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TSA semi-finalists Tamworth Songwriters Association (TSA) will announce winners in its annual Songwriter Salute Awards in Tamworth this January as usual but because of coronavirus restrictions, the event will be live-streamed on the internet. TSA made the announcement today with the release of semi-finalists in the 2021 Awards. And the semi-finalists are… For the Garry Koehler Commemorative Award for Novice Songwriting… Susy Barnes with The Christmas Lights of Calliope, Gary Bewley with Lonely Doors, Floyd Black with Damned Sand And Bloody Mulga and The Old Digger, Clint Brittain with Falling Star, Henry Davis with Lighthouse, Ken Dinsdale with Lonely Bar Stool, Philip Doring with Dinki Di and Praying for Rain, Felicity Dowd with Blue Skies, Geoffrey Gates with Mining Town, Callan Kennedy with Dodge Ute, Dusty Mann with Bushrangers and Cassidy Rae Wilson with More and Superwoman.
For Gospel Spiritual… Lola Brinton with The Pearly Gates Bridge, Graham Brennan with Light In The Dark, Colin Buchanan with Hannah Prays, Stan Lenz with That Little Church On The Hill, Shaza Leigh & Jean Darnell with As It’s Meant To Be, Peter McDonald with My Lord And My God, Linda Milne with Our Saviour And Our Friend, Anita Paul with Solstice Of Love, Jason Mark Rombouts with Calm, Peter Scully with Everything, Peter Sheahan with On My Lifetime, Steven Sherrah with Love’s Author, Justin Standley with Your Own Backyard, Patricia Thompson with Until I Reach My Goal and Kym Watling with Wondering About My Time. For Lyrics Only… Floyd Black with Big Old Bass, Lloyd Clarke with The Fridge, Dianne Coombes with Affairs of the Heart and Heading West Again, Christine Eccleston with A Silo And A Soldier and Williamson Shiver, Daria Flynn with Stand Barefoot, Lex Kunst with My Old Chestnut Horse, Michelle Morgan with The Aussie Postie, Kevin Pye with An Old Straw Hat, The Red Rose Waltz, The Sepia Soldier and The Years that Made Me Old, Geoff Quinton with The Swaggies View, Kieran Roberts with Legend, Clayton Saunders with My Father, Graham Scoble with The Fire At Yankees Gap, I’m Here by Justin Standley and Heath Watts with Chrysalis. For the Geoff Mack Commemorative Award for Comedy Novelty Songwriting… Terry Bennetts with Welcome To Australia, Lloyd Back with G String, Geoffrey Bates with Small Town Tales, Robert Baxter with Where Are You Ben?, Jim Bibby with You’re Leaving, Floyd Black with A Poor Man’s Violin and I Should Be On The Stage, Peter Coad with Hard Luck, Greg Champion with Back In The Tamworth Saddle Again, John Howie with The Girl That Hangs Around Every Gig I Do, Thank Your Mother For Rabbits, Tittybong and They Can All Get Stuffed, Lindi Jane, Dave Drummond & Crafty Mark Dean with Corona Virus Sing-A-Long, Shelley Jones with Woman’s Wee Wait Woe, Stephen Kiely with If You Don’t Have Soup, Roxanne Kiely & Allan Caswell with Bad Hair Day and Glen Naylor & Chris Wilson with Santa’s Dream Flight. For Bluegrass… Kay Armstrong with My Girls Shed, Benny Allen with Lady Luck And Me, Geoffery Bates & Kym Watling with Old Times, Floyd Black with A Banjo In The Boot and Hot Strings, Allan Caswell & Manfred Vijars with Spin, Greg Champion with The Wild Lifestyle, Dave Diprose with The Lights In That Town and Stranger In My Home, Virginia Hermel with Southern Rose, Daniel Higgins, David Carter & Merelyn Carter with Isn’t It A Shame, John Howie with I Just Want To Be A Minstrel Boy and This Old Mandolin, Brenda Kelly with No Tears In Sunshine and Till Xmas Comes This Year, Linda Peterson with Maple Tree, Wendy Phypers with Off We go Again, Kieran Roberts with Walls Fall Down, Tony Smith with Dirt Kids, Kimberly Wheeler with Willow Tree and Geoff Williams with A Lively Little Song. For Alt Country… Lola Brinton & Brad Butcher with Alone, Allan Caswell & 8 Ball Aitken with