Corrina Steel released her acclaimed 3rd album A Fling with the King last year, and its mix of roots, blues, soul country and rock saw the talented singer/songwriter successfully take the leap from country-rock to a more bluesy rock- roots sound.
Her voice has been compared to Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt, and combined with a rocking live show, featuring a band comprised of Jacob Cook on drums, Adam Pringle on guitar and Ken Gormley (Cruel Sea) on bass Corrina Steel has been winning fans wherever she goes.
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NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
THE DRUMS (USA) with special guests (Splendour Sideshow): JUST ANNOUNCED - ON SALE FRIDAY
Dubbed ‘New York’s official coolest new band’ by NME, The Drums herald a return to the simplicity of the mind-invading catchiness unique to good, solid, guitar-pop songs. Having spent the best part of last year performing in New York, the band are now heading to Aussie shores for the first time, and will bring their chirpy, whistle, stop/start ditties to the East after their appearance at the sold out Splendour In The Grass festival.
Mon 2 August 2010
www.myspace.com/thedrumsforever
NICK WILLETT (USA) with The Starliners and DJ Mohair Slim: THIS WEEKEND - ON SALE NOW!
Think Dean Martin, with a touch of Elvis and a hint of Jackie Wilson - Nick Willett’s sound is a mixture of Rock n’ Roll, Gospel, Country and Western, Rockabilly, early pop and RnB from eras past. Set to take the stage at the East this weekend with support from Melbourne friends The Starliners and DJ Mohair Slim, this is sure to be one night that will have the crowds dancing!
Sun 6 June 2010
www.myspace.com/nickwillettaustralia
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Girl In The Mall hits the charts & new clip
The biographical song Girl In The Mall from Felicity Urquhart, continues to rise up the radio charts (Country Tracks Top 30 www.countrymusicradio.com.au / Top 50 Hot Country www.hotcountry.com.au) and the new clip has just hit our screens.
The single was a finalist earlier this year for APRA Song Of The Year, at the Golden Guitar awards, co-written with Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors).
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Tim McGraw sold out the first concert of his Australian Southern Voice Tour at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Thursday September 16 in just 15 minutes when it went on sale on Monday.
A second Brisbane concert, for Friday September 17, was opened for sale and Gold tickets sold out. Side and rear tickets in that category were opened and only the rear is still available in blocks of two or more seats together.
Tickets to all four of McGraw’s east coast concerts, including the CMC Rocks North Queensland multi-lineup blockbuster, sold at a rapid-fire pace and put country music front and centre this week.
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To meet expected demand, promoters of the Tim McGraw headliner, CMC Rocks North Queensland, Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts have confirmed nearly 3,000 more seats are to be made available for McGraw’s Saturday September 25 gig at Reid Park in Townsville.
“We’ve been able to finalise availability and trucking the extra chairs into Townsville and can now confirm the reserved seated tickets for Tim’s North Queensland show will be more than 8,000 instead of the originally planned 5,500,” said Managing Director of Chugg Entertainment Matthew Lazarus-Hall.
Seated reserved tickets to Tim McGraw’s North Queensland concert are priced at $129.90* whilst General Admission standing tickets are $99.90*.
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Katie Brianna will be finally hitting Melbourne for the first time to play a couple of shows in July. She has had her debut ep produced by Bill Chambers and sung a song on the soundtrack Jindabyne written by Paul Kelly which she was chosen for. A graduate of the 2004 youth Country Music school Tamworth Camerata, Katie Brianna won her way to the Telstra Road to Tamworth Grand Final in 2005 and 2006. She not only sings beautifully and writes great songs, she also plays guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and some banjo.
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Friday 14th May and Saturday 15th May
Gary Young and Peter Freebairn
Moama Bowling Club
Moama
Saturday 15th May
RUCKUS
San Remo Hotel 9.30pm
145 Marine Pde
Sunday 16th May
Paul Norton and Gary Young
The Coast Bar Coast Bar Blairgowrie
287 Point Nepean Rd Blairgowrie
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