CMAA 2014
CountryRoutesBlog take a
look at the 2014 CMAA Awards and the
main events of The Tamworth Country
Music Festival, it includes:
CMAA 2014 show report, CMAA
Show Timeline, 2014
CMAA Winners and Nominee listing, 2014 CMAA Red Carpet, Photo and Gallery Links, 2014 Toyota Star Maker Finalists and Telstra
Road to Discovery
CMAA 2014 Report
The 42nd CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia
were staged on Saturday, 25th January, 2014 at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre (TRECC)
just one day before Australia Day which was celebrated on Sunday 26th January.
Lee Kernaghan and Sara Storer walk away as the Big CMAA 2014 Winners
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Lee Kernaghan and Sara Storer walk away as the Big CMAA 2014 Winners
Australia’s country music
industry celebrated their pinnacle night in Tamworth with prestigious Golden
Guitar trophies awarded with Lee
Kernaghan and Sara Storer
scooping the pool.
- Female trio The
McClymonts were the hosts for the awards event which provided
the audience with a bevy of performances on-stage and backstage throughout
the night. They were previously announced as the headline act of the
Australia Day concert in Toyota Park (Bicentennial Park) on Sunday 26
January.
- Lee
Kernaghan adding another four Golden
Guitar trophies to his already impressive collection bagging Male Artist
Of The Year, CMC Video Clip Of The Year, Single Of The Year and
the Sanity
Top Selling Australian Album Of The Year. Kernaghan’s award
winning song ‘Flying with the King’,
a tribute to Slim Dusty was part of the night’s theme, with the country
music icon and his wife, Joy McKean saluted throughout the show’s
presentation.
- “Lady
of the Land” written by Luke O'Shea & Drew McAlister
(recorded by Luke O'Shea) won Apra Song Of The Year which was as a tribute to Slim’s Dusty’s wife,
Joy McKean.
- Sara
Storer’s return after a hiatus
was heralded with no less than three Golden Guitars. She took the coveted
Album Of
The Year award was the icing on the country cake that also
included Female
Artist Of The Year and Vocal Collaboration Of The Year with John
Williamson for the song “Pozie” (Press Room Photo).
Storer almost gave up writing after having children. The country music singer was emotional when accepting the Album of the Year win saying: "I'm just so thankful, these are tears of happiness." Williamson, who has acted as a mentor during Storer's career, said he was proud of the songstress. "She was born just up the road from where I was born and I'm just so proud of her," he said. "Every time she picks me to do a song with her we win a Golden Guitar." Storer moved to the Top End to be with husband David O'Hare five years ago and started a family, having three boys. She grew up in the Malle district in Victoria but after falling in love she knew the place to be was in the NT. Her latest album LOVEGRASS was named after a noxious weed which was a love song to her husband. "Now I feel the pressure is off, I can be a mum and an artist together," she said
Lee Kernaghan & Sara Storer - Pete
Denahy kept the crowd
entertained with hilarious back stage crosses to award winners and country
stars, then had to leave his post to collect his Golden Guitar for Instrumental
Of The Year.
- Ashleigh Dallas, a Tamworth local
discovered by Kasey Chambers was a first time Golden Guitar winner snagging
Best New
Talent. >> Meet
Ashleigh (video)
- Ted
Egan was presented with The Lifetime
Achievement Award. With a career spanning over forty years,
Egan has recorded thirty albums, written ten books and presented on
thirteen episodes of the hour long documentary ‘This Land Australia.
Egan’s contribution to the country industry was recognised with a performance
of his song “Drover’s Boy” by Dean Perrett and Jeff Brown.
- Performers included: The Wolfe Brothers, Lee Kernaghan,
Kaylee Bell (“Heart First” Live photo), Kaylens Rain, Ashleigh
Dallas, Jasmine Rae, Pete Denahy, Mustered Courage, Sara Storer, Lachlan
Bryan & The Wildes, Luke O’Shea, The Adam Eckersley Band, Dean Perrett
and Jeff Brown.
CMAA: The
Winners 2014 ($21.99) : A CMAA Winners compilation has returned for another year featuring the very best of
Australian country music. The album comprises of a CD and DVD of the
nominees for the 42nd CMAA Awards. The
DVD component is the video clips to the songs listed – See Product Page
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CMAA Facts
- The Tamworth Country Festival Music
Festival (sponsored
by Toyota) ran from Fri Jan 17 - Sunday
Jan 26, 2014. It’s the largest music festival in the southern hemishere.