Hard Times And Struggle, Craig Campbell with Silverton, Aaron D’Arcy with Good to See Girls Again, Cathy Dobson with Love Ain’t Bulletproof, Dave Diprose with Rolling Down the Highway, Felicity Dowd with Safe And Calm, Cass Hopetoun with Fortune Teller, Joel McKay with Safe Place, Susan Muranty with The Shock Of Your Touch, Lucie Tigher O’Connor with Heartbreak, Andy Penkow with Chasing The Sun, Juliet Prowse with Take Me, Ben Ransom with Night After Night, Kieran Roberts with Sometimes Lightning, Tracey Rowland with Doing What I Do, Souly Us with Coming Home, Justin Standley with Cooee Baby (Layin’ With Stones) and I’m Coming Back For The Lovin’, Ronnie Tant with Take Me Down To Pray and Kym Watling with Ciderville. For Country Blues… Floyd Black with A Little Country Blues, Aaron D’Arcy with Take Me Again, Dave Diprose with Runaway Train, Cathy Dobson with Learn To Swim, Lucie Tiger O’Connor with Gasoline and Greenwood, Russell Neal with Mr Hardway, Chris Okunbor with Hesitating Wedding Ring Blues, Andy Penkow with The Biggest Hearts Can Break, Ben Ransom with I Won’t be There In The Morning and One Of A Kind, Jason Mark Rombouts with Hello Country Goodbye Sister Blues, Rhonnie Tant with By Your Side and Dean Winchester with Baking Bread. For the Bev Daniel Commemorative Award for Traditional Country Songwriting… Kylie Adams-Collier with ‘Camel Up’ Earlston Said, Lloyd Back with Old Boots, Larry Cann & Allan Caswell with Some Kind Of Cowboy, Peter Coad with In The Shadow Of Castle Rock, Peter Dawson with Stanley And Slim, Cathy Dobson with A Farmer’s Lullaby, John Howie with You’re Out In The Outback When You’re In, Justin Landers with Be A Little Kinder, Michael Lehnen & Catherine Lehnen with Box Of Wood, Shaza Leigh with The Bush Is Still The Same, Wendy Phypers with Is She The Only One, Eric Read with Downsizing, Graham Rodger with Running On Empty, Matt Scullion with BIG, Peter Simpson with The Things I left Behind, Tony Smith with Dance On and A Country School, Lindsay Waddington & Peter Salata with Campfire and Wendy Wood with The Things I left Behind. For Bush Ballad… Benny Allen with The Battle of Nepean Point, Lloyd Back with Broken Hearts At Broken Hill and Windale, Terry Bennetts & Ray Essery with The Old Man At The Bar, Terry Bennetts & Keith Lethbridge with A Fortunate Life, Pat Brown Jnr & John Seers with Those Mountains Of Mine, Allan Caswell & Manfred Vijars with That Holden Saved My Life, Peter Coad with Two Old Bushmen, John Howie with Sing Us Some Slim Dusty Songs, Lex Kunst with Ain’t Much I Haven’t Tried, Shaza Leigh & Ken Coverdale with Mount Scoria, Thomas Libreri & Tessa Libreri with Great Courage, David Reeve with Boondooma, Graham Rodger with Knights Of The Saddle , Peter Simpson with For Those Who Understand and Sandy Johnson, Patricia Thompson with A Wrinkled Old Has Been and Two Old Friends, Ian Wilkinson with Women Of The Outbreak and Geoff Williams with The Bush Balladeer. For Country Rock… Lance Birrel & Angus Gill with I Believe In Beer, Ian Burns with Friday Night, Billie Rose Copeland with Wrong Kind Of Right, Janine Garvey with Lights, Suzy Haworth with No Such Thing As Love, Damien Hosken with Dancing With You, Aaron Jurd, Kevin Bennett, Maddi Collier & Ainslie Allen with If You Were Mine, Justin Landers with How About This Weather?, Callum McFarlane, Jackson McFarlane & Lachlan Bryan with We Don’t Need this Town, Lucie Tiger O’Connor with Perfect, Julie Prowse with Won’t be Seeing you Again, Ben Ransom with Mamma Said, Jason Mark Rombouts with Chicken Pickin’, Clayton Saunders with The Marriage Box, Slow Burn and The Tender Years, Noleen Smith with Read My Lips, Soulyus with Fighter, Kevin Sullivan with Against the Tide, Rhonnie Tant with You Make me Feel So Good, Kym Watling with Highway Prayer, Wendy Wood with Little by Little. For Country Ballad… Grace