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Winter 2011

Vol. 4, Issue No. 4

 

Promoting the World of Country Music Around the Globe

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    Canadian singer Marlee Scott is connecting with her inner Betty Crocker in the clever “Make It or Bake It With Marlee” webisode series.  So far, she has shared recipes for Marls Bars, bison chili and football-shaped banana bread. Check them out here. 


  1. ๏ The 19th Celtic Connections Festival (Jan. 19 - Feb. 5) will see approx. 2,100 diverse artists from around the world taking part in 300 events in 20 venues across Glasgow.  Among this year’s Country and Folk artists are: Béla Fleck and the original Flecktones, Raul Malo, Tom Russell, The Woody Guthrie Centennial, Josh Rouse, The Punch Brothers and Carolina Chocolate Drops.


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    Don Williams will tour the UK and Ireland in April/May to coincide with the release of his upcoming album, due out on Sugar Hill Records in Spring 2012.  Williams was recently honored with ASCAP’s prestigious “Golden Note” award at the 49th annual ASCAP Country Awards on Nov. 6 in Nashville.



  1. ๏ The already star-studded lineup (Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Dierks Bentley, Eli Young Band, Lee Kernaghan, more) for CMC Rocks the Hunter 2012 has just expanded with the addition of four stellar artists from the Hunter Valley region of Australia: Catherine Britt, McAlister Kemp, Morgan Evans and Kirsty Akers.  CMC Rocks the Hunter is held March 16-18.


  1. ๏ The inaugural Country Music Radio Seminar Australia will take place in January 2012 during the Tamworth Country Music Festival.  The CMRSA aims to bring together programmers and on-air announcers to develop strategies for building Country radio audiences.

 

  1. ๏ The Cork-based weekly TV show “Hot Country” has recently aired its 100th episode in Europe.  Following its success, the show’s producers have created a new, half-hour program called “Hot Country Extra.”


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    The 23rd Country Gold Festival was held Oct. 16 in Kumamoto, Japan.   American acts Amber Hayes, Ray Scott and Billy Yates (pictured) performed, along with festival organizer Charlie Nagatani and his band The Cannonballs.  Next year’s lineup will feature Rick Trevino, Georgette Jones and Dale Watson.  


  1. ๏ The Country Music Association has added a “Country Goes Global” episode to its online CMA Industry InSite educational series.  The 19th installment discusses strategies to help artists gain a foothold “across the pond” and features interviews with artist/songwriter Jace Everett; Mark Hagen, Executive Director, BBC Radio; Rob Potts, CEO Managing Director, Rob Potts Entertainment Edge; Brad Turcotte, International Director of Marketing, Big Machine Label Group; and Jeff Walker, CEO, The AristoMedia Group.  View archived episodes at CMAWorld.com.


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    Canadian star Dean Brody is recording his new album in Nashville with U.S. producer Matt Rovey.  Brody has enjoyed more weeks at the top of the Canadian charts than any other artist in 2011.  He took home Album, Single and Songwriter of the Year at this year’s CCMA Awards.


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    Backstage with Dolly in Australia (L to R): Rob Potts/Rob Potts Ent. Edge, Matthew Lazarus-Hall/Chugg Ent., Danny Nozell/Parton’s Mgr, Parton, Anthony Albanese/Australian Fed. Minister Transport & Infrastructure, Michael Chugg/Chugg Ent., Gary Van Egmont/Van Egmont Touring, Neil Warnock/Agency Group
 

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