- There were 2,743
events and activities staged
over the official 10 days of the festival plus a seven-day countdown period
from Friday January 10, featuring 800 artists performing in 120 venues. It
is distributed
across dozens of diverse venues all over the town of 50,000 people, but
the spinal column is Peel Street,
named for the river that runs through the heart of the city. During the
festival, it’s closed to traffic and becomes busker’s row, where for
decades, folks have played on the street, sometimes with a guitar over an
open case and sometimes with ambitious PA systems, backing tracks and
merch operations.
- On Fri, 24 January 2014 a special moment in the history of Tamworth, Australia’s Country Music Capital
unfolded with the unveiling of a bronze
statue of the late Slim Dusty and Joy
McKean in Peel Street. The committee commissioned Newcastle-based
sculptor Tanya Bartlett to create the almost life-sized work and raised
$183,000 to fund it.
- On Sat, 25 January 2014 thousands lined Peel
Street for Country Music Cavalcade
with country music icon Joy McKean and family blown away with the tributes
to Slim Dusty as part of the 2014 cavalcade theme “Songs of Slim”. The winners (Best Commercial, Best Non-Commercial/Community and Best
Non-Vehicle) will be presented with their prizes and plaques at a special
presentation to be held in February. >> Watch
Cavalcade Slideshow (83 Pics)
- TCMF14 Highlights #TCMF14 >> YouTube What Do Kids Think Of Tamworth
2014? >> YouTube
see more youtube/OfficialTCMF
- The Tamworth Regional Entertainment and
Conference Centre (TRECC) stages the CMAA awards (since 1999) in front of
5,000 people.
- The Golden Guitar trophys are 24cm high and weighs 1.5 kilograms.
Over 500 have been awarded. Aussie legend Slim Dusty won 37. The original
design was sculpted by local Tamworth artist Harry frost, it was cast in
bronze.
- Gallery Festival Photos and Articles - northerndailyleader.com.au – Twitter Feed #tcmf14
2014 CMAA PRESS ROOM (Photos)
The 42nd Country Music Award
Winners Of Australia – PHOTO
Lee Kernaghan
and Duncan Toombs win 'CMC Video Clip Of The Year' – Press Room
2014 CMAA Winners
List of 42nd Toyota CMAA
Country Music Awards of Australia Nominations, Winners
A full listing can be found HERE.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beautiful Noise
- Lee Kernaghan, produced by Garth Porter
Fuse - Keith
Urban, produced by Keith Urban & various (Dan Huff, Butch Walker, Zach
Crowell, Stargate for 45th & 3rd Music, Mike Elizondo, Nathan Champman, Jay
Joyce, Ross Copperman)
If I Want To -
Jasmine Rae, produced by Luke Wooten
Lovegrass - Sara Storer, produced by Matt Fell WINNER
The Great
Country Songbook - Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey, produced by Troy Cassar-Daley
& Adam Harvey
ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
A Side B Side
Seaside - Karl Broadie, produced by Karl Broadie
Australian
Songbook Three-The Bushwackers, produced by Roger Corbett
Black Coffee - Lachlan Bryan and The
Wildes, produced by Lachlan
Bryan, Mat Duniam, Shaun Ryan and Rod McCormack WINNER - Facebook
Page
Powerlines -
Mustered Courage, produced by Jimi Maroudas
Sweetheart of
the Sun - The Greencards, produced by Gary Paczosa
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Keith Urban -
Little Bit Of Everything
Lee Kernaghan - Flying With The King WINNER
Luke Austen -
Let's Just Go With It
Pete Denahy -
Sayonara Nakamura
Russell Morris -
Squizzy
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Aleyce Simmonds
– Believe
Ashleigh Dallas
– Me
Dianna Corcoran
– Therapy
Jasmine Rae - If
I Want To
GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Kaylens Rain -
Waiting On A Bus
The Greencards -
Black, Black Water
The Sunny
Cowgirls - Green and Gold
The Wolfe
Brothers - The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory
VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Beyond These
City Lights - Jayne Denham & Shannon
Noll
Lights On The
Hill - Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey
Pozie - Sara Storer & John Williamson WINNER
There's No Place