Amos & David Carter with Listen Real Closely, Robert Baxter with Two Horse Junction, Ian Burns with Think Again, Larry Cann with Country Cries, Allan Caswell with Too Blue For This Right Now, Peter Coad with Back In 65, Greg Champion with Put Your Hand On Your Heart, Simon Condon with Stay Here With Me and Swamped, Billie Rose Copeland with Superwoman, Dave Diprose with Life In A Small Country Town and Till the Rains Came, Cass Hopetoun with Room Full Of Strangers, John Howie with More and More, Mark Lavender & Kathryn Lavender with Strong Man John Murphy with A Place Called Home Veronica Pyke & John Pyke with The Bondwood Van, Tony Smith with Dance On, Kevin Sullivan with Pilgrimage, Heath Watts with Belle Of The Ball and Wendy Wood with Together We Have It All. For Local Heroes… Ian Burns with Think Again, Graham Brennan with They are Returned Veterans, Lloyd Clarke with Threading The Eye Of The Needle (Loch Ards Lament), Peter Coad with Tommy Mac, Jim Van Fleet with Those Guys In Yellow Can Be My Friends, Tee Jay with Wayne Crossin, Darren Johnson, Dorothy Daisy & Sam Hanford with Front Line, Stan Lenz with Slim Dusty A Legend In His Time, Jacinta Read with Proud To Be An Anzac (ballad of Billy Torrance), Steve Roberts with FIFO Man, Kevin Sullivan with Unknown People, Eric Read with The Generation, Brendan Smoother, Peter Campbell & Dan Murphy with Local Hero, Kevin Sullivan with Pilgrimage and Heath Watts with Say Hello, Koala Bear. For TSA New Songwriter… Shane Butterworth with The Guitar Man, Larry Cann with Country Cries, Billie Rose Copeland with Company With Regret, Billie Rose Copeland & Peta Cherae Peters with Superwoman and Wrong Kind Of Right, Bella Fenlon & Lavena Stewart with Dance In The Rain, Wendy Ford with Clean House, Cass Hopetoun & Blake Dantier with Typical Bride, Thomas Liberi with Downsizing, Lay Me Down, Makin Music and Peace Of Mind, Thomas Libreri & Tessa Libreri with My Family And Me Mark Lavender & Kathryn Lavender with Strong Man, Lucie Tiger O’Connor with Gasoline and Perfect, Ben Ransom with Mamma Said and Night after Night, Eric Read with Downsizing, Jacinta Read with Proud To Be An Anzac (ballad of Billy Torrance), Kevin Sullivan with Against The Tide, Rhonnie Tant with Take me down To Pray and Cassidy Rae Wilson with No Better Place and Ton Of Bricks. The TSA Songwriter Salute Awards will be held on Tuesday January 19. Weblink – tsaonline.com.au. Fanny and Archie win ARIAs Fanny Lumsden's current studio work – Fallow – has been named winner of Best Country Album at the 2020 ARIA Awards announced in Sydney last night. Archie Roach was a double winner taking home Best Male Artist and Best Adult Contemporary Album with Tell Me Why. He was also inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Organisers say the Awards took a lot of planning given COVID-19 restrictions, but deemed the event a success. Though many of the winners were in different cities — and some in other countries — everyone got a chance to say their thanks. The biggest winner of the night was Perth-based Tame Impala, who won five out of seven awards including Album of the Year. Songwriter and rapper Sampa The Great also dominated, taking home three awards including Best Female Artist. A full list of winners can be found here. Jade, Mental Awareness Foundation Ambassador Mental Awareness Foundation Ambassador country star Jade Holland has joined forces with the Foundation to produce The Resilience Tour 2020. The tour features exclusive performances by Jade with people of all ages and persuasions throughout Queensland invited to bring “families, mates and brothers” to reconnect with local community while enjoying the music and “reigniting that spirit of resilience that Aussies are known for”. It’s also been announced that Jade will continue as the Foundation’s Ambassador again in 2021.
