Shaw shared the award for the Best Sound Editing in Television: Short Form – Music, Musical for his work on Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix series The Get Down with Jason Tregoe Newman and Bryant J. Fuhrmann (Mozart In The Jungle).

“Sad to not be in LA tonight for the Golden Reel awards - but feeling very honoured to have won a Best Music Editing award for the The Get Down! I have had a little celebratory bottle of wine with my parents and wife-to-be out here in the Australian bush,” Shaw wrote on social media.

Shaw worked as music editor on The Get Down, which presented a dramatised story about the development of hip-hop in ‘70s New York. The first six episodes of season one debuted last August. Shaw finished the final editing on the second half of season one in January.

SLIP on your best leather pants and jacket and head on down to Devil Gate Drive because the queen of Detroit rock city Suzi Quatro is headed to Pokolbin’s Hope Estate on Saturday.

Quatro has toured Australia 31 times, including her 2015 trip which was billed as her farewell. However, Quatro’s love of Australia and her passionate fan base coaxed her back for a Leather Forever Encore Tour, which also features fellow glam rock luminaries Andy Scott (The Sweet) and Don Powell (Slade). 

The tour has attracted rave reviews so far with Quatro ripping out many of her biggest hits like Can The Can, The Wild One and Devil Gate Drive, plus a cover of the Neil Young classic Rockin’ In The Free World.

Tickets are still available from the Hope Estate’s website.

KURRI Kurri songwriter Melody Pool announced on Monday night she is taking a break from music to confront her mental illness in a powerfully honest episode of Australian Story.

The ABC program focused on Pool's battle with depression following the betrayal of her former boyfriend and fellow musician Harry Hookey.

While medication has helped Pool cope with her depression she told Australian Story it was an ongoing battle and that her recent national tour supporting American folk-rock legend Rodriguez had been the most difficult of her career. In March Pool intends to take a break from music to study art and focus on treating her mental illness.

“If I’m going to have a panic attack before every show, why would I go overseas and just do the same thing?” she said. “I’m going to do what is best for my health because I’ve put that off for too long and it’s not going to get better by ignoring it.

“I don’t even know how long it will be, it might be two months and I’ll miss it. It might be a year [but] I’ll be happy.” 

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NEWCASTLE rock band The Owls have undergone a line-up change as they prepare to release their fourth EP On A Rainy Day.

Long-time guitarist Lewis Gillespie left The Owls due to the birth of his first child and has been replaced by Ryan Williams (guitar) from NTL Landmarks and Jack Doran (bass) from Sydney’s Cabins to become a five-piece. The new line-up is rehearsing before they make their live debut in May to support the new EP.

“A lot of the songs we wrote were two-guitar songs that we recorded in the studio, but then played with one live,” The Owls’ Joey Bourke said. “Because they were written and recorded for two guitars we thought we should expand to a five-piece.”

First single Feels Like Gold was released last August and the second cut Jesus Let Me Fly is expected in early April.

PAPER Thin will showcase a new voice next Thursday when they release their latest single Scared Of Flying. Spencer Scott has been the lead vocalist for all of the Newcastle folk-rock band’s previous material, but guitarist Aidan Roe has stepped up to share mic duties.

“We’ve always kind of wanted [two vocalists] and this is first song we’ve had Aidan on vocals, which is pretty exciting,” Scott said.

The video for Scared Of Flying, also released next Thursday, sees the lads “getting sweaty” at Maitland’s Blacksmiths Specialty Coffee during a 45-degree day.

THE Superjesus’ frontwoman Sarah McLeod has been a frequent visitor to Newcastle in the past year and she’s returning again on March 17, but with a twist. McLeod will perform at 48 Watt Street’s FEASTival, which also includes a street food degustation, drinks and comedy.