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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 Lights On The Hill Convoy The 2018 Lights On The Hill Memorial Convoy Weekend is today and tomorrow at Gatton (Qld). Entertainment surrounding the convoy and memorial service includes artists Matt Cornell, Jayne Denham, Kerry Kennedy & Double Barrell, Pete "Smokie" Dawson and the Viper Creek Band.
The convoy is the main event today, the memorial service is tomorrow. Associated activities through the weekend include a truck show, charity auction, market, trade stalls and special entertainment for children. The Lights on the Hill Truck & Coach Drivers Memorial is a memorial wall for truck and coach drivers who have passed before their time. It is situated within the transport hub of Gatton Qld in Lake Apex Park. Lights on the Hill Trucking Memorial Incorporated is committed to providing a Memorial to support and remember members of the Australian transport industry who have lost their lives so they can be honoured and remembered forever more. The name derives from the Joy McKean penned Slim Dusty hit song. Pictured, from left: Matt Cornell, Jayne Denham and the Viper Creek Band. Weblink – www.lightsonthehill.com.au. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 Deni Ute Muster this weekend American country artist Carrie Underwood and Australian expat Gord Bamford from Canada have been added to the Australian star line-up for this weekend’s Deni Ute Muster. Kirsty Lee Akers, Busby Marou, Doug Bruce & The Tailgaters, Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers, Travis Collins, Amber Lawrence, Fanny Lumsden and The Pigs are headline acts for 20th Muster at Deniliquin, NSW.
The Deni Ute Muster is billed as “one of the top bucket list events in Australia” annually attracting close to 20,000 people “of all ages to celebrate all things laconically Australian and, of course, the iconic ute”. As well as the music and utes (Ute Count, Show N Shine, Circlework, Barrel Race and Go to Wo), the Deni Muster will also feature the AFL Grand Final on the big screen, wood chopping and whip cracking demonstrations, the World Record Blue Singlet Count, the Bull Ride Spectacular, Brophy Bros Circus and Bob the Butcher. “World Champion sand sculptor Dennis Massoud, the Australian Ride on Lawn Mower Racing Association’s Lawn Mower Races, the Shimano Fishing Tank Show and, for the first time, Laser Tag will also keep our Musterers busy over the weekend,” according to a Muster spokesman. “And the fun and games don’t stop there. The Decentralised Demountables Family Centre will be open from 9am each day with free children’s activities including face painting, bubble blowing, stilt walking, hookey and much more.” In its first year (1999), the Deni Ute Muster had around 5,000 patrons and set a new Guinness World Record for the greatest number of legally paraded utes at 2,839 – a record which still stands today. Since then, the Muster has become the region’s biggest tourist drawcard and a celebration of all things Australian. The Deni Ute Muster is supported by more than 1,000 volunteers mobilising each year to help put on the event which donates close to $100,000 back to community groups. Photo: night view of a recent Muster stage performance. Weblink – at www.deniutemuster.com.au. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 Troy to release Greatest Hits Troy Cassar-Daley will release a 42-track Greatest Hits album next month. In his 30 plus years of making music, Troy has been awarded countless accolades including four ARIA awards, 36 Golden Guitars, to APRA awards, nine Deadlys (Australian Indigenous Artist Awards) and four Entertainer of the Year awards.
With multiple Gold and Platinum sales awards, Troy has also earned a staggering 31 number one hit singles, all of which are collected on the double Greatest Hits release together with "timeless album cuts" and two new songs, Wouldn’t Change A Thing and Shadows On The Hill. Wouldn’t Change A Thing has been pre-released as a single, a song Troy says he is "really proud of... because I wanted to write something reflective about my life and others around. "Looking back over this collection of songs across my whole career I can reflect on the great times such as celebrating my first Golden Guitar or ARIA Award and in contrast the periods where I have doubted myself and my music, felt alone. "But at the end of the day, I say to myself 'I wouldn’t change a thing'." Troy will follow the album release with a national acoustic tour, "presenting his songs and the stories behind them in their most pure form. A celebration of an extraordinary career." Troy released his first single – Dream Out Loud – in 1994. His debut album – Beyond The Dancing – came out in January 1995. Greatest Hits will be available Friday October 19. Weblink – www.troycassardaley.com.au. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 Finalists announced for Gidgee Coal Awards Finalists have been announced for this year's Gidgee Coal Bush Ballad Awards to be announced in Pittsworth (Qld) in November.