Like Home - O'Shea & McAlister Kemp
Turn The Page -
Travis Collins, Luke Austen, Luke Dickens & Liam Brew
TOYOTA HERITAGE SONG OF THE YEAR
Ballad Of Les
Darcy - written by Russell Morris & Garry Paige, recorded by Russell Morris
Flying With The
King - written by Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Garth Porter, recorded by Lee
Kernaghan
Lady of the Land
- written by Luke O'Shea & Drew McAlister, recorded by Luke O'Shea
Lights On The
Hill - written by Joy McKean, recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey
Pozie - written by Sara Storer, Greg Storer, Tom McCullough,
recorded by Sara Storer & John Williamson WINNER
BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR
Albert Campbell
- written by Bec Hance & Vaughan Baker, recorded by Bec Hance
Brumby- written
by Dean Perrett & Shirrelle Jackman, recorded by Dean Perrett
I Worship the
Water (He Walked On) – written & recorded by Ernie Constance
The Stockman -
written by Ray Rose, recorded by Tom Maxwell
INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR
Allegheny -
Mustered Courage
Blackberry
Blossom - Bob Corbett & The Roo Grass Band
I Won't Last A
Day Without You - Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor
Paddle the
Torrens - The Greencards
QANTASLINK NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR
Adam Eckersley
Band - Long Enough to Disappear
Kaylee Bell
(2013 Toyota Star Maker) - Heart First
Kaylens Rain -
Waiting On A Bus
The Wolfe
Brothers - The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory
APRA SONG OF THE YEAR
Come On Rain -
written by Sara Storer & Greg Storer, recorded by Sara Storer
Flying With The
King - written by Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Garth Porter, recorded by Lee
Kernaghan
Lady of the Land - written by Luke O'Shea & Drew
McAlister, recorded by Luke O'Shea WINNER
- Photo – Press Room
Thank You Angels
– written by Mark & Jay O’Shea & Matt Scullion, recorded by O'Shea
The Girl, The
Bottle, The Memory - written by Nick Wolfe, recorded by The Wolfe Brothers
CMC VIDEO CLIP OF THE YEAR
Harder To Tame -
McAlister Kemp, directed by Matt Inglis
Lights On The
Hill - Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey, directed by Rusty Gate Films
Thankyou Angels
- O'Shea, directed by Duncan Toombs
Two Worlds
Collide - The McClymonts, directed by Duncan Toombs
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Flying With The King - Lee Kernaghan WINNER
If I Want To -
Jasmine Rae
Lights On The
Hill - Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey
Little Bit Of
Everything - Keith Urban
Lovegrass - Sara
Storer
INTERNATIONAL TOP SELLING ALBUM OF THE
YEAR
40 Years of
Pride – Charley Pride (Sony Music)
Based on a True
Story – Blake Shelton (Warner Music)
Golden – Lady
Antebellum (Universal Music)
Thirty Miles
West – Alan Jackson (Sony Music)
SANITY AUSTRALIAN TOP SELLING ALBUM OF
THE YEAR
Beautiful Noise – Lee Kernaghan (ABC Music) WINNER
Fuse – Keith
Urban (EMI)
It’s On – The
Wolfe Brothers (ABC Music)
Life is a
Highway – Jason Owen (Song Music)
The Great
Country Songbook – Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey (Sony Music)
THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - presented to Ted
Egan
2014 CMAA Awards Tamworth
Timeline [SOURCE]
7:40pm: The ceremony begins
with the National Anthem.
Jasmine Rae takes the stage
to perform.
7:45pm: Award: Lee Kernaghan's 'Flying
with the king' has received the Golden Guitar for Single of the Year.
7:55pm: Award: The Golden Guitar for Group or Duo of the Year goes to O'Shea
for 'Thank You Angels.
8pm: Award: The Golden Guitar for Bush Ballad of the Year is for 'I love
Australia', written by Keith Jamieson, recorded by Jeff Brown.
8:15pm: Award: The Sunny Cowgirls (photo) present the award for Vocal Collaboration of The Year. Sara Storer and John Williamson are the lucky
winners for their track 'Pozie'.
Award: Lee Kernaghan also picks up the Sanity
Australian Top Selling Album of the Year for 'Beautiful Noise'.
8:25pm: Top Selling International Album of the Year is
awarded to Taylor Swift for 'Red'.
