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- ↑ AudioCulture, 28 April 2013 – Impact – Simon Grigg
- ↑ Sergent.com.au – Erana Clark
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- ↑ The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz , Colin Larkin – Page 48
- ↑ Discogs – Marcia Hines – Right Here And Now
- ↑ Discogs – Craig Calhoun & The Brothers Of Oz – Ain't It Funky
- ↑ Discogs – Christian Fry – EP
- ↑ Illawarra Mercury , 13 May 2010 – Kiama Jazz and Blues Festival full of highlights – Emma Spillett
- ↑ News.com.au , 4 August 2011 – Music, No time for celebrating as AGT winner Jack Vidgen gets straight to work – Kathy McCabe,DailyTelegraph
- ↑ Australian Charts – DISCOGRAPHY JACK VIDGEN, JACK VIDGEN IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS, Singles
- ↑ Christian Woman , WINTER 2013, Volume 59, Number 2 – Page 40 Jack Vigden – music * faith * soul, Winner of last year's Australian got talent shares his journey of music and faith – Lynn Goldsmith Editor-in-Chief
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- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald , 8 April 2013 – Diverse path to straight and narrow Ilya Gridneff
- ↑ Daily Telegraph, 30 August 2016 – Rising jazz star wins $26,000-a-year scholarship to Berklee College in Boston – Ali Lowe
- ↑ Discogs – Erana Clark Discography, Singles & EPs
- ↑ Singles In My Collection – The Erana Clark Single 'Angel Eyes'
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- ↑ WorldCat – Waiata. 2 : Māori showbands, balladeers & pop stars Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
