Brit Country Music’s BIGGEST Night!
Anglo-American band Jess & The Bandits win BIG!
BCMAward multi award nominated newbies The Southern Companion
snag Horizon & ALBUM of the Year.
Luke & Mel retain Song of the Year honours as Bad Habit lands best video.
Scroll down to find:
a) All the acts nominated and the winners b) BCMAward Show report
c) British Country Music Hall Of Fame Inductees 2016 d) BCMAward 2016 Fashion
a) All the acts nominated and the winners b) BCMAward Show report
c) British Country Music Hall Of Fame Inductees 2016 d) BCMAward 2016 Fashion
The WINNERS of the British Country Music Awards for 2016:
Entertainer of the Year:
Jess & The Bandits
Group of the Year:
Jess & The Bandits
Male Vocalist of the Year:
Gary Quinn
Female Vocalist of the Year:
Laura Oakes
Duo of the Year:
Holloway Road
Musician of the Year:
Justin Johnson
Horizon Act of the Year:
The Southern
Companion
UK Song of the Year:
Luke & Mel (“Bad
Habit”)
UK Album of the Year:
The Southern Companion (1000 DAYS
OF RAIN)
Video of the Year: Luke & Mel “Bad Habit”
Special Achievement Award: The Shires
Special Achievement Award: The Shires
Services
To Industry: International –
Kirt Webster; UK – Rob Davis
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
International Song of the Year: Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey
International Album of the Year: Chris Stapleton - TRAVELLER
International Act of the Year: Phil Vassar
International Album of the Year: Chris Stapleton - TRAVELLER
International Act of the Year: Phil Vassar
The British Country Music Association (BCMAwards) weekend were held
on Saturday 29th October and Sunday 30th October 2016 at The
Heston Venue (formerly
the Concorde Suite), Heston Sports Ground, Crane Lodge
Road, Cranford, Middlesex TW5 9PQ. Website: bcmawards.co.uk
The awards weekend opened
with a Best of British Showcase featuring Dexeter, The Southern Companion, Thorne Hill, Gary Quinn, Emma Swindells and frequent guest American Beau Fuller.
This year the 2016 British Country Music Awards
(BCMAwards) and were hosted by BBC Radio 2 and Amazing Radio presenter Baylen Leonard.
US
singer-songwriter Cortni Bird was there to perform and help present the awards.
The main operating committee of the Association is made up of:
The main operating committee of the Association is made up of:
Lee Williams (President of BCMA) /
CEO CMR Nashville (“Europe’s #1 Country Station")
Jeanne
Jordan (Secretary and a Director of British Country
Music Awards)/ Editorial Team Up Country Magazine. Previously the position was held by Roger Wild (Broke Spoke
Festival/ Copper Kettle Promotions).
B J Thomas (CEO). B J Thomas and Jeanne Jordan
(parents of Luke Thomas of award winning Luke & Mel) comprise the Editorial
Team for UP Country Magazine and are/ were part of Country Legends touring act.
Alan Perkins (Treasurer) / Editorial
Team UP Country Magazine:
Jim Duncan (Curator of the Hall of
Fame)/ Wolvestock Festival Promoter
Rob Davis (Publicist) / Publisher
& Editor; Up Country and Cross Country magazines
The Awards ceremony featured performances from Ashton
Lane, Red Sky July, Katy
Hurt, Holloway Road and
Sarabeth from the USA presented and headlined
played a live set to round out the evening.
President of the British Country Music
Association, CEO of Django Promotions and owner of CMR Nashville (“Europe’s #1
country music station”), Lee Williams,
stated, 'This was undoubtedly the best
year ever with all the cream of the new generation of original Country Music
Artists in the UK. The girls came dressed for the evening as did the guys, and
a good time was had by all. The sound was faultless as were the video
presentations. Baylen was a professional host throughout making the evening run
smoothly for 4 hours. All the social media exploded as each act and award was
announced. The new generation of Country Music is now here, and will
continue to grow with the original talent we have to offer. Look out for
details of the 2017 Awards show.'
