Singer-songwriter Kim Wright is Livin’ The Dream with his debut EP hitting the top of the charts on release.
Released on July 22, Wright’s EP Livin’ The Dream, charted at No. 2 on the iTunes Country Albums Chart and No. 28 on the iTunes All Genres Album Charts and is the realisation of a 20-year goal that began when he started writing songs in his early teens.
The title,
Livin’ The Dream, is a motto Wright lives by and is more often than not what
will come out of his mouth when you ask how he’s going.
“Every day above ground’s a good one
and I believe you should live each day to its fullest,” he said.
“The
collection of songs represents that theme in my world.”
AARON Jurd and The Banned have new songs to share with music lovers and they’re bringing them to Nambucca Heads on June 1.
This will be the
first show on the North Coast for Jurd, who hails from Lake Macquarie and the
bowls club audience is in for a treat.
“I’m so excited
to play at Nambucca Heads Bowling Club with The Banned,” he said.
“I’ve just released
my second single and I can’t wait to play it, my other originals and lots of
people’s favourites at the show.”
Jurd’s single, Hard To Breathe, debuted in the top 20 iTunes
Country Songs Chart on release day, April 12, and his debut single, Set me On
Fire, charted at No. 5 on release in September last year. He will be performing
these among his originals and everyone’s favourite country, rock and pop songs
with musicians Carmel Smith and Ric Durand of The Banned.
As well as performing regularly in the Central Coast and Hunter Valley area, Jurd completed a short tour of the Riverina area in April, and is working hard to get his songs in front of new audiences. Aaron Jurd and The Banned have performed at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, country races and have just been announced for performances at the Deni Ute Muster, Bluewater Country Music Festival in Port Stephens and Hats off to Country in Tamworth coming up.
It’s not all about
music for the singer-songwriter on this trip, as he plans to explore and
embrace as much of the local area as he can on this visit.
“I haven’t been to
Nambucca Heads before, but I’ve heard a lot about the area and how beautiful it
is, so we will try to do some sightseeing while we are there,” Jurd said.
“I’m really looking
forward meeting the locals and playing some songs for them.”
With a voice that leaves audiences raving about his performances and songs that make you want to get up and dance, you won’t want to miss this show at Nambucca Heads Bowling Club on Saturday, June 1.
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Beautiful Destruction is
music to the ears of The Viper Creek Band’s fans after waiting
nearly three years for the new album.
Released today, March 1, Beautiful Destruction debuted
at No. 1 on the iTunes Country Albums Charts and No. 13 on the All Genre Albums
Chart and sees the Newcastle outfit stretch their musical wings with
songs that encompass their ever-growing influences, but still identifiable
as The Viper Creek Band’s work.
“I’m just so excited to get it out because I can’t wait
for people to hear it,” front man Damien Baguley said.
“It’s feels like forever since the last album (Just
Press Play). The songs show off our different influences, but I still think
it’s got The Viper Creek Band stamp on it and people are still
going to dig it.”
The two singles from the album, Green Light and Australian
Girls, have both charted in the top 5 on the iTunes Country Songs Chart and
enjoyed extensive airplay with Green Light racking up 500,000
streams on Spotify.
Green Light has
an infectious lyric with the premise being a guy asking a girl to take their
relationship to the next level, while Australian Girls is an
upbeat tribute to strong Australian women and the roles they play in life. With
International Women’s Day just around the corner on March 8, Australian Girls
is the perfect country music accompaniment.
Other highlights include Tired from the
pens of Damien, Brennin Hunt and Skip Black, who also wrote Green Light.
Tired has a John Mayer feel to it, while the Shane McAnally-penned Blue
Jean Jacket is about lost love and reminiscing about a former flame.
Beautiful Destruction contains
some slower ballads and songs reminiscent of not only John Mayer, but also The
Eagles and touches of pop music.
Damien co-wrote four songs of the ten songs with Nashville
writers as well as Australian artists including Travis Collins and Matt
Scullion.
“I just hope listeners don’t want to skip any songs,” he
said.
“I think every song has its place and that they want to
listen to the whole thing because, as an album, there are a lot of different
flavours.”
The singer-songwriter and lead singer is now looking
forward to releasing Beautiful Destruction out into the world
and hitting the road.
“We have revamped the live show around the album,” Damien
said.
