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Final speakers announced for iNTune Darwin!

Music NT is delighted to announce the speaker line up for iNTune Darwin, 27-28 August 2010, Medina/Vibe Conference Centre, Darwin [...]

Garma turns 12!

Billed as “Australia’s leading cultural exchange event”, the 12th annual Garma Festival “will be held from 6-10 August 2010 at [...]

First wave of speakers for iNTune Alice announced!

An exciting line up of local and interstate speakers from the Australian music industry will attend the iNTune Music Conference [...]

Tableland Drifters release new album!

Tennant Creek band The Tableand Drifters have released their latest album, ‘Land Down Under’.
The band will officially launch the CD [...]

Beau Dusk – on the Road To Tamworth

Seventeen year-old self-taught country musician Beau Dusk from Karama has won the Darwin Heat of the 2010 Telstra Road To [...]

Darwin Festival Opening Concert: huge local line up

NT acts Duganda Street Sounds, Leah Flanagan and Shellie Morris will head a line up of interstate stars to perform [...]

Garrangali Band – interviewed!

If you’ve kept an eye on the Music NT website this year, you will have noticed that one band from [...]

NT music – turn it up loud on your radio!

Music NT has just commenced a new weekly radio spot featuring new NT music on ABC Radio Northern Territory!
Each Wednesday [...]

Contemporary Music Touring Program Now Open

Round 20 of the Contemporary Music Touring Program is now open!
The Contemporary Music Touring Program provides opportunities for a [...]

Sleeveheads to support The Mentals!

It’s confirmed! Teen band Sleeveheads from Nhulunbuy will support legendary Australian band Mental As Anything!
Julie Cooper – mother of Sleevehead [...]

Hot Shots Comp closes July 28!

Not long to go before entries close to Hot Shots Music Photography Competition!
Hot Shots is a Music Photography Competition which [...]

Record number of IMA nominations!!

Nominations closed Friday July 16 for the 2010 Music NT Indigenous Music Awards.
This year saw a record number of nominations, [...]

Leah Flanagan to launch album at Darwin Festival

Adding to the list of great things happening for Leah Flanagan, news just through that the NT singer/songwriter will officially [...]

Unearthed comp for iNTune!

triple j Unearthed has partnered with Music NT, to offer two lucky NT acts the chance to play showcase gigs, [...]

The Cat’s after Alice earlybirds!

Music NT is pleased to announce a great prize for earlybird registrations for iNTune Alice Springs…
Register to attend the [...]

Funding announced for Music NT Songwriter Retreats

Music NT has received a $15 000 arts grant to continue its Songwriters Retreat Program, started in 2009.
On June 18, [...]

Territory artists to perform at MIAF

NT singers Gurrumul Yunipingu, Shellie Morris, Ursula Yovich (pictured below right) and Leah Flanagan have been selected to perform ‘Seven [...]

Amrap discovers NT artists

Amrap (the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project) has launched a new Australian music blog, Amrap Discovered,  to showcase emerging, unsigned [...]

Have your song judged by Tom Waits!

Tom Waits, Steve Winwood, Timbaland, Ben Harper, Kelly Clarkson and Kings Of Leon are amongst the many high profile [...]

Music NT on Awaye!

This week Music NT will feature on Indigenous culture radio program Awaye! on Radio National.
Music NT’s Manager Mark Smith, Indigenous [...]

NT artists featured on rage!

As part of NAIDOC Week, on July 10/11, ABC1 music video program rage featured work by many Indigenous musicians from [...]

Wild Water on Radio National

NT band Wild Water was featured on  ABC Radio National’s ‘Awaye!’ program nationwide on Saturday July 10, 2010 at 6pm, [...]

Headline acts for IMAs announced!

Saltwater Band, Tableland Drifters, Warren H. Williams and Belyuen Kenbi Dancers will perform at the 7th annual Indigenous Music Awards, [...]

Leah Flanagan on national TV!

Territory singer Leah Flanagan (above) was one of five feature acts broadcast on triple j-TV’s NAIDOC Week Special. It was [...]

Men at Work to pay 5%

Men at Work have been ordered by a Federal Court judge to pay 5% of their earnings for their song [...]

Pott Street: on the road and on the playlist!

‘Struggle’ by Pott Street has been added to Northern Territory ABC Local Radio playlist!
‘Struggle’ is the first single from Pott [...]

Road To Tamworth competition – entries closing soon!

Local music performers from the Northern Territory have until Sunday 11 July to submit their material in the Telstra [...]

Sweet break for Sweet Amber

On June 19 Territory rock band Sweet Amber got one big break…
At the 11th hour they were called upon to [...]

Festivals Australia Funding now open.

The Australian government is inviting applications to their Festivals Australia fund.
The fund aims to encourage cultural activity in regional and [...]

iNTune panelists

If you are planning on heading to iNTune Darwin then why not get a head start and follow some of [...]

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