 music festival with Buddy Guy leading the latest additions but Jake Bugg will also be there.

Elvis Costello and the Imposters will perform in Sydney and Adelaide as well as their Deni Blues & Roots and Bluesfest shows.

Erykah Badu will perform shows in Sydney and Melbourne as well as her Bluesfest dates in April.

Jack Johnson, Elvis Costello & The Attractions and Kasey Chambers have been added to Bluesfest 2013.

Bluesfest has announced the first of its sideshows for including dates for the not yet announced KC & The Sunshine Band.

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble given an additional response to the withdrawal of Jamaican reggae star Ernest Ranglin from the festival following a statement Ranglin made Noise11 on the weekend.

Jamaican reggae great Ernest Ranglin has responded to the announcement that he had withdrawn from Bluesfest 2014 after the suggestion that he got a better offer.

Indigenous music icon Archie Roach has been announced as a keynote speaker for the Australian World Music Expo (AWME) in Melbourne in November.

Ernest Ranglin says he is not coming to Australia for Bluesfest next year because he didn’t even know about it until he was announced.

Columbia/Legacy will release a 2-CD overview of the 44-year recording career of Boz Scaggs. The Essential Boz Scaggs will be out on October 29.

Allman Brothers legend Greg Allman will perform in Australia for the very first time for Bluesfest and soul legend Aaron Neville will play his first ever solo shows for Bluefest.

Already announced in the first round of acts for Bluesfest, Handsome Tours have just announced that Iron and Wine will be playing two special theatre shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Veteran artists Van Morrison and Mick Hucknall will join forces on Friday, November 1 at London’s Royal Albert Hall for an All-Star Tribute to Bobby Bland.

Following the first artist announcement for Bluesfest 2014 the days the acts will play have no also been made public.

John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band are the first major names announced for Bluesfest 2014.

Bluesfest will announce the first round of artists next Tuesday, August 27.

An economic report conducted by Lawrence Consulting has shown the positive effect Bluesfest has had on Byron Bay and surrounds.

Music photographer Ian Laidlaw covered Bluesfest for Noise11 and captured the moment for the artists as they performed at Australia’s most loved music festival.

Bluesfest director Peter Noble has announced the inaugural Boomerang Festival for October on the Bluesfest site.

Never before have so many major music names been in Australia at one time. Without question, Australia is the music centre of the universe right now and that is with thanks to three people … Peter Noble, Michael Chugg and Rob Potts.

The Bluesfest music festival at Byron Bay has unveiled its new Lotus Palace solar powered performance stage.

Paul Simon is back in Australia for his headlining appearance at Bluesfest this weekend and kicked off his Australian tour in Perth on the weekend.

Robert Plant kicked off the first of his Australian shows on the weekend in Perth with a setlist that was 75% Led Zeppelin.

All Counting Crows New Zealand dates have now been cancelled after singer Adam Duritz came down with an illness on the weekend.

Just over a week out from Bluesfest 2013 the award winning music festival has added an extra stage and new performers.

Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant slipped quietly into Australia this week for a holiday before he plays Bluesfest and his Australian tour.

The debut album for season 8 X Factor finalist Janet Devlin will feature a batch of new songs co-written with Deni Blues & Roots star Newton Faulkner.