“Jade is a perfect advocate for the Mental Awareness Foundation," a Foundation spokesman said. "We are proud to have her continue her great work." Jade will next appear at Lefty’s Music Hall in Brisbane’s Petrie Terrace this Thursday evening (November 26) with special guests Laura Frank and Natalie Pearson. The Mental Health Foundation is run by a union of individuals dedicated to making a difference in society. Their mission is to support charities that are working directly with communities who are implementing strategies to raise awareness of depression and mental illness, while supporting the preservation of life. “The Mental Awareness Foundation is all about delivering fun, exciting, informative, exhilarating experiences and events within communities which then enable us to support charities,” the spokesman said. The organisation’s flagship event is the annual Walk for Awareness. Now in its 10th year, this year, the Walk involved almost a thousand people with another 500 joining in virtually to walk eight kilometres, recognising the eight Australians who take their own life each day. This year’s Walk raised more than $140,000 for the cause. Photo: Jade poses in front of this year's Walk for Awareness promotional banner. Weblinks – www.facebook.com/mentalawarenessfoundation.org • jadeholland.com. Allan passes 800 recordings With the release of Amber Lawrence’s new children’s album The Kid’s Gone Country 2, Allan Caswell went to 43 recordings of his songs for the year and more than 800 since he first had a song recorded in 1978.
“I would much rather write with, rather than for, the artists,” he says, “they can take ownership of the songs and are way more believable when they sing them.” Allan says he has always believed that a professional songwriter should be able to write anything and this is borne out by the variety of artists who have cut his songs, the likes of Cilla Black, James Blundell, Beccy Cole, Slim Dusty, Steve Earle, Barry Humphries, Anne Kirkpatrick, The Living End, Chad Morgan, Patti Page and The Wolfe Brothers. He has co-written several children’s albums with “generation crossing” songs, as well as getting songs on dance, hip hop, blues, rock, gospel, television and film projects. His biggest song, On The Inside (theme from the popular television series Prisoner) has been recorded at least 30 times worldwide. Weblink – www.allancaswell.com. Ausmusic T-Shirt Day is... today! Support Act's Ausmusic T-Shirt Day is here... today! The day helps raise funds to meet the ever growing demand on Support Act’s services to the music industry. “With requests for Crisis Relief having increased by 883 percent and calls to the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline up by 52 percent since the pandemic hit, Support Act’s work is more essential than ever,” said Clive Miller, Support Act CEO.
Some of the nation's most well known artists across all music genres have thrown their support behind the event including Casey Barnes, Catherine Britt, Travis Collins, Jessica Mauboy, Caitlyn Shadbolt, Keith Urban and Felicity Urquhart, all encouraging their fans to visit www.ausmusictshirtday.org.au to set up a team or make an individual donation. Many other artists are posting their support on social media. This year’s event boasts a brand new website, which has made setting up a team fundraising page, or making an individual donation, “super easy,” according to Support Act. Almost 1,000 fundraisers have so far been organised with more than $130,000 already raised. At the time of writing this report, Travis Collins was leading the fundraising charge with more than $17,000 raised through his channels. Anyone still needing to buy a t-shirt can do so by visiting the merchandise section of their favourite artist’s website. Or they can be bought via the fundraiser’s Merch Partners page here. Ausmusic T-Shirt Day is held annually during ARIA Week as part of Ausmusic Month. 2021 Golden Guitar Finalists Finalists for the 2021 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards were announced during a live streamed event from Tamworth, Australia's Country Music Capital, this morning. They are... For Female Artist of the Year (pictured below from left) – Kristy Cox with No Headlights, Allison Forbes with Bonedigger, Fanny Lumsden with Fallow, Melody Moko with Two Kids & A Radio, Jasmine Rae with Lion Side.
Male Artist (pictured below from left) – Casey Barnes with Town Of A Million Dreams, Adam Brand with Speed Of Life, Travis Collins with Wreck Me, Luke O’shea with There In The Ochre, Warren H Williams with These Are The Changes.
Group or Duo – The Buckleys with Daydream, Angus Gill & Seasons Of Change with 3 Minute Movies, Hurricane Fall with Ain’t Leavin, The McClymonts with Mayhem To Madness, The New Graces with Seasons. Album of the Year (pictured below from left) – Fallow by Fanny Lumsden (produced by Matt Fell), Mayhem To Madness by The McClymonts (Andy Mak), Speed Of Life by Adam Brand (Luke Wooten), Town Of A Million Dreams by Casey Barnes (Matt Fell, Michael Paynter & Michael Delorenzis), Wreck Me by Travis Collins (Travis Collins & Luke Wooten).
