THORNE HILL CLIMBS TO THE TOP!
Thorne Hill takes home the prestigious award for ‘UK Country Artist Of
The Year’
Ward Thomas snag ‘UK Country Album Of The Year’.
Zenne & Gary Perkins retain their crowns
Wayne Jacobs wins the Listeners’
Club Song Award for the 6th year running!
In Brief:
UKCountryRadio.com 10th Birthday Party
and Award WINNERS
UK Country Artist Of The Year: Thorne
Hill
UK Country Album Of The Year: CARTWHEELS
Ward
Thomas
UK Female Country Singer Of The Year: Zenne
Kober
UK Male Country Singer Of The Year: Gary Quinn
UK Country Duo Of The Year: Raintown
UK Country Group Of The Year: Gary
Perkins & The Breeze
Listeners’ Club Song Award: Stars & Stripes Of Freedom (*
performed by Ronnie Kimball) - Wayne
Jacobs
1) Voting for
all of the Awards were open to everyone from February 19th until the deadline
date 14th May.
2) Based on the number of
votes, five finalists were identified in each category, with the exception of
the UK Country Artist Of The Year category in which ten finalists were
identified.
3) The finalists were voted
on by a panel made up of UKCountryRadio.com's presenters and staff
together with people who have held a Gold, Silver or Bronze subscription to
UKCountryRadio.com since before January 1st 2017.
4) You could only vote
once.
The finalists for all seven
Awards were announced in a special programme broadcast on UKCountryRadio.com on
Bank Holiday Monday, 29th May. Those finalists went on to a second vote
** NOTE ** Once the
finalists had been determined during the summer, UKCountryRadio.com presenters
and staff and Gold, Silver and Bronze Subscribers could ONLY vote
for the nominees.
To subscribe to
UKCountryRadio.com it costs £2, £5 or £10 per month via Paypal.
Full voting rights will
apply for the Awards for the year AFTER you start your Subscription. For
example, if you Subscribe during 2017, you have full voting rights in the 2018
Awards.
UK Internet Radio Station UKCountryRadio.com (Website) celebrated their 10th Birthday Party and
Awards on Saturday 2nd September 2017 at the Radisson Blu Hotel (Website | Facebook), East Midlands Airport.
2017 UK
Country Music Awards WINNERS and Nominees
 |
| Thorne Hill |
UK Country Artist Of The Year
For an Artist who has demonstrated
outstanding achievement during the last year.
Chloe Chadwick, Devon Mayson, Jade Helliwell,
Lily Garland, ORFILA, Penny Jayne Black, Robbie Cavanagh, Thorne Hill * WINNER *, Wayne
Jacobs, Zenne
* Thorne Hill’s first
win in the category and his second nomination. Thorne was the 2016 UK Male Country Singer Of The Year
winner.
UK
Country Album Of The Year:
Must be
released after Dec 31, 2015 and have at least 8 tracks to distinguish it from
an EP
CARTWHEELS - Ward Thomas *
WINNER *
MY
UNIVERSE - The Shires
NEVER
SLOWIN' DOWN - ORFILA
NO MORE
HOLDING BACK - Thorne Hill
PENNY
JAYNE BLACK - Penny Jayne Black
UK
Female Country Singer Of The Year:
(in association with Number 24, Upton on Severn's premier
gift shop)
Chloe Chadwick, Jade Helliwell, Lily Garland, Penny Jayne
Black, Zenne * WINNER *
* Zenne held onto her crown for a second year
UK
Male Country Singer Of The Year:
Gary Quinn * WINNER *, Robbie
Cavanagh, Scott Welsby, Thorne Hill, Wayne Jacobs
* Gary snagged the crown after losing out to Thorne
Hill in 2016
UK
Country Duo Of The Year:
Holloway Road, Memphis Belle, Raintown *
WINNER *, The Shires, Ward Thomas
* Raintown won back the award they previously won in 2015 after
losing out to Holloway Road last year.
