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SARA SETS A GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS RECORD
SARA STORER has set a new record for the most number of finalist positions in the Toyota Country Music Awards of Australia with eight nominations. more>>
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BECCY TO BE WAXED
Beccy Cole is no stranger to accolades, having won at least eight awards over her career and with four finalist nominations in this year’s CMAA Golden Guitar awards. more>>
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JIMMY LITTLE HONOURED
Australia's pioneer Aboriginal pop star and country music singer JIMMY LITTLE has been honoured for his lifetime contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts. more>>
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TREC(K) TO TAMWORTH
The Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre (TREC) will be the centre of the universe for this year’s Telstra 2004 Country Music Festival when it hosts a series of feature concerts throughout the Festival at the Toyota Country Theatre. more>>
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COMING UP ROSES
Rose And Rodeo, BRENDON WALMSLEY’s debut Star Maker single, won him a Golden Guitar award for Best New Talent in 2000, and the prequel to Rose And Rodeo may just win Brendon another Golden Guitar in 2005. more>>
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A CRAKAJAK CONVERSION
CRAKAJAK lead singer and songwriter Harry Jon Nanos reckons the band could well have converted thousands of people to country music over the past few years. more>>
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NO HAT REQUIRED
There’s a song on FISK & CRISTIAN’s new album, The Big Picture, which sums up this classy duo’s take on country music perfectly: more>>
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SON OF A GUN
The name MATT FROST may be unfamiliar right now, but this dynamic young singer/songwriter is determined that won’t be the case by the end of the 2004 Tamworth Festival. more>>
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VALE PETER HAYES
PETER HAYES, one of the talented HAYES BROS, died on Monday 1 December in Kempsey Hospital, aged 57. more>>
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JUST STRUMMING ALONG
It’s the harmonies from Sydney trio STRUM that first capture your attention — they have that intangible power to turn three voices into one, and in the process weave musical magic. more>>
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LISTING TOWARDS COUNTRY
One would surely have a leaning toward country music growing up in a family of country singers. more>>
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COUNTRY WITH ATTITUDE
Not every country singer can say they have had their very own billboard, but it is certainly a claim to fame Shereen Teixeira holds. more>>
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CMAA UPDATE
January is Country Music in Tamworth, NSW – Australia’s Country Music Capital. And we invite one and all to come and join us for one of the biggest music festivals in the world. more>>
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VALE SPEEDY WEST
SPEEDY WEST, described as one of the greatest pedal steel virtuosos that country music has ever produced, died on 15 November, aged 69. more>>
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10 YEARS AGO... JANUARY 1994
COVER: featured REX DALLAS, BRIAN LETTON, CHRISTINA GEORGE and LINDSAY BUTLER, stars of the Tamworth Festival Opening Concert with GINA JEFFREYS and SLIM DUSTY on the inner first page among the finalists for the 1994 Toyota Country Music Awards. more>>
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| Around the Capital |
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JANUARY IS COUNTRY MUSIC MONTH IN TAMWORTH
The official start to the festival is Friday, January 16, but for early arrivals there will be heaps more on before that date. more>>
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BOTTLE TREE LANE
BRENDON WALMSLEY (Compass Bros) more>>
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THE BEAUTY OF MY HOME
ISLA GRANT (Rajon) more>>
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SINS, LIES AND ANGELS
JASON McCOY (Open Road) more>>
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MIDNIGHT AND MADNESS
KAREN WILLIAMS (Independent) more>>
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DIAMONDS & JEWELS
PAM CLARKE (Independent) more>>
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MY LITTLE ANGEL
NANCY-LEE (Independent) more>>
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AND THE CROWD GOES WILD
MARK WILLS (Universal/Mercury) more>>
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DIRT, DUST & THUNDER
CRAKAJAK (Independent) more>>
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