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Doing the Motherland proud: MusicNSW at the Great Escape

For the The Drum Media 29/5/12 by Meg Williams This week’s edition comes from all the way from Brighton for the 2012 Great Escape. The Great Escape is a showcase conference and is known for launching new music to the UK and European markets. Dubbed the UK’s answer to SXSW, this humble (only in comparison)

Sui Zhen

Sui Zhen is the folk exotic-pop solo project of Becky Freeman, a musician originally hailing from Sydney and now based in Melbourne. She just released her debut album Two Seas in May 2012, and is about to head on an East Coast album tour in June. We managed to grab Sui Zhen for a quick

AIM to save The Annandale

The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) is doing it’s bit for beloved Sydney venue The Annandale by putting together a great fundraiser night of local music talent on June 7, with all proceeds going straight to The Annandale’s Buy A Brick campaign. Acts include: Castlecomer Teal I’m No Thief Belle and The Bone People Dharma

2012 Accelerate Announces 14 Finalists

The British Council have announced the 14 shortlisted finalists for the third year of ACCELERATE-an incredible opportunity for Indigenous Australian’s trying to build their creative careers. This year ACCERLERATE received 40 applications from across the country which were judged by the British council and several Australian arts funding bodies. The applications represented a diverse range

Karen O’s Stop the Virgens

From the front woman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, seven years in the making, and featuring over fifty artists onstage, Karen O’s STOP THE VIRGENS is Vivid LIVE’s most ambitious undertaking yet. Created alongside legendary designer, KK Barrett (Where The Wild Things Are), and Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Rapp, STOP THE VIRGENS features members and collaborators of

The 2012 APRA Music Awards: The Winners

The 2012 APRA Music Awards were held last night in red carpet style at the Parkside Ballroom in the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, hosted by Jonathan Biggins and Missy Higgins. The 30th anniversary of the annual awards night celebrated songwriters and composers across 12 categories, recognising their exceptional achievements in song writing. The most