Australia Council of the Arts has awarded $1.2m of grants to artists and music companies across Australia. Funded acts include Vance Joy, John Watson’s Eleven A Music Company, The Drones, PVT and a new musical theatre work based on the music of The Whitlams. There were 37 applications for International Pathways, 10 of which received
Big Scary win the AMP Award
The 9th Australian Music Prize has been awarded to the duo Big Scary for their record No Art, walking away with $30,000, courtesy of PPCA.
2014 APRA Music Awards
The APRA/AMCOS Music Awards 2014 will be held in Brisbane for the first time on June 23rd, and they will be announcing the short list contenders for the APRA Song of the Year in mid-April.
SYDNEY LATE NIGHT CULTURE ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS TO THE ALLIANCE
The Sydney Late Night Culture Alliance was formed in reaction to the recent legislation to lockout the city at 130am, and cease serving alcohol at 3am. These laws are now in effect. Together with FBi Radio, SLAM, Oxford Art Factory, Goodgod Small Club, The Music.com.au, The Music Network and inthemix, along with input from various other cultural organisations we created
Menagerie
A new acoustic music night has started, at The Welcome Hotel, featuring performances by Australian songwriters. Produced and programmed by Umbrella Artist Management (home to The Rubens, Cloud Control, Urthboy, Fishing), the night is called Menagerie and will happen every Sunday from 4pm. Not your average ‘acoustic – open mic’ night, Menagerie aims to foster a sense of
Staff Changes at MusicNSW
MusicNSW says goodbye to the amazing Chris Zajko, who is moving on from his role as Project Manager.
ICE Creative Enterprise Hub Program
Applications are still open for the ICE Creative Hub, but are closing this Friday!
Olympic Ayres
Olympic Ayres are a young Sydney duo who started producing music in a dusty attic, building songs that incorporated guitar, bass and synthesizers with whatever else they found lying around. In 2011 Olympic Ayres delivered their debut release Episode I, then in 2012 the duo stepped into the studio with Dann Hume (Sures, Gossling, Alpine)
Great opportunity for folk artists!
Applications are now open for artists wishing to play at 2014 Folk by the Sea. Applications close 30 March. The festival is a replacement for the previous Folk in the Foothills which was held at the Jamberoo Valley Lodge. Folk by the Sea is presented by volunteers the Illawarra Folk Club, a non-profit incorporated association. Many of
Urthboy & Josh Pyke team with Life Without Barriers’
Australian artists Urthboy and Josh Pyke have collaborated with Life Without Barriers’ kids in care to create an original hip hop track.