For the Male Vocal award... Ernie Constance with Lead A Horse To Water, Dean Perrett with Drovin’ On and Reg Poole with Australia's Fighting Son. For Female Vocal... Kylie Adams-Collier with On A Sandstone Ridge, Bec Hance with Jelly Bean Man and Trudy Hintz with Saddle Up And Ride. For Group or Duo/Collaboration... Band of Mates (Terry Bennetts, Evan Platschinda, Ginger Cox) with Sons Of Australia, Lindsay & Gail Hammond with Georgina and Ged & Trudy Hintz with You’re Not A Fair Dinkum Aussie. For Instrumental... Terry Bennetts with Bellbird Waltz, Terry Bennetts & Alisha Smith with Chicken Pickin' and Lindsay Hammond with The Bushman's Song. For Album... Earn Your Spurs by Dean Perrett, Lead A Horse To Water by Ernie Constance and What Country’s All About by Dale Duncan. For Songwriter... Ernie Constance with Jack, Dean Perrett & Norma O’Hara Murphy with My Little Bay Mare's Mother and Peter Simpson with Heart And Soul. For New Talent... Kylie Adams-Collier with On A Sandstone Ridge, Paula Hammond with Our Nan and Vicki Walsh with Ballad Of The Weddin’ Mountain. For Comedy Song... Michael Clare with That Mobile Phone, Ernie Constance with If It Ain’t Broke and Bob Gregory with I’ve Been Married, Mate. The Awards will be held on the weekend November 17 and 18 at the Pittsworth Town Hall.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 Keith to host the ARIAs Keith Urban has been announced as this year's host of the annual ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Awards. Keith will return to the ARIAs stage for the first time in 10 years, to take on the hosting duties.
His previous album, the number one Platinum selling Ripcord, was the second highest selling album in Australia in 2016 and spent 27 weeks in the Top 10 and 46 weeks in the Top 20 of the ARIA Albums Chart. Keith has a total of 14 ARIA Platinum-selling singles and albums, earning him a total of five ARIA Awards from a career spanning nine LPs. He also has a number of Golden Guitars under his belt and numerous American country music awards. Hosting the 32nd Annual ARIA Awards for the first time, Keith said: “I’m really looking forward to coming home and celebrating an incredible year of Australian music. “There have been so many impressive releases this year, it’s gonna be a tough competition but we get to recognise and honour the best of the best at Aussie music’s night of nights.” ARIA’s CEO Dan Rosen said: “ARIA is honoured and excited to welcome back superstar Keith Urban to join us in Sydney to celebrate the 2018 ARIAs. “To have one of Australia’s biggest stars host this year’s ceremony is just phenomenal. Australian music fans are in for a real treat.” The 2018 ARIA Awards will be held on Wednesday November 28. The first ARIA Awards were held in 1987. Weblinl – www.ariaawards.com.au. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 I Am Invictus, official song of the Games Lee Kernaghan's I Am Invictus is the official song of this year's Invictus Games. Written by Lee with Colin Buchanan and Garth Porter, the charity single is available digitally.
The album will commemorate and honour the men and women who are serving, and have served our country, and coincides with the 100 year anniversary of the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918, the end of "The Great War". "After The War is a stunning musical tribute to every Australian who has given their all for our nation in the uniform of Navy, Army and Airforce," Brendan said. "From the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 single to the title track, these are songs of love, friendship, loyalty and the triumph of the human spirit in the face of tough times. This is music to inspire, make us proud and remind us of what it means to be an Australian." The album spans from Gallipoli and Passchendaele to the sinking of HMAS Canberra in 1942 in the waters off Savo Island, to the Battle of Long Tan in a rubber plantation in Vietnam, and the blurred and dusty battle lines of Afghanistan. The songs have been brought to life by the contributions of talented and generous artists who have all donated their royalties to veteran services under the direction of the Australian War Memorial. These proceeds will be fully committed to the Australian War Memorial to support initiatives, exhibitions and programs in support of young veterans and their families Artists featured include Lee and Garth, Wes Carr, Darren Percival, The Royal Australian Navy Band, John Schumann, Glen Shorrock, Sisters In Arms. (three women from the Airforce, the Navy and the Army), Lance Corporal Elizabeth Smith, Fred Smith and The Wolfe Brothers as well as members of the Polyphony Choir. Weblinks – www.leekernaghan.com.au, www.invictusgames2018.org. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 Fanny wins Indy award
The award was for her work Real Class Act. Fanny also performed her song Elastic Waistband during the Awards show. "We are very proud of our tiny record label Red Dirt Road Records and the fact we put this record out oursleves out of our loungeroom/car/caravan and the fact its crowdfunded," Fanny said. "Also I am wildly proud of the songs and production (thanks Matt Fell)." Previous winners of the award have included Adam Brand, Catherine Britt, Kasey Chambers Gina Jeffreys and Bec Willis. Weblink – www.fannylumsden.net. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 Adam joins Drought Breakers
With Adam and Scott in the band are pop/rock band members Todd Hunter (Dragon), Jack Jones (Southern Sons) and Sarah McLeod (Superjeses). The song Drought Breakers chose to record was, appropriately, a cover of Dragon’s Rain. The project took shape over a coffee between Scott and Triple M Head of Content Fitz. Scott kicked off the project to raise money for Australia’s drought stricken farmers. All profits from the sale of the song go to Buy A Bale. A World Vision artist, Scott started the project with keyboard player Andy Sorenson and drummer Phil Gaudion. Jack Jones was added for guitar and vocals, then came Sarah McLeod of The Superjesus and Adam Brand for more vocals. Finally, the song’s writer Todd Hunter put on his bass. Buy A Bale has delivered more than160,000 bales of hay across four Australian states to farmers in need. Photo: Adam sings his part for the new recording. Weblink – www.buyabale.com.au. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Vale – Kevin Knapp Kevin Knapp – a key player in the creation and development of Tamworth’s Country Music Capital promotion – has died. He was 86.