Last WhereverTV Broadcasting Corp.(OTC:TVTV), an
emerging leader in delivering Over the Top live-streaming music events
announced in Oct 2015 that it had agreed to sign an exclusive agreement to be
the only long term live broadcaster of the British Country Music Awards (BCMAs)
sponsored by The Ascot Lawyers. Digital Rodeo TV filmed the event live. This
year they were absent along with major sponsor Ascot Lawyers.
There were also no Club & Festival awards and
sponsor Hotdisc are to present their own awards in early 2016.
Baylen:
Baylen:
We're at the #BCMAwards tonight, and three cheers for @HeyBaylen who's doing a fantastic job of hosting.— Chris Country Radio (@ChrisCountry) 30 October 2016
Hip Hip... pic.twitter.com/qTxozfgcsV
BCMAwards 2016
Report
Going into the awards Glasgow duo Raintown led the way with six nominations this year, one for Entertainer (which
they won in 2014 & nominated for in 2015) and the other five in, and Group,
Female, Album, Song and Video categories. In 2015 Raintown (officially a named
duo Paul Bain & Claire McArthur-Bain) scooped the Group
of the Year award, Claire won Female Vocalist in 2014, and in 2013
they bagged BCMA Duo of the Year. After a 5-year wait Raintown released their second
album WRITING ON THE WALL (BMB Records UK | CD | UK iTunes ) on Oct 9, 2015. The album
was successfully crowd-funded using the Pledge
Music platform.
New parents Raintown were
not present at the awards and lost out in all 6 categories. However the album was produced by Justin
Johnson (Parr Street
Recording in Liverpool) took home this year’s BCMA for Musician of the Year having been previously nominated in 2015.
Paul Bain & Claire welcomed their “beautiful
daughter” Alba-Rose into the world a week ago and have shared the Baby-Bump
8-month journey with their Facebook fans. Watch the highlights
The Southern Companion were new to the categories with four nominations for Horizon, Song Of The
Year, Album of the Year and Video of the Year”
Jess & The Bandits had 2 nominations were up for Entertainer of the Year & Group.
Ben Earle had three nominations including
two with Crissie Rhodes as part of The Shires. Last year they
picked up Entertainer of the
Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and UK Album of the Year for the GOLD
certified BRAVE which has sold over 100,000 copies.
Glasgow’s Ashton
Lane had 2
nominations (Duo; Song),Thorne Hill 2 nominations (Male; Album).
The BCMAwards 2016 Nominees & Winners:
The BCMAward 2016 Nominees and Winners (shown in BLUE) are:
* NEW * =
New to the Category for 2016 compared to the 2015 nominees
Entertainer of the Year (sponsored by Buckle & Boots Country
Festival) presented by Grant & Forsyth:
Winner: Jess & The
Bandits
The Shires, Nathan Carter, Jess & The
Bandits * NEW *, Raintown, Gary
Perkins * NEW *
Anglo-American band Jess & The Bandits, fronted by Texan Jess Clemmons who were new to both the Entertainer of the Year and Group of the Year scooped both the awards much to delight of the audience. This very popular band at the Festivals (C2C, SummerTyne Americana Festival, FSA, Southern Fried) and on their UK Tour have appeared on ITV (Weekend) and playlisted by BBC Radio 2 and appeared on Weekend Wogan. They debuted in 2015 at #6 on the Official UK Country Album Chart with their debut album HERE WE GO AGAIN. Earlier in the day Jess talked to Fern Britton on BBC Radio 2 as part of 'Faith and Beauty in the World Week' (BBC Page) and played their original song “Beautiful”.
On Facebook they shared:
Wow! We were absolutely blown away last
night. Thank you so much to the BCMAwards, everyone who voted & every
single fan who has come to a show or purchased an album. We would also like to
thank our management, Sonnet Music & everyone behind the scenes for working
so hard to make this thing happen!
Watch the Presentation Video (hover over to set volume):
Group of the Year (sponsored by CEI Events;
Charlotte Elizabeth)
Winner: Jess & The Bandits
Winner: Jess & The Bandits
Dexeter, Raintown, Jess & The
Bandits * NEW *, Gary Quinn Band,
Red Sky July * NEW *
BCMA Group of the Year - @JesstheBandits !! 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/UAeG9tMlsG— Your Life In A Song (@LifeInASong_UK) 30 October 2016
Female Vocalist
of the Year
Winner: Laura
Oakes
Laura Oakes, Claire
McArthur-Bain (Raintown), Katy Hurt * NEW *, Jessica Clemmons (Jess & The Bandits) * NEW *
Crissie Rhodes (The Shires)
Crissie Rhodes (The Shires)
The
redheaded Liverpudlian lovely held onto her Female Vocalist award. She shared: Thank you to everybody who voted for the
British Country Music Awards last night! Was absolutely not expecting to be
Female Vocalist of the Year for the 2nd running!! So grateful to you all!!
