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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2021 A bigger week for Troy
Troy beat out The Wolfe Brothers' Kids On Cassette, Shane Nicholson's Living In Colour, Brad Cox's My Mind’s Projectionand Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham's The Song Club to win the presigious honour. Archie Roach won Best Blues & Roots Album with The Songs Of Charcoal Lane from fellow contenders Ziggy Alberts with Searching For Freedom, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks with Crossover, Martha Marlow with Medicine Man and Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald with Push The Blues Away. Award winners were announced from Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo and livestreamed via YouTube. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2021 Troy dominates 50th Golden Guitar Awards finalist nominees Final nominees have been announced for the 2022 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards, the 50th to be staged since the Awards were first held in January 1973, with Troy Cassar-Daley dominating the list.
The Wolfe Brothers have seven finalist placings from their latest studio release Kids On Cassette… Contemporary Country Album and Album of the Year, Song and Video of the Year for the album’s title track, Heritage Song of the Year for Small Town Song, Vocal Collaboration for Startin’ Something with Locash and Group or Duo of the Year. Shane Nicholson is up for five Golden Guitar awards in 2022 from his ninth studio album Living In Colour… Alt Country Album of the Year and Album of the Year, Song and Single of the Year with And You Will Have Your Way and Male Artist of the Year. The duo of Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham feature in four categories… Group or Duo of the Year, Alt Country Album and Album of the Year for The Song Club and Video of the Year with their song Spare Parts. Rising star Angus Gill also features in four categories… Traditional Country Album of the Year with The Scrapbook, Bluegrass Recording of the Year for Always On The Run, Bush Ballad of the Year for The Easy Way and Instrumental of the Year for Musterin’ Season with Linsday Waddington. Catherine Britt, Darlinghurst and Adam Harvey all feature in three categories, while dual nominations went to Casey Barnes, Brad Cox, Kristy Cox, Ashleigh Dallas, Jayne Denham, Montgomery Church, Matt Scullion, Amy Shark with Keith Urban, Andrew Swift, Michael Waugh, The Weeping Willows and Raechel Whitchurch. A further 32 acts feature as single finalist nominees… Kaylee Bell, Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, Katrina Burgoyne, Camille and Stuie, Michael Carpenter and The Banks Brothers, Allan Caswell, Kim Cheshire, Cornell & Carr, Tracy Coster, Davidson Brothers, Pete Denahy, Morgan Evans, Andrew Farriss, Sam Hawksley, Cass Hopetoun, Jedd Hughes, Hayley Jensen, Troy Kemp, Lee Kernaghan, Amber Lawrence, Dianne Lindsay, Travis List, Fanny Lumsden, The McClymonts, Ian Moss, O’Shea, Luke O’Shea, Dean Perrett, Camille Trail, Lindsay Waddington, Michael waugh and Sammy White. The announcement of finalist nominees was made today jointly by the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) and Tamworth Regional Council from Tamworth, Australia’s Country Music Capital. CMAA Chairman Dan Biddle said: “The list of talented nominees shows just how diverse, creative and inspiring Australia’s country music industry is right now. “The record number of entries is a true testament to the resilience and passion of our artists and industry professionals.” In a record-breaking year, more than 760 entries were received for the 50th Golden Guitar Awards – the biggest number ever. Toyota Australia Chief Marketing Officer John Pappas said the company was proud to support the Golden Guitar Awards and congratulated all the nominees in their 50th year. “Toyota has been a longstanding supporter of Australia’s premier country music awards and it’s fantastic to see the depth of talented artists that we have in this country,” he said. “We want to offer our congratulations to all the artists nominated for awards who continue to produce some of the best country music in the world.” Today’s announcement was livestreamed to audiences across the country and overseas, with performances by multiple Golden Guitar winners Troy Cassar-Daley, Luke O’Shea and Ashleigh Dallas and rising star Cass Hopetoun. The Toyota 50th Golden Guitar Awards will be staged on Saturday, January 22 from the Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre and livestreamed via tcmf.com.au. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2021 New Aussie country TV doco “Going Country” – the new ABC TV documentary – is described as "a road trip into the heart of Australian country music".
“'Going Country' brings together the people, places and stories that have been integral to the story of this genre of music, viewing the broad genre through six key songs that have been integral to its progression," they say. Host Justine Clarke travels to places that inspired or feature in the songs, learning more about how country music has done so much in telling stories about our nation. She visits places like Blackheath, Broken Hill, Capertee Valley, the Colo River, Kempsey, Little River, Silverton, Tooma and, of course, Tamworth, as she learns about the unique Australian take on what has been – and remains – a cultural behemoth over the past 100 years. New performances filmed for the show will feature throughout, as artists like Troy Cassar-Daley, Kaey Chambers, Paul Kelly and Fanny Lumsden take viewers through some of the most enduring songs in the genre's history. Director Kriv Stenders – who was behind the lens for the recent Joy McKean documentary "Slim & I", as well as the 2017 film “The Go-Betweens: Right Here” – helms the production. On top of the new footage and interviews, the show will feature archival images and video of some of the most iconic moments in Australian country music, “resulting in a glorious tribute to this most resilient genre”. "Going Country" premieres on ABC TV and iview tomorrow night (Tuesday November 2) at 8:30pm. Weblink – iview.abc.net.au/show/going-country. |
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It's been a big week for Troy Cassar-Daley following his domination yesterday of Golden Guitar Awards 2022 finalist nominees, quickly followed this evening with his naming as winner of the 2021 ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Award for Best Country Album with The World Today.
Troy features in eight categories from his latest studio album The World Today… Alt Country Album and Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Single of the Year and Video of the Year for Back On Country, Heritage Song of the Year for I Hear My River, Male Artist of the Year and Vocal Collaboration with Ian Moss on the song South.
Australia has a rich history when it comes to country music and our country scene continues to punch well above its weight when it comes to the quality and quantity of our great artists, producers of the two part series say.
