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DECEMBER 2005
 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.
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NOVEMBER 2005
 This month we highlight Troy Cassar-Daley and his new album Brighter Day. Feature stories include Aussie stars Brian Letton, Luke O’Shea & Medicine Wheel, Dale Duncan, Sandra Humphries and Tracy Coster with American stars Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Terri Clark and Alison Moorer. Plus all the regular columns, reviews, festivals, gig guide and charts.
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OCTOBER 2005
 This month, we catch up with Travis Sinclair, Craig Giles, Connie Kis Andersen, Mike Carr, Grant Luhrs, Amber Lawrence, Gary Allen, Jo Dee Messina and Hayseed. In news, our coverage includes the 2005 Australian Country Music Achiever Awards. And all our regular features are there... Comment, Star Maker Update, Sound Advice, Alternate Highway, Cowboys In Cyberspace, Bluegrass, Down Memory Lane, Bush Balladeers, Coming Events, Charts, Country Classifieds and much more!
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SEPTEMBER 2005
 This month, we talk to Tania Kernaghan about her new album Higher Ground. We also catch up with Travis Collins, Michael Fix, Holloway Street, John O'Dea, Cat Southern, Patty Loveless, Brad Paisley and Shelby Lynne. We have all our regular features and the latest country music news.
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AUGUST 2005
 In our August issue, we talk to John Williamson about his new album Chandelier Of Stars. In news, we cover the plans for a new country music hall of fame in Tamworth and preview the upcoming Toyota National Country Music Muster. Feature articles include Peter Denahy, The Woodpickers, The Greencards, Karl Broadie, Harley Smith, Aleyce Simmonds, George Strait and Isla Grant. Plus there's all our regular features including Coming Events, Sound Advice, Gig Guide, Country Charts and heaps more.
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JULY 2005
 In the July issue, we catch up with Sara Storer on the release of her new album Firefly. We talk to Troy Cassar-Daley, Toyota Star Maker 2005 Samantha McClymont about the release of her Star Maker "single", Arthur Blanch, The Borderers, John Stephan, Peter Coad & The Coad Sisters, Ian Quinn, Rod Dowsett, Toby Keith, Dierks Bentley and Tom T Hall. We look at the legendary Brian Young Show and have all our regular features and news coverage.
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JUNE 2005
 This month we highlight Kris Kristofferson to co-incide with his solo tour "down under". We talk to Paul Kelly about his bluegrass influence and look at Jamie O'Neal's brave new world, and update the careers of Dwight Yoakam, Jetty Road, Tom Maxwell and Camille Te Nahu and Stuie French. Plus there's all our regular news and features.
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MAY 2005
 This month we take a look at the amazing life and career of Smoky Dawson. We pay tribuite to the late Tex Banes, catch up with Jake Nickolai and Darren Colston and look at the latest from LeAnn Rimes, Kenny Chesney, Mary Gauthier and David Lee Murphy. Plus there's all our regular features, news and more!
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APRIL 2005
 This month we feature Golden Guitar winner BECCY COLE and her new album Feel This Free. Also included are stories on JAMES BLUNDELL, DAVE REYNOLDS, CLELIA ADAMS, AUDREY AULD MEZERA, DAVE PRIOR and newcomer CLAYE MIDDLETON. We farewell CHRIS LE DOUX and take a look back at Country Music Capital News' first 30 years. And there's all our regular columns, album reviews, festival news, gig guide, coming events, charts and more.
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MARCH 2005
 Our March cover and story features Golden Guitar winning trio BELLA and their new album Gravity. Also included are feature stories on RONNI RAE RIVERS, TRAVIS SINCLAIR, JEAN STAFFORD, SWEENEY-KILLEEN, GRAHAM RODGER, FRED EAGLESMITH and STEVE DOYLE. Plus there's all the regular columns, news, album reviews, festival news, gig guide, coming events and charts.
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FEBRUARY 2005
 This month we cover the 2005 Telstra Tamworth Country Music Festival including SAMANTHA McCLYMONT's Toyota Star Maker win and the 33rd Toyota Golden Guitar Awards. We catch up with JAMES BLUNDELL and his new release... the TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS... ROBERT KEITH... RASCAL FLATTS and PEGGY WHITE. Plus all our regular features and stacks more!
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JANUARY 2005
 Preview edition for the 2005 Telstra Tamworth Country Music Festival.. plus all our regular news, columns and features
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DECEMBER 2004
 This issue we take a look at KEITH URBAN's amazing career... the success of LEE KERNAGHAN'S retrospective album Lee Kernaghan: The Big Ones - Greatest Hits Volume 1... update CARTER & CARTER'S award winning ways... find out the 2005 TOYOTA STAR MAKER FINALISTS... catch up with SHAYNE PARLE, DREW McALISTER and more!