Song – Fierce by Edwina Lumsden & Dan Stanley Freeman (recorded by Fanny Lumsden), Give Me Tonight by Brad Cox & Joe Mungowan (Brad Cox), The High Price Of Surviving by Shane Nicholson & Leyon Millner (Shane Nicholson), I Got This by Brooke McClymont, Samantha McClymont, Mollie McClymont & Andy Mak (The McClymonts), Rainy Day by Travis Collins & Byron Hill (Travis Collins). Heritage song – The Great Divide by John Williamson (written by John Williamson), Happy Australia Day by Luke O’shea & Kevin Bennett (Luke O’shea & Kevin Bennett), Seasons by The New Graces (Robyn Martin), She Gave Us The Song by Tom Curtain with Lee Kernaghan & Sara Storer (Garth Porter & Kelly Dixon), These Days by Fanny Lumsden (Edwina Lumsden, Dan Stanley & Benjamin Corbett). Bush Ballad – Graveyard Hill by Dianne Lindsay (written by Joy McKean), Running On Empty by Graham Rodger (Graham Rodger), Sing Us Some Slim Dusty Songs by The Howie Brothers (John Howie), Six Decks To Darwin by Dean Perrett (Dean Perrett, Kelly & Marion Dixon & Ryan Garland), Two Old Bushmen by Peter Coad (Peter Coad). Single – Fierce by Fanny Lumsden, Give Me Tonight by Brad Cox, I Got This by The McClymonts, No Brakes by The Wolfe Brothers, Rainy Day by Travis Collins Video – Diamonds by Morgan Evans (directed by Gus Black), The High Price Of Surviving by Shane Nicholson (Duncan Toombs), I Got This by The McClymonts (Bradley Murnane), Mountain Song/This Too Shall Pass by Fanny Lumsden (Fanny Lumsden & Dan Stanley Freeman), Rainy Day by Travis Collins (Jay Seeney). Vocal Collaboration – I Don’t Believe You by Small Town Romance & Anne Kirkpatrick, No Other You by Casey Barnes & Missy Lancaster, Ramblin’ Fever by Adam Harvey & Lee Kernaghan, Remedy by Brad Cox & Adam Eckersley, True Blue by Amber Lawrence, Aleyce Simmonds, Kirsty Lee Akers & Dianna Corcoran. Instrumental – Brothers by Michael Carpenter & The Banks Brothers, Dalveen by Michael Fix, Prelude by The Weeping Willows, Pussycat by Charlie & Jensen, Wicker Suite by Liam Kennedy-Clark & Gabi Blissett. Bluegrass Recording – Breakfast by Charlie & Jensen, Cold Moon by Allison Forbes & The Weeping Willows, Darlin’ William’s Gone by Pete Denahy, Finger Picking Good by Kristy Cox, Wheels Won’t Roll by The Weeping Willows. New talent – Darlinghurst with So Long So Long, Allison Forbes with Broken Radios, Cass Hopetoun with Typical Bride, Melody Moko with Like Hank Would, The New Graces with Seasons. Alt Country Album – 3 Minute Movies by Angus Gill & Seasons Of Change (produced by Angus Gill), Bonedigger by Allison Forbes (Shane Nicholson), Fallow by Fanny Lumsden (Matt Fell), The Lost And The Found by Rob Hirst & Jay O’Shea (Brent Clark), Two Kids & A Radio by Melody Moko (Neilson Hubbard & Michael Muchow). Contemporary Album – Daydream by The Buckleys (produced by Chad Carlson), Lion Side by Jasmine Rae (Lindsey Jackson), Mayhem To Madness by The McClymonts (Andy Mak), Town Of A Million Dreams by Casey Barnes (Matt Fell, Michael Paynter & Michael Delorenzis), Wreck Me by Travis Collins (Travis Collins & Luke Wooten). Traditional Country Album – No Headlights by Kristy Cox (produced by Jerry Salley), Seasons by The New Graces (Garth Porter), There In The Ochre by Luke O’Shea (Luke O’Shea), These Are The Changes by Warren H Williams (Warren H Williams), Tumbleweed by Roo Arcus (Tim Crouch & Roo Arcus). Finalists for Top Selling Album will be announced in January. True Blue added to Sounds of Australia registry John Williamson’s classic True Blue has been inducted into the National Film & Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia registry. The iconic song joins 10 other additions announced today. The registry recognises recordings that have had a defining impact on Australian culture. "It really is recognition of those sounds that have a huge cultural impact that really stand the test of time and remain with people," curator Thorsten Kaeding said.
