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Capital News December 2005 Vol 30 No 12
This month Adam Brand and friends join us for "an Aussie Christmas". We have all the news on Keith Urban's big win in America, the 2005 ACE Awards and the CMAs. We update the careers of Col Elliott, Craig Byrne, Warren H Williams and Americans Brooks & Dunn, Dolly Parton and Dean Miller... to name just a few! Toyota Star Maker 2006 Finalists are profiled, plus there's all our regular features.
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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| AN AUSSIE CHRISTMAS |
| When the Christmas in Australia album from ADAM BRAND and FRIENDS landed on my desk, I decided the best way to road test it was to consult an expert. |
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| BUT SERIOUSLY |
| There is a serious side to legendary Australian larrikin COL ELLIOTT, and one element surfaces every Anzac Day. |
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| AN ACT OF FATE |
| The day WARREN H WILLIAMS invited JOHN WILLIAMSON to record a duet with him on Raining On The Rock was a turning point for the two men — and both believe their meeting was an act of fate. |
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| DOING DAYLIGHT |
| CRAIG BYRNE is a favourite son at the Tamworth Country Music Festival and in 2006 he will be bringing more great entertainment to the Coca Cola Park stage. |
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| LIFE’S TRANSITION |
| It seems like a lifetime ago that MICHAEL O’ROURKE released his debut album, Mining Dust, Burning Sun. |
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| AUSSIE SPIRIT |
| COL THOMPSON was raised with a dedicated love of Australia running through his veins. |
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| FILLING DAD’S BOOTS |
| Western Australian born ALEX WATT knows the grief and heartache of losing the family farm. Now the boom times are starting to roll with a promising new career in country music. |
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| WHERE COUNTRY IS |
| A new pictorial book by award-winning photographer/writer JOHN ELLIOTT on Australian country music’s recent history looks set to be one of this summer’s best buys. |
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| A DOLLY REVIVAL |
| Those Were The Days, the new album from DOLLY PARTON, features era-defining songs from the 1960s and 1970s in an astonishing collection of indispensable classics. |
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| THE GAME’S JUST GETTING STARTED |
For weeks now, Brooks and & Dunn have fielded question after question about hosting The 39th Annual CMA Awards, and they meet each query with a sly grin.
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| THE LONG TRAIN RUNNING... NEXT STOP TAMWORTH |
| The long train running that has been carrying the DOOBIE BROTHERS on an incredible journey for the past 35 years has stopped at many stations, but it’s still a long way from reaching its destination. |
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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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