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It's already jam packed with headliners John Butler Trio and The Waifs, Archie Roach, San Lazaro and Dan Sultan, but with just a couple of weeks to go before Chill Island Festival brings Churchill Island on Phillip Island to life, organisers have announced the addition of another band to the line up: up and comers, White Summer. 
As part of our new feature focus on record labels, Soulshine takes a look at One World Music, and interviews its founder, DJ Leigh Wood.
Noone can deny that one of the joys of the big festivals is the rich abundance of overseas acts they bring to our shores. Take for example Ruthie Foster. 
Festival organisers have announced that Peats Ridge 2007 has been cancelled due to high rainfall throughout the year and in recent weeks. The ground conditions have left the festival site unsafe for festival patrons. 
Hot on the heels of a huge Parklife festival, TenPoundCrew and Fuzzy have put their thinking hats on again and brought together Hear & Now Festival: a one day dance celebration taking place at the Riverstage in Brisbane on January 27th. 
Set for release in April 2008, the album will be hitting the airwaves from January, and, accompanied by Horsell Common and The Galvatrons, Shihad will be bringing their live show to venues across the East Coast and regional areas from February.
Good Vibes never fails to satisfy, and with a huge line up including Kanye West and Cypress Hill, 2008 looks set to be no exception. Each city sees a heady mix of international stars and local talent, setting the stage for four huge one day festivals. 
Once known as The Evan Alexander Band, The Rain in Juarez are back with a fresh line up and the first rustlings of an EP release. To top it off, the boys from Brisbane will be supporting Old Man River next week. 
They say they got carried away with the excitement, and it comes as no surprise. The WOMAD line up is out almost two months ahead of schedule, and it's a beauty. 
In a time when world music is finally moving to the fore, it is exciting to see an artist who is taking it one step further. World music sounds with an alternative slant, on an Australian stage. Emily Burton speaks to Paul George from Gold Coast outfit Audio Shaman. 
Now that festival season is picking up, it seems that every week is filled with fresh festival announcements from the heavyweight festivals. It may be a few months away, but the latest announcement from the Bluesfest camp raises the bar once more. 
With fifteen years of hard work in the Australian hip hop scene behind him, it may come as a surprise that it's only now that Elf Tranzporter is dropping his debut album.
Almost a decade on from its inception, Dashboard Confessional has come a long way. With four successful albums and a tour with U2 under his belt, Chris Carrabba is back with The Shade of Poison Trees, described as his most personal album yet, and a return to the original Dashboard style.
Just four years after the release of her debut album, Mia Dyson has made a name for herself as a heavyweight of the Australian music scene. With her 2005 ARIA award tucked under her belt, Mia reteated to a quiet cottage in Lorne, on the Victorian coastline, where her third album Struck Down came into being.
Fresh on the scene just one year ago, Brisbane dancehall masters Dubmarine have made a name for themselves as purveyors of grooving dub and funk. After 365 days of dub at its deepest, the dub sub unleashes its first single 'Singie' at The Step Inn on Saturday August 18th.