8:45pm: Award: And the Golden Guitar for Toyota Heritage Song of The Year goes
to “Pozie” (recorded
by Sara Storer & John Williamson).
8:50pm: Producer of the year has been awarded to Troy Cassar-Daley. Musician of the Year has been awarded
to Ian Lees.
Ted Howard has been
announced Engineer of The Year.
9pm: Award: The Golden Guitar for Alternative Country
Album of the year goes to Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes for 'Black Coffee'
Award: The Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Ted Egan
9:10pm: Award: Instrumental
of the Year goes to Pete Denahy for Cotton Eyed Joe.
9.25pm: Award: Qantaslink New Talent of The Year goes to Tamworth's own Ashleigh Dallas.
9:35pm: Sara Storer has been
named Female Artist of the Year for
'Lovegrass'.
9:55pm: Award: Lee Kernaghan has been named as Male Artist of The Year for 'Flying
With The King'.
10pm: Award: APRA
Song of The Year goes to Luke O'Shea for Lady of The Land, written by Luke
O'Shea and Drew McAlister.
10:15pm: Award:
The final award is Total Country Album of the Year and it goes to Sara
Storer for Lovegrass,produced by Matt Fell.
The closing act of the night
was a performance of ‘Losin’ My Blues Tonight’ (photo) by a number of artists, such as Pete
Denahy, Ashleigh Dallas, Lachlan Bryan, Sara Storer and a few more (part of a
Remembering Slim Tribute)
2014 CMAA Red Carpet
It was Tamworth’s big night
of nights for Country music featured colourful fashions on the red carpet.
The lovely singer-songwriter
Tamara Stewart along with Dublin-born Colin Buchanan a 9 time Golden Guitar, APRA and ARIA award winner
were one of the first to arrive at the red carpet (photo). They were
there entertaining the crowd that gathered as they both hosted the 42nd
Australian Country Music Awards carpet arrivals.
Tamara looked
stunning proudly wearing a Rachel Gilbert
nude strapless Blair
gown with black-beaded stripes all over. The beautiful actress Laura
Vandervoort was seen wearing this at the NBC/Universal Golden Globes
after-party. It also recalled Cassadee
Pope sexy entrance at the CMA Awards in Nov 2013 in a form-fitting,
metallic-and-black, strapless Corset Jovani gown.
The Blair gown
with 100% nylon tulle with nude lining can be found on sale online for $750.00 (was
$1,250.00) emporiastore.com.au With a cluster of A-listers striding the red-carpet in her creations, designer
Rachel Gilbert is becoming a leading fashion figure in Australia and across the
globe. A strapless version dress with asymmetrical
hemline cut above the knee is also available (Blair Dress AUD $825 $330 at rachelgilbert.com)
Rachel Gilbert Melbourne Boutique is open located at 1042 High Street,
Armadale, VIC.
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| Tamara Stewart wearing Rachel Gilbert |
Later Tamara Stewart changed into another Rachel
Gilbert white beaded sleeveless gown when she was on hand to present Lee
Kernaghan with Top Selling Australian Country Album.
Female Artist Of
The Year nominee Aleyce Simmonds dazzled
in a Bariano dress!
This Chole Geometric sleeveless floor length gown with amazing beaded detail is
available at bariano.com.au (AUD $569.95 Code: B3D23 Price: AUD $569.95)
Bariano is a
Melbourne based designer dedicated to being at the forefront of global fashion
trends, escaping into a world of glamour, femininity and elegance with a
sophisticated edge. The Bariano girl was born in 2004, and the promise to fascinate
& charm, dazzle and allure began. Since launching the label nationally in
carefully selected boutiques in 2006 Bariano is now also stocked
internationally. Their first flagship store was unveiled on Melbourne’s Chapel
St in 2006. Since that time a further 6 stores sprung up across Melbourne and
Sydney’s fashion precincts.
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| TOP: Aleyce Simmonds (Bariano), Ashleigh Dallas (ASOS), Catherine Britt and Chelsea Basham (Raymonds) BOTTOM: Dianna Corcoran, Felicity Urquhart, Jasmine Rae and Kaylee Harrison |
Ashleigh Dallas the newly crowned New
Talent of the Year Tamworth singer songwriter wore her hair up and looked pretty
in
A black Embellished
Rose Skater dress. This comes from the ASOS Collection and is made from a woven poly
fabric with crew neckline, floral sequin embellished overlay that has keyhole
button reverse fastening. To get the look this is a snip at £31.00 online at asos.com. Her
matching black booties were raided from Kasey Chambers
cupboard!
