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In the book 25 years of Mushroom Records, published in 1998, Michael Gudinski described himself as “Chairman, Mushroom Group of Companies and music fan”.
There could be no better description of Gudinski, an icon of the Australian popular music industry, who has died at the age of 68. An undated image of Gudinski. Frontier Touring/AAP
His name is synonymous with the biggest artists in Australia for good reason. Gudinski founded Mushroom Records in 1972. One of its first “big bangs” was a triple album, live recording of the Sunbury Festival. Next came Frontier Touring (founded in 1979) and what would eventually become the Mushroom Group.
Brian Cadd Has A New Covid Song And He Will Be Performing It Live
While Brian Cadd has been locked away at his home in Woodstock, New York a new song was created … a Covid song.
After two weeks in quarantine ahead of his Australian tour Brian has decided to debut the new song for his Australian audiences on this current tour.
Brian Cadd tells Noise11.com, “There is one brand new song, it will be the first song on my new EP which will be out later this year. It is my Covid song. Everyone has to have a Covid song and I wrote one. It is positive in a negative way. It is a fun thing to do so we are going to include it”.
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One of Australia's top musical directors and conductors, George Ellis, will replace Doug Hawkins as Lismore's 2021 Australia Day Ambassador at tomorrow's.