The Viper Creek Band will
launch the album with a weekend packed with gigs starting in Muswellbrook RSL
on Friday night, March 1, the Sydney launch at Rooty Hill RSL on Saturday,
March 2 before playing for their hometown audience at
Edgeworth Bowling Club on Sunday, March 3.
Australia’s iconic Deni Ute Muster turns 21 next year and organisers are thrilled to announce that international country superstar, Tim McGraw, will headline the event to be held on 4 and 5 October 2019.
Tim McGraw has sold more than 50 million records and dominated the charts with 43 worldwide #1 singles. He’s won 3 Grammy Awards, 16 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards, 11 American Music Awards, 3 People’s Choice Awards and numerous other honours. He also starred in and narrated the hit movie “The Shack” as well as roles in “Friday Night Lights” and “The Blind Side.”
THE best songs often come from hard times, and so is the
case with chart-topping country artist, Danny Phegan’s new single, Little Man. Released today, November 9, Little
Man came out of the stresses associated with the 2006 drought in southern NSW –
the worst rainfall recorded for his home town of Walla Walla.
“I wrote this song in the years after that drought while putting in 8 kilometres of new water line. My son Bill was only a couple of years old and always wanted to be with me wherever I went, but he’d be asleep by the first gate,” Danny said.
“I was under a lot of pressure
and I remember looking at him and thinking how I wished I could sleep so
soundly. Most nights I’d fall asleep starring at the ceiling running sums
through my head to get through another month. But I also knew someday he’d get
his turn at life’s worries and I don’t want him to be in a hurry to get there.”
TAMWORTH has witnessed the beginnings of many beautiful songs, and Benny Allen’s debut single, Day One Of Missing You, is no exception and this morning it has debuted at No. 19 on the iTunes Country Songs Chart.
Written with legendary singer-songwriter Allan Caswell in the Country Music Capital, the song came to Benny after an early morning trek to watch the sun rise over Tamworth at Oxley Lookout.
“It was one of those songs that started from nothing,” he said.
“I had just written the song The Lord Above on the drive up to Tamworth because my girlfriend’s dad was in a coma and we didn’t know if he was going to make it. When I sat down with Allan, I had nothing left in me, so he asked me what I’d done that morning and I’d got up and watched the sun rise over Tamworth at Oxley Lookout.
“We hadn’t had a fight or anything, but my girlfriend was going through a lot and I was 1400km away and I guess that was the emotional genesis of the song; feeling that isolation and separation from someone you love.”
SINGER-SONGWRITER Tom Curtain’s trophy shelf is groaning
after adding another four accolades to his name at The Southern Stars
Australian Independent Country Music Awards in Mildura on Saturday night.
The
Katherine country artist couldn’t ask for a better year than 2018 after winning
Independent Male Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, Album of the Year and
Independent Artist of the Year.
These come on top of two Golden Guitars in Tamworth in
January for his song and video for Never Never Land with Luke O’Shea. A few
short months ago, he also got married to Annabel McLarty, making 2018 a year
that’s hard to beat.
UP DOWN singer Morgan Wallen is shining proof that life can throw you curveballs when it comes to your childhood ambitions, but your dreams can still come true. He will add to those achievements when he heads to Australian for CMC Rocks 2019 in March.
The US singer-songwriter had dreams of being a professional
baseball player, but an injury forced him to change his life direction and now
he’s playing the stadiums he dreamed of
as a child, just in a different field.
Morgan Wallen will join other international and Australian acts at CMC Rocks 2019. Photo: supplied
Morgan has released three singles – The Way I Talk, his latest Whiskey Glasses, but it was
his second, Up Down, that caught the ears of new country fans, when he teamed
up with chart-toppers Florida Georgia Line.
It may be the Queen’s Birthday public holiday in many states, but the Tamworth Country Music Festival is giving country fans the gifts with more shows on sale for the biggest country music festival in Australia on Monday, October 1.
With existing tickets in high demand, festival goers will be pleased to hear that additional shows are now available to add into their schedules for the 47th Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth.
Adam Brand returns with his festival-favourite show, the Birthday Bash
The DAG Sheep Station, Capitol Theatre and Tamworth Town Hall are just some of venues that will be drawing in the crowds as tickets for popular artists including The Pigs and Sara Storer and collaborations for Australian & Great Britain Country Showcase and Songwriters Retreat Showcase come up for grabs from Monday.
