After copying the hitmakers from the USA and UK in rock's early years, bands in Australia were ready to carve out their path ...

The local scene was boosted further in the mid-70s by the launch of television music show Countdown. Soul/pop diva Renee Geyer departed for the US in 1976 leaving a trail of Australian hits behind ...

Rock bands, boy bands ... you’ll be hard-pressed to find an Australian act that has made more of a difference to modern synth/psychedelic pop. Sia has written songs for the likes of Rihanna ...

There could be no better description of Gudinski, an icon of the Australian popular ... Livin’ in the 70s, while some of the original Split Enz members are still making new music (now with ...

Australian rock was there from the beginning, and quite a few artists and bands from ‘down under’ have made it big, or become ...

Any survey of Australian pop and rock that includes entries on such bands as Serious Young Insects (via Boom Crash Opera) is a serious tome. It's so easy to get lost in this revised edition ...

Stephen “Stevie” Wright, singer of Australian rock outfit the Easybeats and widely considered the country’s first international pop star, has died at age 68. Wright became ill on Boxing Day ...

Australian musician Jacques De Jongh, famed for his role in the 70s glam rock band Hush, has died in Melbourne ... who later performed in a group with pop legend John Paul Young, had been ...

Judith Durham, an Australian folk music star and lead singer of The Seekers, has died, according to a statement from her record label. She was 79. “After a brief stay in the Alfred Hospital ...

The local scene was boosted further in the mid-70s by the launch of television music show Countdown. Soul/pop diva Renee Geyer departed for the US in 1976 leaving a trail of Australian hits behind ...