Catherine Britt the former 2013 Female Artist Of The Year winner looked
very happy attending the awards in a Black dress with an attractive white flower
print pattern and matching booties and tights. Her lovely golden cascading
curls completed her look.
Chelsea Basham last year stood out in her bright yellow gown and silver sequin bodice.
In 2014 she opted for black for an outstanding look in a full length glittery
gown with beaded stripes. Her partner Kingsley picked
it for her at Raymonds in Subiaco! He
has indeed great taste! Carrying a silver clutch and wearing black beads and a
bright red lippie this was another winning look!
#1
singer-songwriter Dianna Corcoran pulled off a wonderful look donning a multi-coloured
intricate print design full length gown and black open toe pumps. Flowing
golden locks and a dazzling smile will have melted CMAA hearts.
One year on from her glowing
pregnant Grecian gown style the Tamworth darling and singer/songwriter Felicity Urquhart
sported a delightful post baby look
wearing a light-weight flowing silky outfit having black print embellishments. The
singer, TV and Radio host completed her CMAA look
with an auburn coloured updo, black jewels, beads and heels.
Jasmine Rae the 3x ARIA Nominated singer/songwriter and a 2014 Female Artist Of The Year nominee looked
hot in a cut above the knee glittery purple sleeveless dress. The “If I Want” singer had cascading curls, wore open toe pumps and accessorized with a black clutch and
had a radiant CMAA smile!
Red and yellow vibrant
colours came courtesy of performer and nominated Kaylee Harrison (one halve of contemporary country/rock brother/sister
duo Kaylens Rain). She blew the clouds away in
a lovely full length lemon gown featuring cut-out detailing around the
shoulders. She wore sandals, had wavy side bangs a pretty pink pout and carried
a smart white clutch to rounded out her look.
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| Shelley & Melinda |
Last years 2013 Toyota Star Maker Kaylee
Bell was once again a “CMAA Lady In Red”. The performer donned a Riley
Racer Cut Lace tangerine-coloured Pleated Gown from the Bariano collection (AUD $299.95 Code: B4D25 Price: AUD $299.95 - bariano.com.au)
Her lovely Kiwi friends Camille French and Kylie Price joined her on backing
vocals for her GGAwards performance.
Country music star Beccy Cole with partner and sassy
performer Libby O'Donovan hit the red
carpet and played for the cameras having fun with Adam
Harvey and wife Kathy Harvey. Holding hands Beccy went with a black plunging
cut-away silky number and open-toe pumps whilst Libby O'Donovan rocked an off the shoulder white dress with an rockabilly
hair swirl, red heels and the pair had bright red lippies and black eye lining.
Having rich vocal chemistry they perform as The Cowgirl And The Showgirl act
with a World Premiere at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival – “two sassy, funny, engaging and explosive entertainers who together are
a match made on a stage in heaven. Individually, these talented women leave
audiences breathless”.
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| (L-R) Kaylee Bell (Bariano), Libby & Beccy, Sara Storer and Tamara Stewart |
Winning 3 Golden Guitars Sara Storer looked elegant in a black knee length dress with lace reveal detailing and gold strap heels.
CMAA 2014 GALLERY / Slideshows
42nd CMAA Golden Guitar
Awards Red Carpet CountryAllOverOz/photos (Facebook)
Tamworth Country Music
Festival media/set (Facebook)
Red Carpet arrivals
"Country All Over" Facebook Photoset - www.facebook.com
A – Z Country star Photo links of the 2013 CMAA Red
carpet action
Arrivals at the
42nd Country Music Awards Of Australia on January 25, 2014 in Tamworth,
Australia. The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual event held in
Tamworth to celebrate Country music and its heritage.
(Source: Lisa
Maree Williams/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Beccy Cole taking part in
the Country Music Cavalcade – PHOTO
Lyn Bowtell in the Country Music Cavalcade - PHOTO
The McClymonts taking part in the Country
Music Cavalcade - PHOTO
Troy Cassar-Daley in the Country Music Cavalcade - PHOTO
Australian Bush Laureate Awards 2014
Presented in the Tamworth
Town Hall (Jan 21), The Bush Laureate Awards are one of the highlights of the
Tamworth Country Music Festival. They started in 1995 and were established to
recognise excellence in Australian rhyming bush verse.
