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.

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Brooke Lambert
Damn, I Tried by Brooke Lambert – Song of the Day
Brooke Lambert ’s heartbreaking ballad, Damn, I Tried is our Song of the Day! She wrote the track in around 15 minutes following an unexpected break-up.
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Country on Keppel reveals full star-studded line-up!
Australia’s only country music festival on a tropical island, Country on Keppel held at Great Keppel Island Hideaway returns in 2021, and will take place on July 16-18.
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Melody Moko
Artist of the Week: Melody Moko
Melody Moko is our Artist Of The Week for CountryTown in partnership with iHeartCountry Australia, following her three 2021 Golden Guitar nominations.
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Niko Moon
No Sad Songs by Niko Moon - Song of the Day
American country singer-songwriter, Niko Moon keeps the positive vibes rolling with his feel-good single, No Sad Songs. It's our Song of the Day!
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Lucie Tiger
Found My Home by Lucie Tiger - Video Premiere
Lucie Tiger is the embodiment of a Southern infused, country rock singer-songwriter, coloured with a hefty dose of good ol’ Americana charm.
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This Album Changed My Life: Courtney Keil on ‘Rumours’ by Fleetwood Mac
Courtney Keil is a singer-songwriter. To get to know Courtney a little better, we’ve asked her to tell us about an album that has changed her life.
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Miranda Lambert and Elle King get #DRUNK
American singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert is collaborating with Exes and Ohs pop-star, Elle King on single, Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home).
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Brad Paisley
The 5 Best Brad Paisley Songs, Ranked
Brad Paisley has released his single, Off Road and to celebrate its release we’re trawled through his 12 studio albums to find our five favourite Brad Paisley bangers!
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Chase Bryant opens up about overcoming depression and surviving a suicide attempt
Chase Bryant has opened up for the first time about surviving his suicide attempt, hoping that by sharing his story, it will help others going through a similar struggle.
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Ben Mastwyk
Chicken and The Egg by Ben Mastwyk - Video Premiere
We premiere the music video by Chicken and the Egg, a bombastic, super-charged, seventies-inspired country-funk track, by Ben Mastwyk and The Millions.
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Hannah Dasher
Left Right by Hannah Dasher – Song of the Day
Hannah Dasher recently signed to the Sony Music Nashville and was named in CMT’s Next Women of Country 2021. Her track Left Right is our song of the day!
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My CountryTown: Tyler Del Pino - Winnipeg, Canada
Singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Del Pino shares his five favourite things about his hometown of Winnipeg, Canada.