Thank You BCMAwards x #britishcountry
Watch Laura
Oakes BCMAwards press winning interview
with Dan Wharton from
yourlifeinasong.com (@LifeInASong_UK)
Musician of the Year
Winner: Justin
Johnson
Lee Guyler, Justin Johnson, Scott Poley * NEW *, Sarah Jory, John Pettifer
Duo of the Year (presented by
Beau Fuller)
Winner: Holloway
Road
Ward Thomas, The Shires, Luke
& Mel, Holloway Road * NEW *, Ashton Lane * NEW *
New to
the category Holloway Road (Jack Cooper and Robert Gulston) beat out previous BCMAward
winners Luke
& Mel, Raintown, Ward Thomas and The Shires to land the award.
The Essex-based duo’s award came on the back of their “immense
progress in 2016”, which has seen them perform at C2C Festival once again,
as well as the Buckle & Boots Festival.
DJ'ing they have brought their 'A' game at Nashville Nights (DJ Set) events (Newcastle, Bristol). UK Internet Radio Station UKCountryRadio.com celebrated
their 9th Birthday Party and Awards on Saturday 3rd September 2016 where Holloway Road snagged UK Country Duo Of The Year
In October Holloway Road joined
Canadian singer-songwriter Dawson Reigns on his UK Tour co-headliner.
On 23rd September 2016 they released a new self-penned single Where We Are
Tonight via iTunes, Amazon UK
Promoted on Hotdisc by Lime Tree Music it made a
debut at #21 on the Hotdisc Top 40 (chart dated Sept 11, 2016) and climbed to
#4 (chart Oct 16) landing No.1 on
the Hotdisc British & Irish chart!
.@Hollowayroaduk kicking things off...full of energy!! 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/46u7caMzBO— Your Life In A Song (@LifeInASong_UK) 30 October 2016
Watch
Holloway Road’s drink-fuelled interview with Dan Wharton from
yourlifeinasong.com (@LifeInASong_UK)
UK Album of the Year (presented by Chris Country Radio | Website)
Winner: The Southern Companion
- 1000 DAYS OF RAIN
Belle Cannon - Evolution
The Southern Companion - 1000 Days Of Rain
Raintown - Writing On The Wall
Thorne Hill - No More Holding Back
Red Sky July - The Truth And The Lie
The Southern Companion - 1000 Days Of Rain
Raintown - Writing On The Wall
Thorne Hill - No More Holding Back
Red Sky July - The Truth And The Lie
Watch the Chris Country Radio presentation for Album of the Year.
Second award of the night for @southcompanion !! Album of the Year - '1000 Days of Rain' 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/77qln848VO— Your Life In A Song (@LifeInASong_UK) 30 October 2016
New to the category in
something of a surprise The Southern
Companion snagged the BCMAwards 2016 Album of the Year especially beating
out the critically acclaimed 5 STAR album (Country Music People/Maverick) WRITING
ON THE WALL from Raintown.
The Southern Companion - 1000 Days Of Rain
First Released: 23 February 2015
Label: Streets Productions Ltd
10 Tracks/ Time: 43:09
Band leader Darren Hodson shared with Zap Bang Magazine: “Our new album is
called 1,000 Days Of Rain, it’s a very personal record for me and a lot of the
songs sound a little heartbroken but there’s some uplifting moments to balance
things out.
I’m very proud of it, the guys in my band took my songs and played their hearts out on them. The two main, life changing events that inspired the record were becoming a father and then very soon afterwards losing my mum, but there’s also a lot of everyday kind of stuff in there, love, loss, family”.
I’m very proud of it, the guys in my band took my songs and played their hearts out on them. The two main, life changing events that inspired the record were becoming a father and then very soon afterwards losing my mum, but there’s also a lot of everyday kind of stuff in there, love, loss, family”.