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| Photo (from left): David Campbell, Norma O'Hara Murphy, Trisha Anderson, Tania Kernaghan (accepting Lee's award) and Greg North. |
Poets David Campbell, from Beaumauris in Victoria, and Greg North, from the NSW Blue
Mountains, won two each of the six judged awards. A nationally recognised poet,
David won the prestigious Book of the Year with his publication “Riders On
The Wind” and Published
Poem of the Year for “The White Man’s Way”.
Greg, famous for his comedy
poems, won the much sought after Album of the Year title with his release
“Frackin’ Fricker”. The title track from the album also won Single Recorded
Performance of the Year.
Norma O’Hara Murphy, of Bony Mountain, Queensland, won Traditional Song Lyric of the Year with her song
“Gilbert, O’Meally & Hall”. Norma is a multiple Golden Guitar winner (five
wins, career spanning more than 30 years) and this song comes from her latest
album THE CELTIC CONNECTION. (>> Listen on Spotify). This was O'Hara Murphy's first
Australian Bush Laureate nomination, with the song from an album of songs about
Canowindra. "I thought why not? - I'll throw my hat in the ring," she
said. "It's an interesting song - I wrote it a few years ago." The
song was inspired by a tale about three bushrangers who stopped over for a
night in the town of Canowindra. Read more
The Contemporary Song Lyric of the Year
category was won by the hugely successful songwriting team of Lee Kernaghan, Garth Porter and Colin Buchanan with the song recorded
by Lee, “Flying With The King”.
A seventh award, the Judith Hosier
Heritage Award (named in honour of the Awards founder) was presented
to long time supporter and promoter of Australian bush verse Trisha Anderson
from Queensland. (bushlaureate.com.au/winners)
2014 Toyota Star Maker Finalists
Heralded as Australia’s most
prestigious country music talent contest, the Toyota Star Maker, now in its 35th
year was this year held over 2 nights. The Grand Final Friday was held on the Fri
24th January in Bicentennial Park which was free to the public.
For the past 34 years, Star
Maker has provided a crucial launching pad for many of today’s big Australian
country stars, including Lee Kernaghan (1982), James Blundell (1987), Keith
Urban (1990), Gina Jeffreys (1991), Beccy Cole (1993), Brendon Walmsley (1999)
and, more recently, with popular new stars Travis Collins (2004), Samantha
McClymont (2005), Cat Southern (2006), Kirsty Lee Akers (2007), Talia Wittmann
(2008), Liam Brew (2009), Luke Austen (2010), Luke Dickens (2011), Bob Corbett
(2012) and Kaylee Bell (2013)
Brisbane-based Jared Porter won this year’s Toyota Star Maker
competition, joining the likes of Lee Kernaghan, Keith Urban, Beccy Cole and
Samantha McClymont who have all used the competition as a springboard for their
careers.
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| Toyota Star Maker 2014 Finalists |
Porter, who grew up in
American, beat out Tori Drake, Damien
Agius and Jonny Taylor for the
prize. They were the four finalists from aproximately 50 entries.
Looking shocked when his
name was read out; Porter’s first words were “first and foremost I want to thank my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ.” “I think this is an incredible boost to go after what I was
wanting,” he said after coming offstage. “Everyone’s got their own dreams and goals in
life, I’m going to keep them close to me because I’ve had them since I was
little.”
As part of the prize Porter
will now receive a 12-month mentorship with Lee Kernaghan, who performed
shortly after the announcement.
About Jared Porter:
TINBEERWAH, Queensland
His name, Jared Cole Porter, emulates the love
for music that is rooted in his family history with his father born and raised
in the Appalachian Mountains and his mother from the desert valley of Mesa
Arizona. Jared was born in a small gold
mining town of Grass Valley in the Sierra Mountains in northern California.
