Mallory Arbour, Journalist

Mallory Arbour is a Melbourne-based writer with over ten years of media experience, specialising in digital content. After living overseas on her gap year, she started her own lifestyle blog and soon began attending media calls for musical theatre and interviewing local talent, and later expanded to covering red carpets, festivals, gigs, and pop culture conventions. Mallory joined The AU Review in 2015, taking phone interviews with international talent during her work lunch breaks and attending events by night. In 2018, Mallory was personally chosen as one of four Victorian journalists to interview legendary US music producer Shelby J. Prior to joining Countrytown, she earned a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) where she graduated with distinction during the pandemic.

Reviews / Listen
Melanie Dyer
Run Out Of Road by Melanie Dyer – Song of the Day
Run Out Of Road by singer-songwriter, Melanie Dyer is the perfect country-pop track for upcoming summer road trips. It's our Song of the Day!
News / Chart News
Hot 50 Chart: Impressive debut by Keith Urban, Morgan Evans at #1
Love Is Real by Morgan Evans is at #1 on the Countrytown Music Network Hot 50 Country Airplay Chart, with Keith Urban making an impressive debut.
Features / Music
Artist of the Week: Niko Moon
CountryTown in partnership with iHeartCountry Australia is proud to announce Niko Moon as our Artist Of The Week, following the release of Good Time album.
Reviews / Listen
Jody Direen
The Thing Is by Jody Direen – Song of the Day
Our Song of the Day is the stripped-down and vocally driven country-pop track, The Thing Is by New Zealand county music singer-songwriter, Jody Direen.
News / Music
Tim McGraw Casts Daughter Audrey In ‘7500 OBO’ Music Video
Tim McGraw’s youngest daughter, Audrey, makes her acting debut in the starring role, in his latest music video for 7500 OBO, from his album, Here On Earth.
News / Music
Hinterland drops new music video for ‘Giddy Up’
We premiered Giddy Up, the latest single by Hinterland, last month and now the Gold Coast-based trio have released its accompanying music video.
News / Music
Upcoming collab albums that may surprise you!
While artists have been teaming up with artists from different genres, we thought we’d highlight three upcoming albums with unlikely upcoming collab albums.
Features / Music
Rider Essentials: Walker Hayes
We caught up with country singer-songwriter, Walker Hayes to find out the things he always takes on the road with him for this week’s Rider Essentials.
News / Music
Josh Turner Announces New Christmas Album
Country and gospel singer and actor, Josh Turner has announced he will release his first-ever Christmas album, King Size Manger, on October 8.
Reviews / Listen
Zac Brown Band
Zac Brown Band Announce New Album ‘The Comeback’
Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band have announced their seventh studio album, The Comeback is due for release on October 15.
News / Music
Carrie Underwood and Dan + Shay Team For 'Dear Evan Hansen'
Carrie Underwood and Dan + Shay are joining forces on the track Only Us from the upcoming Dear Evan Hansen movie soundtrack.
News / Music
Jimmie Allen releases theme song ‘Big In A Small Town‘
Jimmie Allen has dropped previously unreleased song, Big in a Small Town, which features as the theme song for the new Netflix sports documentary series.