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NOVEMBER 2004
 All the news on KASEY CHAMBERS' ARIA double... go "under the influence" of FISK & CRISTIAN (big winners at the 8th Australian Independent Country Music Awards)... catch up with "good hearted" LINDSAY BUTLER... STACEY MORRIS... JAY COLLIE... DEL McCOURY... and LONESTAR.
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OCTOBER 2004
 This month, we talk with KEITH URBAN about his "overnight success" and NICKI GILLIS who crossed the Nullarbor for a new start to her musical career. ANITA REE talks about the images she turns into country music...we look at TOMMY EMMANUEL’s "endless road" and the family band CATE. As well as all our regular features, we also get an update on the careers of PAT DRUMMOND, JONAH’S ROAD, THE PERRETTS and American stars MONTGOMERY GENTRY, TRAVIS TRIIT and GILLIAN WELCH.
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SEPTEMBER 2004
 This month, Lee Kernaghan looks back to earlier days... we cover the 2004 Independent Country Music Awards... Keith Glass talks to Jedd Hughes making a name in the States... Deborah Minter gets an update on the career of Brian Letton... and we remember Slim 12 months after the King passed away.
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JULY 2004
 In July, we talk with Kasey Chambers (a not so wayward angel)... Tracy Coster, Col Finley and Julie Roberts. Plus much more!
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JUNE 2004
 This month we talk with stars including Melinda Schneider, Graeme Connors, Daniel Kerwin and Travis Collins. And we catch up on Loretta Lynn and her latest album release.
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MAY 2004
 This month Susan Jarvis talks with TROY CASSAR-DALEY about his new album Borrowed & Blue and LEANN RIMES about the release of her ‘Best Of’ DVD. Keith Glass gets into PAUL KELLY’s new release Ways & Means; Deborah Minter checks out touring family band THE LEES and the latest from Bundaberg’s EVELYN BURY; and we catch up with emerging balladeer PETER PRATT, South Australia’s ALSION, and some nostalgic releases from JOHN McSWEENEY and the HOWIE BROTHERS.
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APRIL 2004
 This month John Elliott catches up with JOHN WILLIAMSON, PIXIE JENKINS and WARREN H WILLIAMS as they enjoy the incredible response to their Mates On The Road tour and accompanying CD and DVD. Sue Jarvis talks to the WOLVERINES about their new album, Keith Glass checks out the new album from LYLE LOVETT, and we check out latest releases from some talented Australian independent artists including THE ATHERTON BROTHERS, KELLY BLACK, GAIL SMITH, PETA EVANS-TAYLOR, KAREN WILLIAMS and JASON KEMP.
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MARCH 2004
 In this issue, Sue Jarvis catches up with Australian country music's Golden Girl Sara Storer following her record breaking wins in the Toyota Golden Guitars in January; we talk to producer Rod Coe about the release of Slim Dusty's final recording sessions, John Elliott talks to Jim Haynes about his new album and we have a look at new releases from the Bushwackers, Keri McInerney and Jeff Aschmann. And we have a comprehensive results list from January's Tamworth festival.
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FEBRUARY 2004
 This month we highlight January’s Tamworth Festival with a pictorial feature on the Toyota Golden Guitars, other results and a photo roundup of the festival. Our centrefold is 2004 Toyota Star Maker Travis Collins; Sue Jarvis catches up with Greg Champion on the release of his North & South album and chats to Canadian Jason McCoy . We also profile Trev Warner, Pam Clarke, Diana Woods and John Loveridge, and welcome the return of Nick Erby and Country Music Radio to the airwaves.
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JANUARY 2004
 Among the many features this month, we preview the 2004 Telstra Tamworth Country Music Festival and 32nd annual Toyota Country Music Awards... John Elliott catches up with Brendon Walmsley... Wally Sparrow updates the career of Travis List and Sue Jarvis talks to two of Australia's hottest country bands... Crakajak and Strum (among others).
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DECEMBER 2003
 This month John Elliott catches up with a very busy Beccy Cole and we chat with Brooke Leal, Kelly Llewellyn and Belinda Butler. Keith Glass talks with The Greencards and Ross Ryan about his country flavoured album. We profile the 20 finalists for Toyota Star Maker 2004, Sue Jarvis looks at the first original album in 4 years from Reba McEntire and profiles the unique Indian Cowboy Bobby Cash. And we reflect on the career of the legendary Don Gibson who died in November.
