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Capital News September 2003 Vol 28 No 9
In this issue, Nick Erby talks with Jimmy Little about his revived career and latest album; Keith Glass catches up with Keith Urban and looks at cult band The Flood; and Sue Jarvis talks to 2003 Toyota Star Maker Todd Williams. In our special International edition, we focus on stars including George Strait, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Sara Evans and Alison Krauss. Plus... you get the opportunity to win a guitar signed by George Strait.
Produced by Rural Press in Country Music Capital - Tamworth, Country Music Capital News is Australia's longest running monthly Country Music magazine featuring news from all over Australia and from around the world. It carries the latest news, views, cd reviews, gig guides, charts and interviews and is considered to be the voice of Australian Country Music. If you are into country music you should be subscribing to Capital News.
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| Top Stories :: |
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| Selected extracts from the major stories in this month's issue. |
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| VALE - SLIM DUSTY |
| Slim Dusty, Australia's King of Country Music, lost his long battle with cancer on Friday, September 19, 2003. |
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| DOWN THE LITTLE ROAD |
| This month veteran JIMMY LITTLE returns with his first ountry album since 1995 at a time when, despite health problems, things have never been better for the iconic crooner. |
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| KEITH URBAN – PAVING HIS AUSTRALIAN ROAD |
| Following the near platinum successes of his debut self-titled US album and the current Golden Road, Aussie KEITH URBAN is a major star in America, but Australia is still a little slow to embrace one of its most talented musical exports. |
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| COUNTRY LADIES LEAD INDEPENDENT AWARDS NOMINATIONS |
| KAREN LYNNE, KAREN O’SHEA and newcomer DIANNA CORCORAN head the finalist nominations for the Telstra Country Wide Southern Stars - the 7th Australian Independent Country Music Awards - with three berths each. |
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| TOYOTA STAR MAKER CELEBRATES 25th ANNIVERARY |
| Australia's premier talent search Star Maker, sponsored by Toyota, will celebrate its 25th anniversary next January with a move to the bigger Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre (TREC). |
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| CASEY WATT – A RAY OF SUNSHINE |
| Sunshine Coast singer/songwriter CASEY WATT attracted plenty of attention, both from the audience and from the country music industry, after her performance at this year’s Toyota Star Maker grand final. |
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| DARE TO DREAM |
| When TODD WILLIAMS entered his first karaoke contest on a dare from a mate a few years ago, he had no idea of the journey he’d begun. |
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| WEB OF DREAMS |
| When MICHAEL FIX collected his third Golden Guitar in January, he became only the second artist (KEITH URBAN is the other) to have won three trophies for Instrumental of the Year. |
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| TOYOTA STAR MAKER |
| Toyota Star Maker is Australia's most successful and prestigious country music talent search |
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| FESTIVAL FM 101.5 |
Capital News Festival FM 101.5
is the official country music radio station of the Tamworth Country Music Festival and in 2010 it returns. |
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| OFFICIAL GUIDE TO TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL |
| The Official Guide to Tamworth Country Music Festival presented by Telstra is one of the world’s biggest Festival publications. It carries exclusive Festval event information including the Official Day by Day Program and Artist by Artist Directory. |
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| EVENT SUPPORT |
| Capital News supports a number of major country music events and activities... |
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| These terms apply to all advertising provided to any person (a ‘Customer’) by Fairfax Media Limited ABN 15 008 663 161 or any of its subsidiaries (all of which are referred to as ‘Fairfax’). |
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