He came to 2TM from Radio 2LM in Lismore where he first became involved in country music activity as a player on the station’s “Radio Ranch” program (playing the character “Hotfoot”). A dairyman’s son, Kevin left the farm and headed for Sydney initially where he landed a job as an office boy with international music publishers Boosey and Hawkes. Looking for a career in broadcasting, he became a panel operator with Radio 2CH before moving to 2LM in the early 50s. Kevin joined 2TM as Station Supervisor in 1964 where he helped introduce a new country music program which eventually became the now famous “Hoedown” run by then copywriter, John Minson. As part of 2TM’s country music promotion, the Australasian Country Music Awards (Golden Guitars) were launched in January 1973 and Kevin became the first host and presenter, a role he was to fulfil for the Awards first 16 years. He was involved in every aspect of the stations’ country music activities, including the now national country music magazine Capital News and after retiring became heavily involved in the Australian Country Music Foundation and the development of Australia's Country Music Hall of Fame in Tamworth. Described as a humble man by all who knew him, Kevin's contributions to country music were recognised by many industry accolades and awards including a Country Music Capital Golden Guitar, a TSA (Tamworth Songwriters’ Association) award and induction into the Country Music Hands of Fame. Kevin is survived by daughter Lisa and her family and son Robert. Photo: by Robmac. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Award-winning singer/songwriter Ian Quinn has released a tribute to Chad Morgan. The song, titled The Last Country Music Pioneer, was recorded with the assistance of bush balladeer Glenn Jones. The song captures the unique and outstanding contributions Chad has made to the Australian country music industry for more than 60 years, according to a spokesman for Ian. Tex Morton once described Chad as the only true original country music artist with his ability to captivate audiences through Aussie slang and comedy in his songs. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 Keith's flying visit Keith Urban made a flying visit to Toowoomba on Monday to perform at the It's A Bloke Thing luncheon.
The Toowoomba Chronicle reported that organisers for the prostate cancer research and awareness fundraising lunch announced Keith as a special guest moments before he went on stage. The country star's involvement in the luncheon comes as no surprise as his father died of prostate cancer and several other family members had the disease. "I'm very honoured I could be a part of this," Keith said, "and thankful to organisers for doing this." It's A Bloke Thing Chairman David Russell said Keith jumped at the opportunity to be involved in the lunch and did not charge any performance fees. Weblink – www.itsablokething.com.au. |
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Last year, Troy was elevated to the Australasian Country Music Roll Of Renown.
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A multi-ARIA and Grammy Award winner, Keith's recently released Graffiti U album debuted at number two on the broader ARIA Albums chart and continues to dominate the Australian Country Albums chart.
I Am Invictus will also be made available on CD in October with the release of the album, After The War, a project initiated by Brendan Nelson, Director of the Australian War Memorial, and recorded at Rancom St Studios in Sydney with Garth as producer.
Fanny Lumsden took out Best Independent Country Album at the Australian Independent Record Label Awards in August.
Aussie country star Adam Brand has banded together with a number of other artsts to form a "supergroup" known as Drought Breakers which came to fruition via indigenous musician Scott Darlow and record a single to raise money for drought relief.
With Max Ellis, Warwick Higginbotham, John Minson and Eric Scott, Kevin worked to establish the foundations of what is now nationally and internationally recognisd as a major marketing success for Tamworth and Australian country music.
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