Music

Next year’s Grammy nominations are in and women are leading the way, especially in the four major categories: record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and best new artist.

Radio giants Alan Jones, Kyle Sandilands and Ray Hadley are part of a cultural institution that readily forgives their discriminatory antics.

Despite 50% of new guitar players being women, females are on short supply in lists ranking the greatest players of all time.

A year on from the 2018 Grammys in which just two female performers won awards, the 2019 ceremony painted a very different picture.

US rapper, Chris Brown was apprehended by police yesterday in Paris on suspicion of rape charges but has since been released without charge.

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, and one of the most influential and legendary musicians of the past 50 years, has died overnight, aged 76.

Kristy Lee Peters (better known as KLP) is seriously multi-talented. She’s a Sydney producer, DJ, radio host and singer who has also recently launched her company, This if Ricochet.

Nas Campanella powered through every hurdle in the way of her dream job on radio. Now she’s making it easier for others. 

Given the range of talented female singer-songwriters in this country, it’s surprising to learn that just one in five of the members of the largest body representing composers are female.

A week after the Grammys and Neil Portnow’s advice for women in the music industry to “step up”, female music execs have penned a letter of rebuke to the Grammys board.

A number of women in the music industry including Pink, Sheryl Crow and Katy Perry have spoken out against Recording Academy President, Neil Portnow’s suggestion that women need “to step up”.

We may never hear a voice like yours again. Vale Dolores O’Riordan, and thank you for the beautiful memories you gave to all of us.