On 23rd Feb 2016 The Southern
Companion's 10 track album 1000 DAYS OF RAIN (Streets Productions Ltd) got some
fresh exposure with a new release (first released digitally on February 25,
2015 Amazon UK | UK
iTunes). Darren incorporated elements of southern rock,
country, blues folk, soul and Americana into his music, grounding the songs in
earthy guitars and husky vocals. The effect was described in NewsHub.com review as
having "a cohesive musical style
that is apt for starting a party in true roots fashion, but that is also not a
stretch to drop down into stripped-back ballads. Although most of the songs are
up-tempo and mid-tempo foot-tappers with a cheery sensibility, The Southern
Companion spend the majority of their latest album ‘1000 Days of Rain’ dealing
with emotions, and what sound like Darren’s own very personal experiences"
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"quality oozes from this album right away and you would expect it to given the musicians involved" and that it’s an album which "sets the tone of tight arrangements, strong vocals and well written new songs" and urged readers to "have a listen and be prepared to change your mind"
(Review:
The Rocker65) He tackles themes of
love, emotion and mortality. It’s certainly as good as anything else in this
genre right now, and with a very listenable voice, and strong musicality, he
may well tap into the zeitgeist." He rarely gets out of second gear,
instead concentrating on feel and emotion, and there is a strong set of songs
here. ‘Letting You Go’, ‘Dead Man Walking’ and ‘The Leaving Kind’ all get you
hitting the repeat button, and there are even a couple of songs here that would
sit comfortably on modern Radio 2. It’s
more for the Mojo crowd than the out and out country fans, but it’s certainly
worth a listen.
Male Vocalist of the Year (presented by SaraBeth)
Winner: Gary
Quinn
Thorne Hill * NEW *, Ben Earle
(The Shires), Nathan Carter, Pete Kennedy * NEW *,
Gary Quinn * NEW *
Gary Quinn beat out Thorne Hill (very popular
in the room), the highly entertaining Nathan
Carter, Dot Records and GOLD album selling Ben Shires and Leinster, County Offaly, Republic of Ireland native Pete Kennedy (former BCMAward 2-time Album of
the Year winner) in one of the surprises of the night.
Quinn who is part of the Buckle & Boots Festival
team now has four BCMAwards previously winning:
2013 - British Country Music Awards - 'UK Song of the
Year' - 'He Don't Show Her Anymore' (G. Quinn)
2014 - British Country Music Awards - 'UK Song of the
Year' - 'The Power Of Me And You' (G. Quinn & D. C. Banning)
2014 - British Country Music Awards - 'Songwriter of
the Year'
Gary shares
on Facebook: Still a little shocked to have been awarded
UK Male Vocalist of the Year last night at the BCMAwards against some incredible artists! I'm overwhelmed by all those
who've reached with messages of support, thank you very much! Massive
thanks to everyone that has supported and got behind UK Country over the last
12 months, in particular everyone that attends the shows and buys the music, we
couldn't do it without you!
Watch Gary Quinn’s BCMAwards winning interview with Dan Wharton from yourlifeinasong.com (@LifeInASong_UK)
Horizon
Act of the Year (sponsor FSA Presents)
Winner: The Southern Companion
The Southern Companion * NEW *, Narn * NEW *, Acoustic Journey * NEW *, Samantha
Lloyd * NEW *, Fitzwallace * NEW *
BCMA Horizon Act of the Year - @southcompanion !! 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/1Gudose4lO— Your Life In A Song (@LifeInASong_UK) 30 October 2016
The Southern
Companion performing
at the 2016 BCMAwards
Watch Darren Hodson’s BCMAwards winning interview with Dan Wharton from yourlifeinasong.com (@LifeInASong_UK)
Last year The Southern Companion
camp watched the BCMAwards from home never imagining a year later, they would
have the chance to attend and perform at the awards weekend and that they would
be nominated for 4 awards!
The Southern Companion (Darren Hodson’s
project) have also worked with 8 time Grammy-winning producer Ron Thaler.
