Small Halls Winter Tour Coming to WA
Festival of Small Halls has announced that Jed Parsons and Alana Wilkinson will feature ontheir upcoming Winter Tour 2024: Western Australia. Presented by veteran festival producers Woodfordia Inc, this tour will be the 40th edition ofthe much-loved not-for-profit music tour. Taking in over 200,000km2 of the western state, this tour will see two beautiful songwriters […]
Winner Reveal – Song of the Year 2024
After the eagerly anticipated live awards night at Freo.Social, West Australian Music (WAM) are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 WAM Song of the Year competition presented by Act Belong Commit & Healthway. This exciting mix of emerging and established artists echo the diversity and talent within the West Australian contemporary music scene […]
Songwriting Retreat Enrolments are Now Open!
Enrolments for the I Heart Songwriting Club and Wild Mountains Songs Songwriting Retreat and now open! Retreat will run from Aug 31 – Sept 3, 2024 at Rathdowney Hinterlands Restore your wellbeing, develop your creativity and songwriting skills, and collaborate with peers in this nourishing 4-day/3-night songwriting retreat, set amongst the beautiful rolling hills of […]
AAM Call For Reinstatement of ‘Michael’s Rule’ To Help Promote Australian Music
At last year’s AAM Awards, renowned Australian manager Michael McMartin OAM was given the Legacy Award for lifetime achievement. In his address that day, McMartin called for the reinstatement of a policy for which he and others had campaigned in earlier decades which made it compulsory for at least one local artist to the among […]
West Australian Music announces the Felix Burrows Music Residency programme
WEST AUSTRALIAN MUSIC ANNOUNCES THE FELIX BURROWS MUSIC RESIDENCY PROGRAMME, AND WELCOMES OUR FIRST MUSICIAN IN RESIDENCE West Australian Music (WAM), in partnership with the City of Melville and Goolugatup Heathcote announces the establishment of a dynamic new artist residency programme; the Felix Burrows Music Residency. This exciting new program will offer two three-month residencies […]
Heartbreak Fest
On the 21st of June 2024, The Caballeros will have been making a mess on stages all over WA for 15 years, that’s a long time! Sooooo we decided to have a 3 day birthday party and album launch celebration, to put it on we are partnering with the amazing Strange festival. Strange is an […]
WEST AUSTRALIAN MUSIC (WAM) EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT IN WA DAY FESTIVAL HEADLINERS
West Australian Music (WAM), WA’s peak body for original contemporary music, expresses disappointment over the news that the top-spot on Sunday 2nd June, has been given to an artist from the East Coast of Australia. Following the the 2023 event, which prominently featured non-WA artists on the WA Day Festival lineup, WAM’s concerns and […]
Helen Townsend’s Musical Mastery: ‘Baby Come Home’ Caps Off Series with Style
May 21st marks a pivotal moment for Helen Townsend, one of Fremantle’s most esteemed Americana artists, as she releases her latest single “Baby Come Home.” Infused with vibrant New Orleans jazz and the soulful twang of Americana, the track is a rousing call to joy. Helen’s powerful vocals drive the song, infused with an authenticity […]
WAM SHINES THE LIGHT ON WA TALENT AS NOMINEES FOR SONG OF THE YEAR 2024 PRESENTED BY ACT BELONG COMMIT ARE REVEALED
The search for WA’s top songwriting talent draws near, as WAM’s Song of the Year Competition presented by Act Belong Commit delivers another remarkable line up of nominees. With over 1050 original songs entered from artists across our state, WA’s premier songwriting competition highlights the abundance of songwriting talent our local music scene has to […]
Crap Song Club
This is an intensive songwriting workshop run over FOUR MONDAY AFTERNOONS on Zoom. Come and write some crap songs with Australian Songwriting Retreat! Going through a bit of a lull in your writing? Got a block the size of the Eiffel Tower in your brain? Just cannot get past the blank page? Get out of […]
