January 25, 2014
Big Aussie award winners
Lee Kernaghan may have taken out the most Golden Guitars, but the 42nd CMAA Country Music Awards was Sara Storer's night.
Kernaghan's single Flying with the King took Single of the Year and Video of the Year, while his Beautiful Noise took out Top Selling Australian Album of the Year.He was also named Male Artist of the Year.
But, it's Sara Storer who was the toast of the industry on Saturday Night, taking out three Golden Guitars after a six-year hiatus from writing.
She took out Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for her 2013 album Lovegrass.
Her song Pozie, sung with John Williamson, took out Vocal Collaboration of the Year.
It's a remarkable comeback for Storer, who almost gave up writing after having children.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell was on hand to present the New Talent of the Year award to Tamworth local Ashleigh Dallas, who is the granddaughter of Golden Guitar winner Rex Dallas
Luke O'Shea and Drew McAlister took out Heritage Song of the Year and APRA Song of the Year for their song Lady of the Land, inspired by the life of Slim Dusty's wife Joy McKean.
Group or duo of the year was awarded to husband and wife team O'Shea, who accepted the award via video from Nashville.
John Williamson presented iconic country artist and Hall of Fame inductee Ted Egan with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kernaghan's single Flying with the King took Single of the Year and Video of the Year, while his Beautiful Noise took out Top Selling Australian Album of the Year.He was also named Male Artist of the Year.
But, it's Sara Storer who was the toast of the industry on Saturday Night, taking out three Golden Guitars after a six-year hiatus from writing.
She took out Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for her 2013 album Lovegrass.
Her song Pozie, sung with John Williamson, took out Vocal Collaboration of the Year.
It's a remarkable comeback for Storer, who almost gave up writing after having children.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell was on hand to present the New Talent of the Year award to Tamworth local Ashleigh Dallas, who is the granddaughter of Golden Guitar winner Rex Dallas
Luke O'Shea and Drew McAlister took out Heritage Song of the Year and APRA Song of the Year for their song Lady of the Land, inspired by the life of Slim Dusty's wife Joy McKean.
Group or duo of the year was awarded to husband and wife team O'Shea, who accepted the award via video from Nashville.
John Williamson presented iconic country artist and Hall of Fame inductee Ted Egan with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
January 21, 2014
Garth returns to Dublin
GARTH BROOKS was in Dublin this week to make a very special announcement in person. Standing in Croke Park, the location of his now legendary sell out concerts in 1997, Garth Brooks announced that he would be returning to that same venue in July 2014 for two very special performances - before he emarks on his worldwide comeback tour this autumn The shows, two special performances before his worldwide tour which is due to start later this year,
Speaking at the announcement Garth Brooks said, “Before we go back on tour in the Fall of 2014, I want to challenge myself, the band, and crew. In ’97, we were lucky enough to play Croke Park, the stadium was under construction. 130,000 of some of the greatest fans in the world. I was quoted then as saying ‘When this stadium is finished, I would love to come back and try to fill it again…this time to the brink.’…and we’re back to do just that.”
Tickets for The Garth Brooks Comeback concerts on Friday 25 & Saturday 26 July 2014 in Croke Park, go on sale on Thursday 30 January at 9am from ticketmaster and all usual ticket outlets Nationwide.
Speaking at the announcement Garth Brooks said, “Before we go back on tour in the Fall of 2014, I want to challenge myself, the band, and crew. In ’97, we were lucky enough to play Croke Park, the stadium was under construction. 130,000 of some of the greatest fans in the world. I was quoted then as saying ‘When this stadium is finished, I would love to come back and try to fill it again…this time to the brink.’…and we’re back to do just that.”
Tickets for The Garth Brooks Comeback concerts on Friday 25 & Saturday 26 July 2014 in Croke Park, go on sale on Thursday 30 January at 9am from ticketmaster and all usual ticket outlets Nationwide.
Rabbie & Nashville Ladies
This Saturday night (Burns Night), there's another chance to see Nashville & The Nashville Ladies, a BBC Alba concert celebrating the songs and poetry of Robert Burns at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, USA. Gaelic singer Cathy Ann MacPhee from Barra performs songs in Gaelic backed by a band of Nashville's top session players. Country singers Beth Nielsen Chapman (who was at Celtic Connections last weekend), Suzy Bogguss (who heads for Scotland in April) , Laura McGhee and The McCarter Twins bring their unique take on Burns' work. A mix of traditional melodies and especially composed melodies bring The Bard's poetry and songs to a new audience with a blend of celtic, country and bluegrass.
The show was first broadcast in 2012, but will be repeated on Burns Night Saturday 25th at 9pm, repeated Sunday 16th @ 11pm and Friday 31st @ 10.30pm.
