Keith Urban on "The Voice"!
Keith Urban is set to star on the Aussie version of the hit reality show “The Voice”. The contract hasn’t officially been signed, but Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper reports that Keith has committed to joining the show. Of course we already know what starring in the American version of “The Voice” has done for Blake Shelton’s career! Shooting in Australia is expected to begin early in 2012.
ZhanGJIAJIE INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK
The festival takes place September 10th - 16th, 2011 in the town of Zhangjiajie in the Hunan Provice of central China. The area, known for its folk music and culture, seeks to establish itself as a destination for folk and country music from around the world. The popularity of classic American country music draws audiences from near and far. Zhangjiajie is surrounded by spectacularly picturesque mountains that tower like pinnacles ? with rocky craigs and forested sides.
ConniE KIS ANDERSEN
Danish born Connie Kis migrated with her family to Australia when she was two years old. She learned to play the banjolin at the age of eight and by eleven, had already performed with Australian Country Music legend Slim Dusty!
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BRAD PAISLEY PRESENTS IRELAND'S SANDY HARSCH WITH CMA INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTER AWARD
DUBLIN/NASHVILLE - It was good news and bad news for RTE broadcaster Sandy Harsch when CMA Awards co-host Brad Paisley surprised her with the news that she was named CMA International Broadcaster of the Year.
The good news was that she was selected. The bad news was that the award was held up in Customs and didn't make it to the presentation backstage at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin! Paisley, who is CMA's reigning Entertainer of the Year, had a lot of fun presenting the truant trophy before he took to the stage for his first show in Ireland last week.
"I never could figure out why people cried when they won awards, but now I know," Harsch said. "The CMA International Broadcaster Award is certainly the biggest thing that has ever happened to me, other than having my two children. And - does anyone really deserve getting an award for doing something they absolutely love?"
After moving to Ireland from the US in 1960 Harsch worked as a freelance photo-journalist in music retail and wholesale and then as chief photographer, record reviewer, and interviewer for Hot Press magazine. She got her start in radio at RTE as a guest critic with Pat Kenny on "Outside Track" and worked regularly as a panelist, critic, and producing feature items. She moved onto the independent nationwide station Century Radio presenting The Country Store in 1989 and then presented a syndicated show on nine local stations. In 1996 she rejoined RTE and started presenting "Country Time." Fifteen years later she is still presenting the show, which is heard nationwide. She has interviewed many of the top Country artists including Dierks Bentley, Merle Haggard, Martina McBride, and Sugarland.
Harsch has served as the editor of the Lonesome Highway magazine for nine years, written touring program notes for Kris Kristofferson, and for Ireland's Midland Country Festivals.
"Country Music has been a huge part of my life since I was a kid," she said. "I have been sharing this passion on air for 22 years and I am totally honoured that the CMA thinks I am doing a good job. Country is a wonderful part of my life and it is knockout to be given an award. Thank you so, so much."
Harsch's "Country Time" can also be heard at www.RTE.ie/radio1/countrytime.
The CMA International Broadcaster Award recognizes outstanding achievement by radio broadcasters outside the United States who have made important contributions toward the development of Country Music in their country. Previous winners are listed at CMAworld.com.
Steve and heather
Country music's "Bonnie and Clyde" are a tight-knit duo both on and off the stage!read more
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International Country Music News
Dennis Marsh, the biggest-selling New Zealand artist of the year, has been honoured by his fans by being named Country Music Legend of 2011 at the National Country Music Awards. Marsh's album Maori Songbook has spent 22 weeks in the New Zealand charts. New Zealanders also voted THE TOPP TWINS as their favourite duo, while TAMI NEILSON won for the second year in a row Female Artist of the Year and JAMES RAY was awarded the Male Artist of the Year award. Vickie Evans won the Horizon Award. She will go on to represent New Zealand in the Telstra Road to Tamworth event and at the Global Artists Party which is part of the CMA Music Festival in Nashville -- the largest country music festival in the world. Performing at the awards was "the hottest new artist to come out of Australia in a long time", JASMINE RAE who was nominated for an ARIA for her debut album Look It Up that yielded two #1 singles.
Taxi cabs are supporting Australia's 40th Tamworth Country Music Festival. Tamworth Radio Cabs' Kevin Smith has adorned nearly all his fleet of taxis with the names of mostly local country music artists to promote them in the countdown to the celebrations in January 2012.
The 2011 British Country Music Awards will be held at The British Airways Concorde Suite in Middlesex October 23rd. Alvin Stardust will once again host the show along with BBC Radio Surrey's Sylvie Blackmoor and Jim Duncan. Nominees can be viewed at www.bcmawards.co.uk
FESTIVAL DE COUNTRY MUSIC MIRANDE
For a few days in July, Mirande, in Gascony (southwest of France), transforms itself into an American town. Over 165,000 people attended the Mirande Country Music Festival over five days in 2005, and it is now recognized as the first country music festival in Europe!
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CMT Music festival
Rascal Flatts, Lady A, Ronnie Dunn, Blake Shelton, Corb Lund, Colt Ford, Sara Evans, Dean Brody, Tara Oram, Bush Hawg, The Treasures, Hank, and The Heartbroken are all on the lineup! The festival runs August 26th - 28th, 2011 at Burl's Creek Park, Oro Station, Ontario Canada. A special Facebook "like" competition (the artist with the most "likes" wins) was won by Sweet Diezel of Niagara Falls, Ontario, so they'll be onstage in Oro Station too!
Rockfield country music festival
From Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June 2011, the tiny village of Rockfield, Monmouthshire - (Wales), saw a cavalcade of 200 caravans and more than 2000 country & western music fans travel down to the fields by the River Monnow for the second Rockfield Country Music Festival. People journeyed from all over the UK and beyond, from as far afield as Scotland, the Channel Islands, Ireland and Holland to be at the event.
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