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NOVEMBER 2003
 This month we feature a special Slim Dusty Tribute including highlights and facts on this remarkable man from industry friends and reflections on his life in Slim’s own words. We say goodbye to Mick Cowdroy and look at the amazing epic of John Williamson’s classic song True Blue. We talk to Melinda Schneider about her happy and sad tears in 2003 and catch up with emerging talents including Bella, John Stephan and Julie Wilson. And we have a pictorial feature on the recent Mildura Festival.
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OCTOBER 2003
 In this issue, we pay tribute to the legendary Slim Dusty and Johnny Cash who both died within a week of each other in September. We update news on the careers of Keith Urban, Johnny Chester, Nattasha Crestani, Phil Younger and Jake Nickolai and take a look at Emmylou Harris' "age of grace". And, of course, there's much more!
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SEPTEMBER 2003
 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.
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AUGUST 2003
 August: Lyric Mitchell finds Adam Brand enjoying his first real holiday after five frenetic years; Sue Jarvis talks with Jade Hurley about his new autobiography, and emerging stars Brett Goodwin and Dianna Corcoran; Keith Glass checks out the latest in the career of Kenny Rogers, and we catch up with singer/songwriter Shaza Leigh, reflect on the achievements of Tex Morton 20 years after his passing, and check out the international artists at this year’s Toyota National Country Music Muster.
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JULY 2003
 In this issue we cover Slim Dusty's amazing 60th year of recording milestone and the 21st anniversary of John Williamson's inspirational song True Blue. We also have a pictorial coverage of Country Music Capital's Hats Off Festival and stories on Brent Parlane, the Wolverines, international stars Dwight Yoakam, Charlie Landsborough, American pioneer Jimmie Rodgers, Keith Glass & Mick Hamilton, Neville Anderson, Becky Willis, Juzzie Smith, Michael Fix, Ranjit, Kel-Anne Brandt and much more.
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JUNE 2003
 In this issue we cover the amazing year so far for Lee Kernaghan and the continuing success of Kasey Chambers. We have news on the headliners for Toyota Gympie Muster 2003... the "featherless" Dixie Chicks... Tamworth's mid-year CountryLink Hats Off To Country Festival... and the passing of June Carter Cash. We also have stories on Karen Lynne, Magnificent Seven, Kel-Anne Brandt, Paul Kelly, the Be Good Tanyas, Dean Perrett, The Howie Brothers and much more.
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MAY 2003
 In this month's cover story, Adam Harvey opens up about the pressures of the follow-up album to his Golden Guitar winning Workin' Overtime, Nick Erby catches up with the Dixie Chicks during their recent Australian visit, Greg Bush talks with Rosanne Cash about her return to the recording studio, and Mike Smith checks in with the legendary Webb Brothers, mustering on with a brand new album. We also have stories on Nattasha Crestani and Billy Bridge who have recently launched their new albums.
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APRIL 2003
 In this month's cover story. Susan Jarvis talked with muiti-award winning duo Carter & Carter about their ongoing success. Keith Glass caught up with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member John McEuan on the release of their latest Will The Circle Be Unbroken effort and also looked at the very individual achievements of singer/songwriter Audrey Auld. We also have stories on three talented Queenslanders celebrating new album releases - Josh Arnold, Laurel Edwards and Gemma Doyle.
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MARCH 2003 VOL.28 NO.3
 We took an in-depth look at the other side of Mark Tempany in our Profiler series and Donna Boyd can be appreciated, visually, in our Centre Spread. "Walking the Walk" double page spread covers numerous artists as they arrive for the Golden Guitar Awards night. Full list of all the winners from the Telstra Tamworth Country Music Festival and we can tell you that Sweeney~Killeen are having fun as Camille Te Nahu takes centre stage, Troy Cassar-Daley reflects while Keith Urban gets sidelined. Lots more stories plus all our great regular columns.
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FEBRUARY 2003 VOL.28 NO.2
 Contains a 4 page spread of colour photos of the 2003 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards along with numerous photos from the Festival itself. We profiled Luke O'Shea, detailed Michael Carr doing his own thing, had Catherine Britt going international and somewhere in between is Michael Bryers. Great Toyota Star maker Spread and we remember Hank Wi;lliams. Frank Ifield hits the Roll of Renown plus all the regular columns.
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JANUARY 2003 VOL. 28 NO.1
 This bumper 104 page issue lists all the finalists in Tamworths major awards events. John Williamson has a new role to play in country music and Kasey Chambers talks to Keith Glass about what should have been a quiet year. Darren Coggan, Carter & Carter, Brooke Leal and Felicity's back as Profiler probes this lovely lady's other life. Canada's Wilkinson's talk to us along with many other artists.