“The national cricket and rugby union teams even adopted True Blue as an unofficial theme song.” "It pretty much immediately just hit a nerve I think with Australians and came to represent something more than a popular music song," Thorsten Kaeding said. Other sounds added to the registry today include Arnhem Land Popular Classics featuring field recordings of elders playing the didgeridoo, known as the yidaki in Yolgnu, and singing near Katherine in the early 1960s. The Masters Apprentices pop song Because I Love You has also been added, together with Starlight by Hamilton Hill (1907), an example of the country's emerging recording industry; Etude de concert in F minor and Etude de concert in A flat major by Eileen Joyce (1933), a piano prodigy who played for soldiers during World War II on the BBC; the It’s Time 1972 Gough Whitlam Labor Party election jingle; and Silvrchair's Tomorrow. Rounding out the new additions are the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games Official Souvenir Recording; Nausicaa: Opera in Three Acts by Peggy Glanville-Hicks; and the recordings of comedy duo Tony Martin and Mick Molloy's 1990s radio program Martin/Molloy. New record label launched
The Music Network reported Paul Paoliello’s Top Dog Group – the management company behind Southbound – had launched the new label. Red Dog Recordings will focus on country, rock and pop music with former Sony executive Tim Holland named as General Manager. David Simon is Artist & Repertoirse Director and Michael Lifson is Chief Financial Officer.
“We are hoping to establish a recognisable label brand that inspires the same level of passion as other much-loved Australian labels like Mushroom, Alberts, Future Classic and Unified,” Paul Paoliello said. “A label that attracts the most exciting musical talent, which will appeal to international audiences and especially in the US where we have already established a presence.” Weblinks – www.rachaelfahim.com • www.southboundofficial.com. Country stars sign up for rural fundraiser concert
They will join other headliners Jimmy Barnes, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Birds Of Tokyo, Vera Blue, Timothy and Clare Bowen, Kate Ceberano, Casey Donovan, Isaiah Firebrace, Dami Im, Jessica Mauboy, Chris Sebastian, Guy Sebastian and Mike Waters for the special telecast on the Nine Network from 7pm on Saturday November 28. The concert will raise money for Rural Aid and say "Good Onya Mate" to Aussie farmers who have survived drought, bushfire, floods and COVID-19. "These challenges create financial, emotional and practical hurdles for this crucial sector of our community and economy - the people who put food on our tables and clothes on our back," said a spokesman for the event organisers. More information, including ways to support, can be found on the Rural Aid website here. Photos (clockwise from top left: Travis Collins, Lee Kernaghan, Mick Lindsay and Darlinghurst. Music Victoria Awards Finalists have been announced for the Music Victoria Awards to be held at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Wednesday December 9 as a hybrid in-person and live-streamed ceremony. For Best Country Album, finalists (picured below from left) are The Cartwheels by The Cartwheels, Holding Back The Levee by Mitch Dean, This Is Not A Dream by Lost Ragas, The Weir by Michael Waugh and You Be The Lightning by Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife.
"It's been an incredibly tough year for the industry," said Laura Imbruglia, Music Victoria Awards Event Producer, "but also a year where community spirit, ingenuity, and resilience have really come to the fore. "The Victorian music community has so much to be proud of, and I encourage everyone to get involved with the Awards through submissions, voting and the event itself." Weblink – www.musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards. Gold Coast announce virtual Carols
Casey Barnes will star in The Mayor's Virtual Christmas Carols on Saturday December 5 alongside other headliners including Christine Anu, Anthony Callea, David Campbell, Kate Ceberano, Karie Noonan and Paulini. The free virtual "family friendly" event will be simulcast on the Gold Coast City webpage and aired on 102.9 Hot Tomato Radio from 6pm on the day. It will be the ninth annual staging of the Carols. Weblink – www.facebook.com/events/770151057172736.