UK
Country Group Of The Year:
The
Angels with Dirty Faces, Backwoods Creek, Dexeter, Gary Perkins & The Breeze *
WINNER *, ORFILA
* Gary Perkins & The Breeze retain the trophy
Listeners’
Club Song Award, for a song promoted through
UKCountryRadio.com during 2015: **
Blonde
Whiskey Drinker - This Is Country, Crash -
The Southern Companion, May Day 1916 - Celia Bryce Band, Paws
Of War - Wayne Jacobs *
WINNER *, Take Me To Paris- Jacqui
Sharkey
(For one of the songs promoted through UKCountryRadio.com last year)
Angela Paterson - Yesteryear
December - George Jones
Tom Fairnie - Sonoma & Sistine
Wayne Jacobs (writer) - Stars & Stripes Of
Freedom (performed by Ronnie Kimball) * WINNER *
Zenne - Nothing Lasts Forever
* The unstoppable Wayne Jacobs wins for a 6th successive year after
being nominated 7 times.
UKCountryRadio.com’s 10th Birthday Party Review
UKCountryRadio.com’s 10th Birthday Party and UK Country Music Awards will take
place on Saturday 2nd September 2017 at Radisson Blu Hotel,
East Midlands Airport.
The night included:
* A live concert (performs announced in June) Prices £20.00 no meal – Priority Ticket £44.50 each
* A three-course celebratory dinner
* The presentation of The UK Country Music Awards
* Fundraising for Rotherham Friends of Early Onset Dementia and
Eve's Trust
UKCountryRadio.com whose claim and unmissable slogan is they play
"The Hottest Country Music for the UK, 24 hours a day", stated they
enjoyed a fabulous night lined up with a three-course dinner, live performances
from The Angels with Dirty Faces, Blue
Genes, Steve
Young UK, Grand
Prairie Band, Gary
Perkins, Roni
Perry and
Listeners' Club Song Award Finalists December, Angela
Paterson and
Wayne
Jacobs and the presentation of The UK Country Music
Awards, celebrating the best in UK Country Music.
A two-hour highlights
show scheduled for the end of the month on UKCountryRadio.com on
Tuesday 19th September at 7pm and Wednesday 20th September at 4pm.
The event was hosted by UKCountryRadio.com
presenters Allan
Watkiss (CEO)
and Liz Hill (who flew in from L.A.)
The evening began with a live performance in the hotel reception from Gary Perkins.
The evening began with a live performance in the hotel reception from Gary Perkins.
It was broadcast live
around the world on UKCountryRadio.com. Graham
L. Hall (Country Spirit) & station legend Nutty Norah kicked
off their live coverage on Sat Sept 2nd from the Radisson Blu at 5pm, with
DJ Martyn Williams (Presenter Page) who returned from New York guiding radio listeners through the event itself from 7pm.
>> Listen to
ALL UKCountryRadio.com 10th Birthday Party highlights
There were 17 live performance and award segments listed below:
Segment 1: Artists
sent in shout-outs (Raintown, Zenne, Thornehill) and Matt Anthony (Website | >> YouTube) the
voiceover man for UKCountryRadio.com ( the
"voice" of dozens of stations nationwide) wishing UKCountryRadio.com a Happy Birthday 10th birthday. Zenne and Margaret Ann (presenter of non-stop country
love songs) sang Happy Birthday live and CEO Allan
Watkiss & Liz Hill set the scene with an opening skit (ala Brad
& Carrie) and laid out the iternary for the awards.
Segment 2: Steve
Young (Facebook) and his band perform.
Songs
included “Trembling Heart” (received airplay UKCountryRadio.com),
Nurture
(taken from his July 2016 album TROUBADOUR | iTunes), a new song Great North Road from EP (available on as a physical copy) that’s been
recorded by the go-to producer Justin Johnson (Jroom3.co.uk). Steve has performed 223 gigs in the last year
starting out from the A1 (aka The Great North Road). He closed out with a
rousing clap-a-long hoedown “Wholeheartedly”. This was Young’s
second successive UKCountryRadio.com award performance
which demonstrated a consistent and solid set. “They set the scene for a fantastic night of live music” said Simon
Large (UKCR afternoon presenter and awards voiceover
man)
Segment 3: * AWARD * UK Country Album Of The Year
Double
UKCountryRadio.com nominated Finalist Lily Garland (Facebook) was welcomed to the stage to present the
award.
Lily
Garland’s single I'm Coming For You was UKCountryRadio.com's #1 Most Heard in
July 2017.