The Southern Companion first came to our attention when a brand new country music festival was announced, Coffee and Country, took place on Thursday 28th April 2016 across multiple venues in Fulham, London. Hot on the heels of the success of Country to Country festival, the unique one-day festival witnessed rising country stars primarily from the UK perform to fans across two South West London cafes. At The Lekkerbek (25 Effie Rd, London SW6 1EL) they rounded out the line up.
About The Southern Companion:
Genre: UK Country/Americana | Home
Town: Lymington, Hants
Real, Authentic, Retro, Heartfelt, UK Country/Americana.
A band and brainchild of Darren Hodson, a musician and
songwriter from Hampshire, England
Members: Darren Hodson (Vocals /
Guitars), Simon Johnson (Guitars / Backing Vocals), Stuart Ross (Bass / Backing
Vocals), Olly Richmond-Jones (Drums / Backing Vocals) & Lee Maycock (Keys)
The Southern Companion are a band
fronted by singer/songwriter Darren Hodson. It's a collaboration with his band
of best friends and talented musicians. Since honing his craft from his early
teens, Darren has now been working on his music for a good twenty years, even
though his new album 1000 DAYS OF RAIN
(first release digitally on Feb 25, 2015 Amazon
UK | UK
iTunes) was only his second record. The band’s genre-bending
sound was described by For
The Country Record as being "situated somewhere in the midst of
country, folk, blues, rock and even pop – to create songs that are catchy
without sacrificing the musicality or substance.
The lead single from ‘1000 Days of
Rain’ was “Feels Like Years” and had
an impact date set at May 25th 2015.
In 2015 The Southern Companion embarked
on a UK and European tour opening for Radio 2 favourite Rumer with Darren Hodson additionally playing guitar in her band.
Dan also opened for her in Nashville at The City Winery.
In January 2016 Maverick Magazine featured them on their Maverick Music Volume 19
CD.
Darren Hodson and his Southern
Companion opened shows for Lulu on
her 7-week March/ April 2016 run British tour. Darren Hodson played in her band
and was in bands years ago, before packing it in. With the UK enjoying a
renaissance in country music, with the C2C Festivals and The Shires and Ward
Thomas heading the pack of Brit acts, it seems the
urge was too strong to resist and he headed for a modern country / Americana
direction drawing on his influences covering the likes of The Black Crowes, The
Allman Brothers, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Ryan Adams and others.
On Friday 11th March 2016 The Southern
Companion appeared at and kicked things off on the Big Entrance Pop Up stage at
C2C Country To Country Festival at
London's iconic O2 (North Greenwich) Arena. Other Fesitival appearances were FSA Fest (July 31), The Buckle & Boots Festival (June
26) and Harvest Music festival (Monforte
D'alba, Italy; Sept 4)
They have played at gigs across
Southern England and opened for Jess and the Bandits in Southampton. They will
be opening on Dexeter’s tour in April 2017.
The single “Crash” made it to the
final of UKCountryRadio.com’s Listeners Club Song of the Year (won by Wayne
Jacobs)
Their video for "Crash" was
aired on Sky 266 after reaching #2 on the fan voted CM&T International
Artist Chart
Baylen Leonard the Nashville Nights DJ, Amazing Radio and BBC Radio 2
Country presenter has been championing the music and the band were featured in
a special Front Porch session (April 2) recorded in the Newcastle studios.
CONNECT with The Southern Companion:
UK Song of the Year (sponsored by Sonnet Music)
Winner: Luke & Mel - Bad Habit
The Southern
Companion - Crash
Katy Hurt - Love You More
Luke & Mel - Bad Habit
Ashton Lane - Seventeen
Raintown - Nineteen Again
Katy Hurt - Love You More
Luke & Mel - Bad Habit
Ashton Lane - Seventeen
Raintown - Nineteen Again
BCMA Song of the Year - 'Bad Habit' @LukeandMel !! 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/JxAQZzhsx2— Your Life In A Song (@LifeInASong_UK) 30 October 2016
This is the second year in succession that Luke & Mel
have won this award. Last year Luke Thomas & Melanie Greggain took home the
award for “Something About A Woman” written by Ann “Thunderlungs” Bailey
and Matt Greaves. Read More:2015 British Country Music
Awards Winners
Luke & Mel’s “Bad
Habit” single, written by
Melanie Greggain, Luke Thomas and Steve Black, was promoted by Adam Jones PR on
promotional October Hotdisc #214
reaching #4 on the Hotdisc top 40 and topping the British & Irish Chart (dated Oct 23,
2016)
The “Bad Habit” single was released 29 April 2016 (L&M
Music; Amazon UK - UK iTunes– Amazon.com) and very briefly peaked at #4 UK Country iTunes Singles Chart (30
April) for just 1 hour, then during that day fell away to #14 (#1194 all genres), then #27.
