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.
AS GORD Bamford readies himself for another visit to
Australia, Rebecca Belt revisits her chat with the Canadian-Australian at CMC Rocks
Queensland 2018.
Catching up at CMC Rocks, Gord said he was excited to be
part of such a huge festival and to build on the success off his previous
Australian visits.
“Things have really taken a
big jump for me and I want to spend as much time as I can here,” he said.
“There are more Canadians here
this year than I’ve ever seen and this is as
good a festival as I’ve ever
seen.”
AS WE count down to the announcement of the CMC Rocks Queensland 2019 artist announcement, Rebecca Belt revisits some of her CMC Rocks 2018 interviews.
A FLYING visit Down Under in March saw Dean Brody perform twice at CMC Rocks Queensland to the delight of the Australian country music lovers.
Arriving on the Wednesday prior to the festival and leaving on Sunday didn’t give the Canadian singer-songwriter a lot of time in the country, but enough time to leave a lasting impression with new and old fans, alike.
The singer-songwriter said he would love to return to
Australia and spend a month or more here to really appreciate the country and
soak up the sights.