The Album award quite
rightly went to CARTWHEELS the second
album by twins Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas, non-identical 23-year
olds from Hampshire who trade as Ward Thomas. Opening atop the Official UK Top
100 Albums Chart (Week Ending 15 Sept 2016) on
sales of 12,127 copies (including 227 from streams), Cartwheels far surpassed
their debut album, FROM WHERE WE STAND, which debuted and peaked at No.41 on
sales of 2,473 copies a little over two years ago, and has since gone on to
sell 27,000 copies. Ward Thomas are a contemporary country duo, and the very first UK country act to have a No.1 album.
Segment 4: Angela Paterson performs “Yesteryear” her UKCountryRadio.com Listener Club Song of the Year nominated track.
Segment 4: Angela Paterson performs “Yesteryear” her UKCountryRadio.com Listener Club Song of the Year nominated track.
UK iTunes | Amazon).
Angela was born and brought up on the Isle Of Islay and although this album release has influences of country, soul and pop she also stays true to her island roots. Down to the River was written and recorded in Argyll, Scotland, in 2015 and 2016. From a chance meeting in Oban, thanks to CalMac Culture and Scottish Rural Parliament, Angela and Wild Biscuit have built a dynamic working partnership that has taken original songs from inception to full production – despite the best efforts of winter storms and high seas to disrupt the recording schedule! Connect WEBSITE & Read her BLOG
According to her website: Brought up on the likes of Tammy, Johnny, Dolly and Elvis Roni has that Country at the roots of her soul; along with some great blues and rock influence. - Facebook
Segment 7: * AWARD * UK Country Group Of The Year
Segment 9: * AWARD * Female Country Singer Of The Year
Angela Conway from Number 24 - Upton on Severn's premier gift shop was the exclusive sponsor of the UK Country Female Singer Of The Year. Situated in the beautiful little riverside town of historic Upton upon Severn Number 24 has been described as a “Haven of Gorgeousness”. Website | Facebook
Thank you everyone for your support and votes. Speechless right now xx Not sure why im wide awake and ready to go.... What a fantastic night!!! Waited a lifetime for last night and it didn't let me down.....thank you to all who came, played, giggled with me and drank lots of plonk, smoked cigars and sang their butts off in the after party... I will not forget this night!!!
Segment 13: * AWARD * Male Country Singer Of The Year
Segment 15: * AWARD * UKCountryRadio.com Listeners’ Club Song Award:
The flirty, full lace skirt has a delicate leopard and floral print with a cute bow on the front. Saskia added Vivian Westwood heels and a beautiful Swarovski necklace full of white and clear crystals with a knot in the middle and a choker with all diamonds.
Angela was born and brought up on the Isle Of Islay and although this album release has influences of country, soul and pop she also stays true to her island roots. Down to the River was written and recorded in Argyll, Scotland, in 2015 and 2016. From a chance meeting in Oban, thanks to CalMac Culture and Scottish Rural Parliament, Angela and Wild Biscuit have built a dynamic working partnership that has taken original songs from inception to full production – despite the best efforts of winter storms and high seas to disrupt the recording schedule! Connect WEBSITE & Read her BLOG
Break: First course of a dinner celebrating 10 years of
UKCountryRadio.com.
Segment 5: December (Facebook) performs “George Jones” their UKCountryRadio.com
Listener Club Song of the Year nominated track.
Taken from their album 12 track album I WILL LET YOU HAVE YOUR SAY
(tagged Rock; released 14 May 2016 iTunes | Amazon
UK) an
album that pays tribute to their heroes such as Barack Hussein Obama, Kenneth
Mathieson Dalglish (Kenny Dalglish), The Waterboy’s Mike Scott and country
legend >> George
Jones see
BLOG
December are from Glasgow, Scotland and are in a band because of
U2, and Bruce Springsteen. The band's recent album 'I Will Let You Have your
Say' was was launched at shows in Glasgow and Dublin. The single Alison
Stewart was released on 2 November 2015 as a tribute to U2 and Alison
Stewart/Hewson. The follow up ‘Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish’ was released on 4
March 2016 in honour of the Scottish legend. The Rock/pop band are: Ails (lead
vocals), Paul (guitars and vocals), Graeme (drums), Scott (guitars).
Segment 6: Roni Perry performs
UKCountryRadio.com
have been featuring "Nothing Less Than This" by the
Devon-based singer-songwriter.
It's the title track of her 2016 EP which marked
Roni's return to music after a long break and a shift into the country/Americana
genre. The song features Sarah Jory on pedal steel.