Released on 29 April 2016 its current Amazon UK Bestsellers Rank is #83,523
in Albums
Video
of the Year
Winner: Luke & Mel “Bad Habit”
Thorne Hill - Open Road
Raintown - Writing On The Wall
Luke & Mel - Bad Habit
Gary Quinn - Dodge Your Bullet
The Southern Companion – Drive
Thorne Hill - Open Road
Raintown - Writing On The Wall
Luke & Mel - Bad Habit
Gary Quinn - Dodge Your Bullet
The Southern Companion – Drive
In what was probably the weakest category in terms of the
quality of the nominated videos Luke & Mel bagged their second award of the
evening
Watch “ Bad Habit”
Published
on 22 June 2016 the official video has had over 800 views on YouTube. The video produced,
directed and edited by ABC Visuals. It has been shown several times on the Hotdisc
Top 20 TV show broadcast on Keep It Country TV (Sky TV 389, FreeSat 516 and
FreeView Channel 87).
Watch Luke
& Mels BCMAwards winning interview
with Dan Wharton from
yourlifeinasong.com (@LifeInASong_UK)
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
International Song of the Year
International Song of the Year
Winner: Chris
Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey
Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey
Thomas Rhett - Die A Happy Man
Tim McGraw - Humble And Kind
Maren Morris - My Church
Carrie Underwood - Smoke Break
International Album of the Year
Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey
Thomas Rhett - Die A Happy Man
Tim McGraw - Humble And Kind
Maren Morris - My Church
Carrie Underwood - Smoke Break
International Album of the Year
Winner: Chris
Stapleton - Traveller
Chris Stapleton - Traveller
Thomas Rhett - Tangled Up
Carrie Underwood - Storyteller
Eric Church - Mr Misunderstood
Chris Young - I’m Coming Over
International Act of the Year (presented by 2County.net)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller
Thomas Rhett - Tangled Up
Carrie Underwood - Storyteller
Eric Church - Mr Misunderstood
Chris Young - I’m Coming Over
International Act of the Year (presented by 2County.net)
Winner: Phil
Vassar
Little Big Town
Dixie Chicks
Phil Vassar
Thomas Rhett
Kip Moore
Little Big Town
Dixie Chicks
Phil Vassar
Thomas Rhett
Kip Moore
Watch the ceremony presented by 2County.net’s very own Rob and Erica Fielder:
Phil played a storming set at C2C2016 in a
packed Brooklyn Bowl, proved a be a hit at The Buckle & Boots Festival. His
30 minute TV show Songs from the Cellar airs each week on Keep It Country TV.
The singer/songwriter opens the doors to his personal cellar to showcase wine
and spirits, share unforgettable stories and collaborate with special guests,
including Sarah Darling, Steve Cropper, Carrot Top, Stix, Charles Esten, Gary
Quinn and Mike Reid with intimate interviews and comedic banter unlike any
other show on air or online.
Chris Country Radio Website
aired Phil’s new single at midday 31 Oct as a European exclusive!
After playing Europe occasionally throughout
his career, Nashville hit songwriter Phil Vassar wanted to make the UK a strong focus
for 2016. Last night (Oct 30th 2016) at their annual award ceremony in London,
he was announced as the winner of one of the largest awards given by the
British Country Music Association – 2016 International Act of the Year. This is
Phil's first BCMA award, beating other nominees for the category including
Little Big Town, Kip Moore, Dixie Chicks and Thomas Rhett.
After playing C2C in March, Vassar returned to the UK and Europe in June for numerous shows across the UK, Germany, and Italy.
Vassar plans to return to the UK several times in 2017 to coincide with the launch of his first Europe-only album. The single, 'Amazing Grace', is now available on iTunes and numerous digital outlets. Another new track, 'Party People', an upbeat cut, is available exclusively on his free Phil Vassar app.
