Big Freedia, the undisputed Queen Diva of New Orleans 'sissy bounce', is bringing her live shows to Australia in October! Already announced to appear at this year's Melbourne Festival, Singhala Music have revealed an exclusive few club dates for punters to get along to.

As many of you know, one of the things we at the AU love to do is travel the world and see how our Aussie artists are fairing overseas. Right now, we have a man on the scene at Bonnaroo checking out The Temper Trap, and I myself was in the US and the UK over the past few months seeing dozens of Australian bands along the way. In my journeys I met Tova from New York based publication Ustralian - a website for Australians living in the USA. We're all for the idea, so we thought we'd share it with you and learn a bit more along the way...