According to her website: Brought up on the likes of Tammy, Johnny, Dolly and Elvis Roni has that Country at the roots of her soul; along with some great blues and rock influence. - Facebook
Her
set included “You Don’t Love Me” (>> Facebook
Video), Baby
Bird, Don’tcha Worry (from 10 track album
PLACE YOUR BETS; released 3 March.
2017 Amazon UK) and “Gravity”.
“What a voice, that is just brilliant music” said DJ Martyn
Williams (Presenter Page).
Roni will perform at UKCountryRadio.com’s Live Music Nights - Upton Upon Severn on Friday 24th November (Event)
Segment 7: * AWARD * UK Country Group Of The Year
Triple
UKCountryRadio.com nominated finalist Penny Jayne Black (Facebook) was on stage to present the award to Gary Perkins & The
Breeze who retained the title and are
described as “one of the best live bands
on the circuit”.
Segment 8: Grand Prairie perform a live set
Together for 30 years
Grand Prairie are well known on the London Function and pub scene. In over 20
trips to the USA they have opened for Aerosmith, Diana Ross, Willie Nelson,
Johnny Fogarty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Alabama, Clint Black and in 2015,
Trace Atkins. Grand Prairie won the UK Country Radio "Group Of The
Year" award in 2015. Two original tracks from their album "This Ain't
Reno" reached No.1 in the radio stations charts and were UKCountryRadio.com's #1 Most Heard in June 2017.
Their 2013 release
features 12 tracks , nine written by lead singer Rob Wilson - www.ukcountryradio.com
Grand Prairie consist: Jenny Ormonde (Vocals, harmonica, flute and
accordion), Rob Wilson (Vocals and bass), Howard Tibble (Drums). See more
at: Grand
Prairie.co.uk
They were back for a fourth successive year and are probably CEO
Allan Watkiss’ guilty pleasure playing songs requested by him who said they
were “fantastic”. A group who have
also received praise from other UKCountryRadio.com
presenters Simon Large and Will Downie.
Set: a) A Little Bit Of Nice Boy b) Merle Haggard c) Drivin’ My
Life Away (Eddie Rabbitt cover) d) Little Old Wine Drinker Me (Dean Martin
cover) e) Mississippi (Pussycat cover)
Segment 9: * AWARD * Female Country Singer Of The Year
Angela Conway from Number 24 - Upton on Severn's premier gift shop was the exclusive sponsor of the UK Country Female Singer Of The Year. Situated in the beautiful little riverside town of historic Upton upon Severn Number 24 has been described as a “Haven of Gorgeousness”. Website | Facebook
Zenne retained her title who was described as “one of the best female performers in the UK”.
She later shared: It's 4 in the morning
and once more the dawning. Absolutely thrilled to have Won UKcountryradio
Female Country Singer of the Year 2017.
 |
| Zenne (C) with her award, UKCR's Nutty Nora (R) |
Thank you everyone for your support and votes. Speechless right now xx Not sure why im wide awake and ready to go.... What a fantastic night!!! Waited a lifetime for last night and it didn't let me down.....thank you to all who came, played, giggled with me and drank lots of plonk, smoked cigars and sang their butts off in the after party... I will not forget this night!!!
Absolutely delighted to win the Award. Buzzing.
Thank you to the A TEAM at UKcountryradio".
Segment 10: Wayne Jacobs performs “Stars & Stripes Of Freedom” his UKCountryRadio.com Listener Club Song of the Year nominated track.
Segment 10: Wayne Jacobs performs “Stars & Stripes Of Freedom” his UKCountryRadio.com Listener Club Song of the Year nominated track.
Segment 11: * AWARD * UK Duo Of The Year
Kent
based band ORFILA came to the stage to present the award.
Raintown were announced the winners a duo with a history
of have a relationship with UKCountryRadio.com and popular with the
station presenters and it seems the subscribers. This the second win for
Raintown in this category having won Album and Artist of the year in 2016. Their
loyal fanbase thought it was “well deserved”
but Raintown were somewhat of a surprise winning over both the The
Shires and Ward Thomas who broke records on the Official UK Album chart and
played large venues and stadiums in support of their albums.
Raintown tweeted: Thank you to everyone involved and those who voted. We are truly grateful.
Raintown tweeted: Thank you to everyone involved and those who voted. We are truly grateful.