ABOUT PHIL VASSAR:
Phil Vassar is one of a handful of musicians to have multiple hits as a songwriter, artist, and producer. He has had ten Number 1 tracks, fifteen Top 10s, and twenty-six Top 40s. Top songs include 'Just Another Day in Paradise', 'Carlene', 'Six Pack Summer', 'American Child', 'For a Little While' & 'My Next Thirty Years' (Tim McGraw), 'Right on the Money' (Alan Jackson), 'I’m All Right' & 'Bye Bye' (Jodee Messina), and many more. He also recently launched 'Songs from the Cellar' a wine-infused musical conversation airing across the US and Europe. It airs weekly on Tuesdays at 6:30pm GMT, repeated on Fridays at 9pm on Sky TV’s Keep It Country channel.
Special
Achievement Award: The Shires
Services To Industry
International – Kirt Webster
UK – Rob Davis
British Country Music Hall Of Fame:
Services To Industry
International – Kirt Webster
UK – Rob Davis
British Country Music Hall Of Fame:
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| BCMAwards 2016: Rob Davis (R) & Jim Duncan (L) British Hall Of Fame Credit: DJS PhotographyServices To Industry: – Rob Davis |
Geordie Jack, Darren Busby, and the late Lyn Jones who died in December 2015. Mr. Jones provided events and Festivals with many acts over many years. The fan-voted winners of May’s Cross Country / National Artist Management (CCN) Awards awarded him their Services to Industry honour.
There were also mentions to previous inductees who died this year Jackie Storrar and Stu Stevens.
Darren Busby was voted Male Vocalist of The Year
(Sponsor – CMDS Magazine) in 2011 and was voted Solo Act of the Year UK (Male
or Female) (Sponsored by Double H Promotions) at the 2012 British Country Music
Awards.
Apparently
over the years Busby has been the recipient of over 140 UK Country Music Awards.
He started musical career in
1980,being part of a small band in home town of Barton-on-Humber .Unfortunately
the band did not last too long so taught himself to play the guitar. In 1987
went solo while still retaining job as a welder. He turned to songwriting and
in 1998 turned full-time professional into the music business.
Watch
Darren at The Wyre Valley CMC, Kidderminster on 3rd June 2016:
Listen
to an archive interview as Darren Busby talked with UKCountryRadio.com CEO
Allan Watkiss:
Geordie Jack
After retirement he was leading the quiet life in his home
village of Golspie, although still writing songs.
However, the soft-spoken and very self-effacing Highlander
sprang a major pre-festive-season surprise on the music industry by releasing a
10-track solo album, CHOICES, on the
Wick-based Pan Records label.
His enterprise was swiftly recognized by winning North
Highland Radio’s award for Scotland’s favourite country music singer.
By the late 1960s, he was already a full-time professional
with the Caithness-based band The Dynamos, touring the UK. Some years on, Jack
cajoled four young fellow East Sutherland lads – Sandy Mackay, Dado Duncan,
Gordon Davidson and the late Davy Duff – into forming a band playing country
music. Colorado was born and their stepping stone to UK and international
acclaim was in winning a national talent contest for country artists.
Leaving on a Jet Plane:
Colorado were to dominate the UK country music scene for
more than a decade in the 1980s – voted the top British country band for nine
years in a row – touring Europe and the US, making countless TV appearances and
twice featuring on the bill at the famous Grand Ole Oprey in Nashville,
Tennessee, where they recorded an album. The group disbanded in 1991, although
they played a handful of foreign festivals on a part-time basis, while each
carved out individual and alternative careers.Jack formed a new band, The
Jacks, with his two sons, Kevin, 42, and Trevor, 39, Dado Duncan and Bryan
Coghill which was also very successful – touring extensively at home and
abroad, twice headlining in Australia and releasing an album which sold more
than 30,000 copies to earn a platinum award.
He said: “The title Choices reflects the many, sometimes difficult, choices of a travelling full-time musician – juggling music passion and demand, family responsibilities, financial pressures and all the social pitfalls of life on the road. I also wanted to record other people’s songs where the lyrics fitted my lifestyle views and sentiments. Although I am now approaching 66, the love of music, live performances and my urge to deliver strong lyrics to an audience has not diminished at all. The desire to take my material and find a ‘listening’ audience has been really rekindled.
