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
Sinead Burgess
Sinead Burgess To Join Kezia Gill On Her UK Tour
"When I heard Kezia Gill's music, I fell in love with her smoky voice."
News / Music
George Strait
George Strait’s Limited Edition Tequila Available In Australia
With only 36 bottles allocated for Australian fans, the release is a true collectable.
Features / This Album Changed My Life
This Album Changed My Life: Charlie Fittler On Tyler Childers’ ‘Purgatory’
“With such pensive lyrics, it really changed my approach to songwriting and my perspective of country music.”
Features / Premiere
Angus Gill
‘Little Green Man’ by Angus Gill & Seasons Of Change – Video Premiere
“I was so taken aback by the chapter 'The Crossing' in Trent Dalton’s 'Love Stories' that I started working on a lyric."
News / Music
Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs
Tracy Chapman First Black Woman To Write Top US Country Song
“I think it’s such a great song that it deserves to be heard by a whole generation of people that haven’t heard it before."
News / Music
Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini Shows Off New Tattoo Which May Reference Morgan Evans Divorce
"It's 7am and I'm on a mountain with a view..."
News / Music
Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones Is Pregnant With Her First Child
“I said I would never get married... which tells you everything you need to know about what a genuine inspiration Nick Dana is."
Features / Music
Front Deck Boom Box: Ryan Daykin
We caught up with Ryan Daykin to find out what songs he’s listening to for this week’s Front Deck Boom Box.
News / Music
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton Won’t Ride Her Own Theme Park Rides: “I Don’t Want My Hair To Fly Off”
"I’m gonna have some handsome man mess it up, I don’t want some ride doing it.”
News / Music
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood Gets Matching Tattoos With Her Mum And Sisters
"When your 74-year-old mother asks you and your sisters to get matching tattoos with her in Vegas, the only questions are 'what?' and 'where?'"
News / Music
Lucie Tiger
Lucie Tiger Is The Only Independent Australian Artist To Have Five Singles On The MusicRow Country Breakout Chart In Two Years
This is a unique achievement for an independent Australian artist, and it indicates the level of support she is garnering in the US market.
News / Music
Morgan Evans
Fair Dinkum: Morgan Evans Educates US Fans On Aus Slang
“This is Morgan Evans, and this is my favourite Australian slang.”