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  1. Who won the Golden Guitars this year?

    Country music singers Travis Collins, Sara Storer and Troy Cassar-Daley were among a number of artists recognised at this year's Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth, which also acknowledged the powerful track F U Cancer.

    First-time winner Collins took out three awards for his album Hard Light, beating out tough competition to secure Male Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Single of the Year.

  1. How country music helped Aleyce Simmonds heal after abusive relationship

  2. Hottest 100 breaks voting and Aussie artist records

  3. Relive the Hottest 100 top 10 countdown

  4. Historic Sydney pub stops live music after noise complaint

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  1. Tasmanian-born guitar teacher reaches millions around the world

    London-based teacher Justin Sandercoe is one of the most popular online guitar teachers in the world since posting his first video a decade ago, and his point of difference is keeping his lessons free.

    By Felicity Ogilvie

  2. Farming family uses music videos to show lighter side of harvest

    With harvest often a stressful time, Aimee Gladigau and her father, from South Australia's Murray Mallee, are the masterminds behind music parodies highlighting positives in agriculture.

    By Tom Nancarrow

  3. Canberra bands break record in triple j's Hottest 100

    Electronic groups Peking Duk and SAFIA hold their own against some of the biggest names in the music industry, appearing a record four times during this year's triple j's Hottest 100.

    By Alkira Reinfrank

  4. 'You've never seen anything like a Nirvana crowd'

    The scrappy Seattle three-piece Nirvana had just knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the music charts when they played Fisherman's Wharf on Queensland's Gold Coast, 25 years ago today.

    By Bern Young and Adam Connors

  5. Triple j's Hottest 100 kicks off for another Australia Day

    The ABC's triple j Hottest 100 has kicked off for 2017, counting down Australians' favourite songs of the past year.

  6. Sydney live music institution 'The Sando' to shut for good

    One of Sydney's favourite live music venues — The Sando in Newtown — claims the city's "regulatory climate" has made their business unsustainable.

    By David Marchese and Riley Stuart

  7. Triple j Unearthed winner has high hopes for Hottest 100

    Emerging Melbourne musician Tash Sultana says her love for music dragged her from drug problems to the top of the Australian music scene.

    By Alice Matthews

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  1. Troy Cassar-Daly took out a Golden Guitar and was recognised as an 'artist of renown'

    Country music artist Troy Cassar-Daley was among a number of winners at the Tamworth Golden Guitar awards.

  2. 'The new resistance': Bruce Springsteen talks Trump

    Bruce Springsteen takes time out from his Australian tour to talk Donald Trump.

  3. Elvis fans left Sydney this morning bound for the annual Parkes Elvis Festival.

    It's that time of year where sideburns are cool and jumpsuits are compulsory. Elvis fans left Sydney this morning bound for the annual Parkes Elvis Festival.

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  1. Security guard 'chokes' man at FOMO music festival

    Footage shows a security guard 'choking' a man at the FOMO music festival in Brisbane.

  2. A lip sync blunder left Mariah Carey stumbling through her New Year's Eve performance.

    A lip sync blunder left Mariah Carey stumbling through her New Year's Eve performance.

  3. George Michael dies aged 53

    British pop singer George Michael, who shot to fame in the 1980s with Wham! and continued as a solo artist, has died at the age of 53.

  4. Lilly Cascun dreams of a future like her biggest idol, who was also born visually impaired

    Lilly Cascun has been blind since birth, but it hasn't stopped her dreaming of becoming a famous opera singer.

  5. Patti Smith performs at the Nobel Prize ceremony

    Patti Smith performs a Bob Dylan song at the Nobel Prize ceremony.

  6. Pussy Riot activist stars in theatre group's Australian show

    Pussy Riot activist Maria Alyokhina is drawing on her personal experience of imprisonment for a performance of the Belarus Free Theatre's "Burning Doors" which premiere's tonight at the Melbourne Arts Centre.

  7. Bus driver makes electric violins

    When Toowoomba bus driver David Guscott heads home, he heads straight to the back shed. He's a garage luthier and his instrument of choice is the electric violin.

  8. NT domestic violence campaign reaches Parliament House

    A Northern Territory grassroots campaign has reached the steps of Parliament House in a symbolic ceremony involving the nation's leaders.

  9. Archie Roach on love, singing and Indigenous recognition

    Famed singer-songwriter Archie Roach says having a referendum on Indigenous recognition is not the whole answer, but a start.

  10. Punk memorabilia burns on the Thames

    Joe Corre burns his punk memorabilia on the River Thames in a protest against the way the once rebellious genre has been subsumed into mainstream culture.

  11. Highlights from the 30th anniversary ARIA Awards in Sydney

    Australian music's finest braved a wet afternoon for the ARIA's 30th anniversary in Sydney.

  12. Fiona Poole talks to Alan Pigram from Pearl Shell Studio in Broome.

    Fiona Poole talks to Alan Pigram from Pearl Shell Studio in Broome.

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