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
Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton to co-host Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Country Music special
Grand Ole Opry members, Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton will co-host the two-hour Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Country Music special.
News / Music
Willie Nelson Announced As Keynote Speaker At SXSW Online 2021
Willie Nelson has been announced as the keynote speaker for this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals.
News / Music
Fanny Lumsden to lead 50-day Arbour Festival concert event
Fanny Lumsden is one of the bushfire-affected artists to perform at the sold-out finale as part of the 50-day multi-artform Arbour Festival.
Reviews / Listen
Kora Naughton
Lap Around The Sun by Kora Naughton – Song Of The Day
Kora Naughton's latest single, Lap Around The Sun is an energetic, fun and happy celebration anthem for 2021 and is our Song Of The Day.
News / Music
This Album Changed My Life: Pat Kenny on ‘Foggy Highway’ by Paul Kelly
Alt-country singer-songwriter, Pat Kenny tells us about an album that has changed his life and he's chosen Foggy Highway by Paul Kelly.
News / Music
Blake Shelton releases single, Minimum Wage
Blake Shelton has released his new single, Minimum Wage about how the riches of love don’t come with a price tag attached.
News / Music
Luke Combs tops 2020 ARIA Country Albums Charts
The 2020 ARIA Charts have been released, with Luke Combs, ARIA Award winner Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen and Dolly Parton taking out the Top 5.
Reviews / Listen
Devin Dawson
He Loved Her by Devin Dawson - Song Of The Day
Devin Dawson by He Loved Her off his EP, The Pink Slip is our Song Of The Day. The song embraces the simple building blocks of legacies that last.
News / Chart News
Rachael Fahim keeps top spot for fourth week in Countrytown chart
Rachael Fahim’s Middle Ground keeps top spot for the fourth week in a row, with Morgan Wallen pushing out Brad Cox to take his place at #2.
Features / Interviews
Ian Dicko Dickson
Ian 'Dicko' Dickson on his new show and the next country superstar
Ian 'Dicko' Dickson on his introduction into the genre, his new show and who he thinks is the next country music superstar.
Reviews / Listen
Tim McGraw Florida Georgia Line
Undivided by Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard – Song Of The Day
Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard’s upbeat and heartfelt collaboration song about faith and unity called Undivided is our Song of the Day.
Reviews / Listen
Hayley Jensen
Fireworks by Hayley Jensen – Song Of The Day
Hayley Jensen wrote her latest single, Fireworks in celebrate of unition, the spark of love and beauty of togetherness during covid pandemic.