The show was first broadcast in 2012, but will be repeated on Burns Night Saturday 25th at 9pm, repeated Sunday 16th @ 11pm and Friday 31st @ 10.30pm.
Patsy Cline back at Oran Mor
The popular "A Bottle Of Wine And Patsy Cline" production, named after the Martha Thornton hit, is back at Glasgow's West End venue Oran Mor next month. The production featuring Gail Watson and veteran actor Dave Anderson, sold out it's previous run, and was featured on a BBC Alba programme.
Next month's performances are on February 7,8,13-16 and 20-23rd.
Next month's performances are on February 7,8,13-16 and 20-23rd.
Raintown dates
The Glasgow based BCM Award winning duo have a number of dates coming up from London to Caithness, and Inverness to Belfast.
Thurs Feb 13 - Mad Hatters, Inverness
Fri Mar 7 - Black Box, Belfast (Belfast-Nashville Songwriters Festival)
Sat Mar 8 - Swan Inn, Stranraer
Thur Mar 13 - East Wintergarden, Canary Warf, London
Fri Apr 18 - Northern Nashville Caithness Festival, Halkirk
Thurs Feb 13 - Mad Hatters, Inverness
Fri Mar 7 - Black Box, Belfast (Belfast-Nashville Songwriters Festival)
Sat Mar 8 - Swan Inn, Stranraer
Thur Mar 13 - East Wintergarden, Canary Warf, London
Fri Apr 18 - Northern Nashville Caithness Festival, Halkirk
January 04, 2014
Phil Everly passes
Phil Everly, the younger member of the Everly Brothers, died Friday (Jan. 3) in Burbank, Calif. He was 74.
He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Everly was born Jan. 19, 1939, in Chicago, where his parents, Ike and Margaret, had gone to continue their career in radio as a family singing group. Phil and his brother, Don, who was two years older, joined group while they were still kids.
The Everly family moved to Nashville in 1955. That same year, Don and Phil signed to Columbia Records but were unable to make a breakthrough on that label. In 1957, the brothers resurfaced on Cadence Records in a deal brokered by Wesley Rose of the Acuff-Rose music publishing company, for which Don had achieved a few cuts as a songwriter.
Their first single for Cadence, "Bye Bye Love," written by Acuff-Rose's Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, entered the country charts in May 1957 and quickly rose to the top, where it stayed for seven weeks.
They followed up with hits on both the Country & pop charts with "Wake Up Little Susie," "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bird Dog", "Ebony Eyes", "Crying In The Rain" and many more.
The Everlys were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1957, and many years later, their recordings of "Bye Bye Love" and "All I Have to Do Is Dream" were added to the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In 2001, the brothers were made members both of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Phil's death is the first Hillbilly Heaven inductee in 2014, following a bad 2013 for Country music, when we lost the likes of George Jones, Ray Price, Tom Paul Glaser, Rita MacNeil, Patti Page, Cal smith, Slim Whitman, Jack Greene, Mindy McCready and Claude King amongst others, Celtic Music Radio's Celtic Country will celebrate the music they left behind on Sunday's programme. (12 Noon- 2pm on 1530 AM or www.celticmusicradio.net, and later on the catch up.
He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Everly was born Jan. 19, 1939, in Chicago, where his parents, Ike and Margaret, had gone to continue their career in radio as a family singing group. Phil and his brother, Don, who was two years older, joined group while they were still kids.
The Everly family moved to Nashville in 1955. That same year, Don and Phil signed to Columbia Records but were unable to make a breakthrough on that label. In 1957, the brothers resurfaced on Cadence Records in a deal brokered by Wesley Rose of the Acuff-Rose music publishing company, for which Don had achieved a few cuts as a songwriter.
Their first single for Cadence, "Bye Bye Love," written by Acuff-Rose's Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, entered the country charts in May 1957 and quickly rose to the top, where it stayed for seven weeks.
They followed up with hits on both the Country & pop charts with "Wake Up Little Susie," "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bird Dog", "Ebony Eyes", "Crying In The Rain" and many more.
The Everlys were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1957, and many years later, their recordings of "Bye Bye Love" and "All I Have to Do Is Dream" were added to the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In 2001, the brothers were made members both of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Phil's death is the first Hillbilly Heaven inductee in 2014, following a bad 2013 for Country music, when we lost the likes of George Jones, Ray Price, Tom Paul Glaser, Rita MacNeil, Patti Page, Cal smith, Slim Whitman, Jack Greene, Mindy McCready and Claude King amongst others, Celtic Music Radio's Celtic Country will celebrate the music they left behind on Sunday's programme. (12 Noon- 2pm on 1530 AM or www.celticmusicradio.net, and later on the catch up.
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