The
outdoors is where he spent most of his time playing sports, camping, riding
dirt bikes and fishing. At 15, Jared moved to Australia with his mother and
soon after suffered a serious rock climbing accident falling 4m, breaking his
tailbone and displacing a disc in his lower back. Sport was no longer an option for him and his
love of music came to the fore. He first
played in a punk and alternative rock band until the honky tonk, blues and
Motown music his dad raised him on resurfaced and he realised that it was
country that was in his soul. He was
accepted into the Qld Conservatorium for the Bachelor of Popular Music and in
February 2013 he released his first single and video Under The Sun. The 5-piece
Jared Porter Band (photo) had a very busy start to 2013, with
invitations for live interviews and on air plays on numerous radio stations in
Queensland and Victoria, and received air play around Australia, USA and UK. (Source) Road to the final instagram.com/jaredcoleporter
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| Jared Porter |
For More information - www.facebook.com/JaredPorterBand
His debut country song >> "Under
the Sun" is available on iTunes.au and UK iTunes
Meet the
ten 2014 Toyota Star Maker Finalists and listen to their songs: tamworthcountrymusic.com.au . View the
Finalist Night Photo Gallery
Telstra Road to Discovery WINNERS
TAMWORTH Country Music
Festival organisers were dealt a bitter blow amid news the major talent search would
not hold its grand final at this year’s 2014 event.
The Telstra Road to
Discovery, formerly known as the Telstra Road to Tamworth, grand final was held
in Melbourne, after being held in Tamworth since 2004.
A Telstra spokeswoman said
while Telstra continued to be a sponsor of the Tamworth Country Music Festival,
a special opportunity meant the grand
final had to be held in November. “This year we’ve had a unique opportunity afforded to us.
Through the Telstra Thanks program, we’re partnering with Bon Jovi,”
she said.
The winners will go on the
Because We Can Bon Jovi tour, which is in December, so the grand final had to
run in November.
“It’s a money-can’t-buy experience. We
couldn’t pass that up for the performers.”
“We’re very, very committed to the Tamworth
Country Music Festival and Telstra still plays an integral role in the festival,”
she said.
Telstra Road To Discovery
named their four winners with two of them selected to perform as opening act
for Bon Jovi Australian tour!
Following the highly competitive
Telstra Road to Discovery final event at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne 25 year
old Christopher Coleman from Hobart
and 24 year old Helen Shanahan from
Perth have been crowned the 2013 winners in the performer and songwriter
categories respectively.
Christopher and Helen
received a 12-month music mentorship package, including a return trip and
showcase performance at the Americana Music Festival, local gigs in Australia
and face to face time with some of the nation’s biggest music names, plus a $14,000
tailored music development fund.
In addition, finalists Jesse Teinaki, 21 from Somerset,
Tasmania and Angie McMahon, 19 (Photo) from Alphington, Victoria have been
selected by Bon Jovi to perform as the opening act for the band’s ‘Because We
Can’ Australian tour in December 2013. See the Telstra Final Photo Galleries
Note: At the Tamworth
Country Music Festival the finalists took part at TelstraRoad Sunset Sessions
with live performances from the top 10 2013 finalists & a special guest.
For Performer/Songwriter
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People's Choice Awards 2014
Dale Duncan
and Brothers3 topped the winners
list on Weds Jan 22nd at the Australian
Country Music People's Choice Awards in Tamworth.
Dale won Best Song
for his Miracle Girl, which he recorded as a duet with Johanna Hemara, and Best
Bush Ballad for his recording of Heart Of Australia, written by Billy Wye,
Shaza Leigh and Dale. Brothers3 again won Best Group and picked up their first Best Album gong with LET IT DRIFT.
Dianne Lindsay won her second Best Female Vocal award while Graham Rodger took home his third Best Male Vocal
award.
Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey won Best Vocal Event
for their duet recording of the Slim Dusty classic “Lights On The Hill” . See
complete winners list at www.peopleschoiceawards.com.au
Tamworth Country Music Festival –
Festival Queens
Lucinda Whitehorn was crowned Queen of Country Music (Photo – HI RES Photo) during a special function at
the Tamworth Racecourse Function Centre. Susie
Coombes (photo (L)) was crowned 2014 Princess while Anna Maher was judged by her fellow
entrants as 2014 Miss Congeniality (photo).
All entrants had been busy
throughout the Festival undertaking numerous duties including helping major
event organisers with ushering. Part of the prize for the new Queen and
Princess is a trip to New Zealand Sister City Gore during that city's annual
Gold Guitar Country Music Week.
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