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DECEMBER 2002 VOL. 27 NO.12
 Catch the Chicks With Attitude as our writer chats with the Dixie Chicks. Gina Jeffreys has a Christmas story to tell and we probe the other life of Keith Urban in Profiler. Like all of us Karen O'Shea wishes on a star. A farewell to larrikin Bobby Miller, then there are stories on Smoky Dawson, Tania Kernaghan, Brendon Walmsley and a host of other stories along with the monthly regulars across 80 pages.
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NOVEMBER 2002 VOL 27 NO.11
 Keith Urban drops dreams for destiny, whilst Tanya Self rushes into a collision course. The Ferals and Felicity turn full circle, establishing themselves as a world class western swing band. Along with John Williamson, Bill Chambers and our Profiler on Jim Hermel you'll find all our regular features throughout 72 pages.
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OCTOBER 2002 VOL 27 NO.10
 Our cover artist, the talented Sara Storer looks back on an extroadinary two years which has taken her from the outback to national prominence. We look into Chad Morgan's last 50 years and Nattasha Crestani tells us why she was born to sing. Grant Richardson dusts off and Kylie Sackley searches for the sound. Profiler looks into the other side of Troy Cassar-Daley and the Dixie Chicks are on fire plus all our regular features.
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SEPTEMBER 2002 VOL27 NO.9
 We look at the 2001 achievers in country music along with The Wolverines–a band with a plan. Felicity gets into the swing with a full orchestra and Mike Smith talks to a very happy Ian Muir. Then there's the things you didn't know about Mary Schneider. This is a bumper 72 page issue in which we sadly farewell pioneer country guitarist Barry Thornton, who died this past July
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AUGUST 2002 VOL 27 NO.8
 Lee Kernaghan – Riding The Electric Rodeo is our cover story, whilst Profiler looks hard and close at Beccy Cole. Keith Glass takes us back over the life of Laurie Allen and it's so long to Hadley Records. As Brian Young heads home after a 22,700klm tour Travis Sinclair takes his Kenworth 404s big rig rocking up the Newell Highway. There's lots more to read and look at with Melinda Schneider our centrefold poster.
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JULY 2002 VOL 27 NO.7
 The unstoppable Melinda Schneider graces our cover, with the inside story on Happy Tears. Brian Young heads out west and Craig Giles, the one that almost got away. We look at Arthur Blanch's 50 years in Country Music, the Byrnes Sisters Family Affair and Profiler catches up with the quiet achiever, Alison Hams. Along with our regulars, there's a Lee Kernaghan poster.
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JUNE 2002 VOL 27 NO.6
 Our very own Star Maker 2002 cover story. Troy Cassar-Daley talks about his Long Way Home album. Profiler looks at the "you can't help but like them" duo of Carter and Carter. There's Col Elliott, the definitely different Peter Pratt and Kaylene Newton can't remember a time she wasn't around music and stages. And all our regulars - why not subscribe.
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MAY 2002 VOL 27 NO.5
 Our cover story is the proudly Australian John Williamson. The issue is very rich with people like Beccy Cole, Craig Byrne, Michael King and Profiler probes into the other life of Sara Storer. A special colour photo feature of Country Music Mums and Dads with bub. There's a lot to read in this issue and, of course, our regulars.
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APRIL 2002 VOL 27 NO.4
 Keith Glass looks at the father, daughter relationship of Slim Dusty and Anne Kirkpatrick in Travellin' Still...Always Will. The Wolverines come up roses. Greg Champion basks in the shade while Catherine Britt comes up pure country. Profiler looks at the other side of Southbound. There's our regulars and test yourself with the Brainteaser.
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MARCH 2002 VOL 27 NO.3
 Mike Smith talks to the source of a rich, deep and resonate voice, Adam Harvey - the golden voice. There's the life and times of Country Music icon, Max Ellis. Waylon Jennings, Graeme Connors and all our regulars.
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FEBRUARY 2002 VOL 27 NO. 2
 Colour photo spread of the 2002 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards. Donnella Plane launches in 2002. There's the Tamworth Country Music Festival and photos. All our regulars are there. Looking back over the 30 years of Australian Country Music facts and figures.
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JANUARY 2002 VOL 27 NO.1
 Our story of a young Perth born artist, but of a rev head and built for speed. That's Adam Brand. The "definitely pretty enough" Kasey Chambers talks about extended family, and yes, she's the centrefold. There's Col Buchanan, Mary Schneider, Ted Egan and a lot more in this bumper 96 page issue.
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DECEMBER 2001 VOL 26 NO.12
 Our Nashville correspondent captured some personal thoughts from Garth Brooks in a one on one interview. We talked to Tania Kernaghan coupled with a centre spread of her. There's Grant Richardson, Alby Pool, Merle Haggard plus all our regulars.
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