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.

Features / Music
Artist of the Week: Chris Young
CountryTown in partnership with iHeartCountry Australia is proud to announce multi-platinum RCA Records entertainer, Chris Young as our Artist Of The Week.
News / Music
Camille Trail
Camille Trail Breaks Down Every Track On New Album, 'Rivers Of Sins'
On the released of her debut album, River of Sins, Camille Trail talks us through each individual track: the creation, sentiment, and everything in between.
Reviews / Listen
Mitchell Tenpenny
Truth About You by Mitchell Tenpenny – Song of the Day
Truth About You is the latest single by American country-pop singer-songwriter, Mitchell Tenpenny, and our Song of the Day.
News / Music
Maren Morris, Jimmie Allen and More Feature on Diane Warren’s Debut Album
Diane Warren's cross-genre, 15-track album includes a series of collaborations with several artists including Maren Morris, Jimmie Allen and Darius Rucker.
Features / Music
Rider Essentials – Jay O'Shea from O’Shea
We caught up with Jay from couple duo O'Shea and asked her to tell us five things she always takes on the road for this week’s Rider Essentials.
News / Music
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to star in ‘Yellowstone’ Prequel
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will together star in a new TV series, 1883. The show, which will air on Paramount+, is a prequel to the drama series Yellowstone.
Reviews / Listen
Walker Hayes
Fancy Like by Walker Hayes – Song of the Day
Our Song of the Day is Fancy Like, the fifth single from the EP, Country Stuff by Walker Hayes. The American country singer-songwriter co-wrote the song.
News / Music
New ‘Willie Nelson and Family’ Docuseries In The Works
The life and career of legendary country outlaw Willie Nelson will be the focus of the multi-part docuseries titled Willie Nelson and Family.
News / Music
Brett Young
Brett Young and Wife Welcome Second Baby Girl
Brett Young and his wife Taylor welcomed their second child, daughter Rowan Marie Young, on Wednesday, July 21. Rowan joins older sister, Presley Elizabeth.
News / Music
Upcoming US Album Releases: Who & What We Know So Far
Upcoming US Album Releases: Carly Pearce, Carrie Underwood, Michael Ray, Lauren Alaina and Brandi Carlile – this is what we know so far.
News / Music
Keith Urban’s Rolling Stone Australia Cover Helps Country Go Mainstream
Keith Urban, the four-time Grammy winning singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, will appear on the cover of Rolling Stone Australia.
Reviews / Listen
Piper Butcher
Front Deck Boom Box: Piper Butcher
We caught up with Newcastle singer-songwriter, Piper Butcher to find out what songs she’s listening to for this week’s Front Deck Boom Box.