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.

News / Music
Kacey Musgraves to make MTV Video Music Awards debut
Kacey Musgraves will give her first-ever live perform of the title track from her fourth studio album, star-crossed at the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards.
Reviews / Listen
Jasmin Bade
X’s and Y’s by Jasmin Bade – Song of the Day
Rising Australian, Nashville based country-pop singer Jasmin Bade has released a brand-new single X’s and Y’s – it’s our Song of the Day!
Features / Music
Front Deck Boom Box: Hayley Jensen
We caught up with Hayley Jensen to find out what songs she’s listening to for this week’s Front Deck Boom Box - including Dan Davidson, Dakota East & more!
Reviews / Listen
Belles
All Hat No Cowboy by Belles – Song of the Day
Our Song of the Day is the sassy, humorous and honest anthem, All Hat No Cowboy by Belles, a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Nebraska.
News / Music
New Music Wrap Up: Shea Fisher, Kane Brown, Kristy Cox and more!
From Shea Fisher to Kane Brown, Kristy Cox to Kora Naughton, Mickey Guyton to Keith Urban and more, here’s a wrap up of new releases in country world!
News / Chart News
Hot 50 Chart: Did Morgan Evans hold first place for another week?
Morgan Evans is at #1 for the second consecutive week on the Countrytown Music Network Hot 50 Country Airplay Chart, with The Wolfe Brothers at #2.
Features / Music
Lily Grace
Artist of the Week: Lily Grace
CountryTown in partnership with iHeartCountry Australia is proud to announce Lily Grace as our Artist Of The Week, following the release of her new single.
News / Music
HARDY
HARDY engaged to long-time girlfriend Caleigh Ryan
HARDY is engaged! The singer-songwriter shared the exciting news on social media with a photo of himself down on one knee popping the question.
Reviews / Listen
SJ McDonald
How To Live by SJ McDonald – Song of the Day
Our Song of the Day is How To Live by SJ McDonald, off her newly release EP of the same name, which includes five tracks including her previous singles.
News / Music
Kirsty Lee Akers
Kirsty Lee Akers forms independent label, Rider Records
Golden Guitar winner, Kirsty Lee Akers is forming her own label, Rider Records alongside Social Family Records, Perrin Finlay-Brown and husband Jesse.
Features / This Album Changed My Life
This Album Changed My Life: Dylan Schneider on Florida Georgia Line’s 'Anything Goes'
To get to know rising country singer-songwriter, Dylan Schneider a little better, we asked him to tell us about an album that changed his life.
News / Music
Vaccinations for two outback music festivals as live music navigates its way out of a pandemic
Earlier this week, organisers of the Birdsville Big Red Bash and Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash announced its new ‘no jab, no jive’ vaccination policy in 2022.