Jessica Wishart has taken out two honours in the South Australian Music Awards announced in Adelaide on Tuesday night. First was her win in the industry voted category of Best Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Artist, then in the public voted "best country act" category. In the first category, Jessica was up against J-Milla, Nathan May, Sonz Of Serpent and Tunu. In the public voted category, she beat out fellow finalists Cookie Baker, Cassidy Rae Gaiter, Nathan Ray and Matt Ward to take the title. Weblink – www.facebook.com/jessicawishartmusic • southaustralianmusicawards.com.au. ICMA Awards Indie Country Music Australia (ICMA) is a group of like minded people who come together each year to recognise independent artists, groups, industry workers and more during the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival. Because of the cancellation of the 2021 Tamworth Festival, winners of the 2021 mostly fan-voted ICMA Awards have been announced.
Most Popular Female Vocal – Allison Forbes (pictured). Most Popular Male Vocal – Kerry Kennedy (pictured). Most Popular Balladeer – Tracy Coster. Most Popular Band – Vixens of Fall. Most Popular Duo – The Long & Short Of It. Most Popular Single – Fadin' – Rory Ellis. Most Popular Album – Tequila Amnesia – Allan Caswell. Most Popular Video – Home Sweet Homeless – The Silverline. Moist Popular Producer – Jay Seeney. Most Popular Instrumentalist – Lance Birrell, Trailblazer. Most Popular Traditional Country Artist – Peter "Smokie" Dawson Encouragenent Award – Lexus Hirst. Most Supportive Fan – Robert Holmes. Al Slade Memorial Award for Photography – Kat Blackwell. Country Bob Browne Memorial Award for Most Popular Radio Announcer – Alan Gilmour, todayscountry94one. Grant Goldman Memorial Award "For Outstanding and Unique Contribution to Country Music on Radio and Songwriting – Cathy Dobson & Clint Wilson – Mountain District Radio 3MDR, Clint & Cathy's Brekkie Show. Weblink – www.indiecountrymusicaustralia.com. November – Ausmusic Month November is Ausmusic Month with a raft of events and activities scheduled or planned to highlight Australian music for the next 30 days. Numerous venues Australia-wide will be running special events and activities include presentations like the Australian Recording Industry Association Awards (ARIAs) and South Australia Music Awards. The NSW Great Southern Nights "Land Of A Thousand Gigs” promotion kicks into gear during November. In Country Music Capital, Fanny Lumsden will appear at the famous Tamworth Town Hall (November 13) while Beccy Cole will be in town to celebrate 20 years since the release of her Wild At Heart album (November 26).
The SA Music Awards will be announced on Tuesday November 3. Finalists in the Country category are Cookie Baker, Cassidy Rae Gaiter, Nathan May, Matt Ward and Jessica Wishart. The ARIAs will be announced on Wednesday Novermber 25. Country finalists are Casey Barnes, Travis Collins, Fanny Lumsden, The McClymonts and Jasmine Rae. Another major activity of Ausmusic Month 2020 is Ausmusic T-Shirt Day on Friday November 20 raising money for Support Act with much of the fund-raising activity underway now. Media outlets across the nation will increase their highlighting and airplay of Australian music while, for outlets like Capital Country Radio and Australian Country Radio, November will be a time to help others promote Australian music as they do every month and day of the year. |
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For the John P Toomey Commemorative Award for Youth Songwriting… Sari Abbott with Do it Again and Let Me Go, Briana Dinsdale with Ball And Chain, Felicity Dowd with Bar Room Door, Blue Skies, Safe And Calm and When the Party Is Over, Bella Fenlon with Overthinking and When You Say You Miss Me, Mackenzie Hall with Ghost Town and I’m Not A Bird and Ebonie Lewis with Memories.
Mental health is a cause close to Jade’s heart, having experienced first-hand the effects on family members.
The secret to his hit rate, Allan says, is the number of different artists who use him to co-write songs for their albums. He often finishes up with five or six songs on an album and often co-writes the whole project.
True Blue captures a moment in time in Australia's history, according to the Archive.
Country acts Rachael Fahim and Southbound are among artists signed to a new record label, Red Dog Recording.
Rachael and Southbound have joined the first act signed to Red Dog, Shannon Noll. Shannon features on the current chart-topping Southbound song Find Our Way.
The Queensland Gold Coast is among the first to announce Christmas Carol events for 2020.
Jessica wins in SA
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