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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Blake O'Connor
Willin’ and Ready by Blake O’Connor – Song of the Day
Willin’ and Ready by Australian singer-songwriter and guitar, Blake O’Connor is our Song of the Day. The track takes inspiration from The Allman Brothers’ Rambling Man and incorporates influences from Tedeschi Trucks Band and Zac Brown Band.
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Brittany Elise
Find Your Music by Brittany Elise - Video Premiere
We penned Find Your Music by Brittany Elise as our Song of the Day last month. Today, we’re delighted to premiere the music video for the fun, feel-good track.
Features / Interviews
Tim McGraw on the music that brings people together
We interview country music superstar Tim McGraw about his collaboration single Undivided with Tyler Hubbard from Florida Georgia Line.
News / Music
Taylor Swift announces Fearless (Taylor’s Version) will include six brand new songs
Taylor Swift ’s album Fearless will be the first to be released in its re-recorded version, and will include six never before released songs from the vault.
Features / Music
My CountryTown: Kirsty Lee Akers - Kurri Kurri
Kirsty Lee Akers tells us five things about the small country town of Kurri Kurri, and all the wonderful things that makes it tick.
News / Music
Gympie Music Muster drops second HUGE artist announcement!
The Gympie Music Muster have released their second HUGE artist announcement, following last year's artist announcement of equal size.
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Darlinghurst
Where Do We Go by Darlinghurst - Video Premiere
Where Do We Go by Darlinghurst - we love it, and clearly you do too! It’s our Song of the Day, and it’s an honour to premiere the music video
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Will Dempsey
Mississippi Mud by Will Dempsey – Song of the Day
Our song of the Day is Mississippi Mud by newcomer, Will Dempsey, which pays tribute to his small-town Louisiana roots, while also staying true to himself.
News / Chart News
Hot 50 Chart: Huge moves for Troy Cassar-Daley, Seaforth + are The Wolfe Brothers still on top?
The Wolfe Brothers hold on to number one for a fourth week in a row of the Countrytown Music Network Hot 50 chart this week.
News / Music
Valentine's Day playlist - Countrytown has your love tunes covered!
Valentine's Day will be upon us in just a few days, and we're counting down some of our favourite romantic country love songs to get you through this weekend.
News / Music
Valentine’s Day playlist – Countrytown has your ANTI-love tunes covered!
Whether you're getting over a breakup or perfectly single, here's a playlist of the best anti-love songs to get you through Valentine's Day.
Features / Music
Artist of the Week: Cass Hopetoun
CountryTown in partnership with iHeartCountry Australia is proud to announce country music trio, Cass Hopetoun as our Artist Of The Week.