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BCMAwards 2016 Fashion
Emma Swindells: The lovely
Wolverhampton based singer-songwriter attended the Best Of British Songwriter event rocking a monochrome evening outfit
wearing a sleeveless Mini length New Look Cameo Rose Black Contrast Mesh Panel
Skater Dress (Product; Code: 391328501; £19.99). It
features a contrast mesh panel with a Fit and flare design and perfectly
complemented the “Flatline” singers’ figure. Emma added some hot red booties
and had long cascading curls. Watch her >> performance
Narn (Rheana Forrester)
One of the prettiest young ladies on the British Country circuit she was seen wearing an elegant black choker/ halter neck sleeveless jumpsuit with keyhole detail and leg slits at the bottom
Get the look with a Lavish Alice Tall Halter Neck jumpsuit at ASOS or a more revealing Hollie
High Neck Deep Plunge Jumpsuit at Boohoo
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| Narn (Rheana Forrester) | (C) Credit DJS Photography |
On May 26, 2016 she released her debut album WASN'T BORN TO LOSE (Rooftop Records Limited)
10 Tracks/ Time: 34:31 Amazon UK - iTunes UK - Amazon.com
It was completed in 3 days, recorded with instruments in 2 days, vocals recorded in a day
On June 4th on UK Country iTunes Chart it made a debut #27 (#988 all genres), climbed to #12, off the top 200 June 5th.
Narn was about to head out on a UK tour with BCMAward Male Vocalist and Album nominee Thorne Hill.
They announced their tour competition winners live at the BCMAwards in this >> Facebook Video.
Melanie Greggain
Melanie Greggain
The female halve of duo Luke &
Mel absolutely dazzled with 2 wonderful looks showing off her might fine physique.
Whilst
presenting and posing for press room carpet she wore a fetching Oxblood One Shoulder Scuba Deep Fold
Maxi Dress with exposed zip from the ASOS Collection (ASOS Product £60.00; >> catwalk video). The 93% Polyester, 7%
Elastane dress features a
The model wears
a UK 8/EU 36 and is 5' 9" tall.
Like the model
runway look Mel add a single gold upper arm bracelet and gold open strappy
heels.
For a similar
look check out the ASOS Forever Unique Aiko One Shoulder Maxi Dress With Side
Zip - Product
Or the ASOS One
Shoulder Deep Fold Maxi Dress with Exposed Zip in Scuba - Product
For her live BCMAwards performance the award winning “Bad Habit” songstress completely stunning wearing a dazzling Silver ASOS NIGHT Armour Mesh Bodycon Dress from the ASOS Collection (Product 897855 £100; >> catwalk video). This stunning dress features heavily-embellished mesh with a high neckline and zip back fastening and the close-cut bodycon fit offers a jaw dropping winning look! Melanie added some sexy tassel/ fringed pointed toe slim high heels ankle booties
You can find a similar
Brand design with these DEleventh booties available in red or black - Product
Sarabeth
The US “Runnin’ Outta Lipstick” singer was pictured wearing a sleeveless black tasseled cut-out dress sourced from The Showroom Nashville (1212 8th Ave S, Nashville, Tennessee | Facebook). She added studded pumps, a pink lippie and had flowing golden locks for a winning look #littleblackdress #theshowroom #dressedup
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| SaraBeth (C) Credit DJS Photography |
She later added even more sex appeal rounding out the evening event changing into a Burgundy Lioness Women's Red Drop Dead Maxi Romper (No longer available at Lyst and Nasty Gal) . You can get the look by sourcing a Boohoo Women's Red Ann Maxi Overlay Plunge Long Sleeve Playsuit - Product
— Your Life In A Song (@LifeInASong_UK) 30 October 2016
Samantha Lloyd
The Stoke-on-Trent singer-songwriter and Horizon Act of the Year nominee wore a red jewel neck sleeveless floor length gown which had beaded and embellished detailing across the shoulders bodice and waist.
Get the look with a Gina Bacconi Beaded Maxi Dress at John Lewis
Credits:
British Country Music Awards, DJS Photography, Chris Country Radio,
2Country.net, Your Life In A Song.com
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