Segment 12: Gary Perkins performs#UKCountry super couple @raintownmusic won #DuoOfTheYear at #UKCMAwards— HEM COUNTRY MUSIC (@hemcountry) 3 September 2017
Who needs #TimanndFaith when we have #PaulandClaire #Plaire https://t.co/CV1JmJdw1T
Gary was joined by Allan
Watkiss on piano for his set which included: a) In The Morning b) Angel On My
Shoulder (current line dance favourite; the
song tells of the guardian angel that Gary believes is watching over him!)
c) Tomorrow Never Comes (Garth Brooks cover)
c) Tomorrow Never Comes (Garth Brooks cover)
Segment 13: * AWARD * Male Country Singer Of The Year
Crispin Bardsley from Abbey
Motorcycles (Website | Unit 5, Newton Ind Est,
Irongray Rd, Dumfries, DG2 0JE) presented the award to Gary Quinn (who wasn’t present).
Segment 14: Blue Genes perform
Last years UK Country
Group Of The Year Finalists Blue Genes (Megan Erica Lee (13yr
old; born in 2003), Stephen Shaun Lee (father), Kay Louise Lee (Mother)
See Facebook | Blog Feature) performed having
been upgraded from their 2016 set in the hotel's reception ahead of last years main
ceremony. They were joined by Justin Johnstone who has produced their music.
There set included: a) Dime A Dozen
b) Girlfriend (new song) c) War Of The Roses (taken from their EP Small Town Rumours;
released 3 Dec 2015; Country iTunes | Amazon) d) You Make Love Look
Easy (Single; released April 9, 2017; iTunes)
Segment 15: * AWARD * UKCountryRadio.com Listeners’ Club Song Award:
UKCountryRadio.com UK
Artist of the Year nominated finalist Chloe Chadwick (Facebook) was on stage to present the award.
6 Out Of 7: Wayne Jacobs was named the winner for the sixth successive year and
a finalist for the last seven years.
Wayne UKCountryRadio.com
Listeners Club Song Award Wins:
2012: "Kentucky
Whiskey"
2013: “I Want My Daddy
2014: In Cold Blood
2015: “May We Never
Forget
2016: “Paws of War”
2017: "Stars &
Stripes Of Freedom" (performed by Ronnie Kimball).
DOWNLOAD “Stars & Stripes Of Freedom”
[Wayne Jacobs]
Wayne
is already plotting to scoop the trophy again next year with a love song titled
“Signs Of Love” about being on the Mississippi in Tennessee. The song is slated
to have some dobro in the mix.
Wayne
Jacobs shared: Thank you so much
ukcountryradio.com for my award I'm truly grateful
Earlier
in the evening Wayne spoke with UKCountryRadio.com’s very own Nutty Nora
Wayne
Jacobs: “I've lost count on that one, I'm
honoured to be here today and be a finalist again, it's a dream come true.
Every year it gets harder and harder. It’s very tough now I have fingers
crossed, I'm hoping my fans have voted for me. It’s a great song and very
patriotic. I'm Americanized, I love America and write songs associated with
America, that's why they've been so successful"
Segment 16: * AWARD * UK Country Artist Of The Year
Segment 16: * AWARD * UK Country Artist Of The Year
Go-to producer Justin Johnson (Jroom3.co.uk) was invited to the stage to announce the biggy.
The winner was 3-time
finalist Thorne Hill who went one
better having won Male Country
Singer Of The Year in 2016.
Thorne Hill tweeted "Woo
Hoo! Thank you @ukcmawards and everyone that voted! #artistoftheyear
#ukcountrymusic #ukcountry"
Woo Hoo! Thank you @ukcmawards and everyone that voted! #artistoftheyear #ukcountrymusic #ukcountry https://t.co/5hC7C1aMWA— Thorne Hill (@Thorne_Hill) 2 September 2017
Segment 17: The Angels with Dirty
Faces perform a live set
The Angels with Dirty Faces (Facebook)
rounded out the awards playing into the late evening. Stuart Landon grew up on country music and has been
a performer on the scene for many years. He was part of the outfit Young
Country and has performed with his brothers as The Landons. He then left the
genre to join the indie rock band The Establishment. He returned to country
music with the “superbly-polished”
Angels With Dirty Faces. Kalli Ashton
joins him on vocals in fronting a seven-piece assemble playing a mix of original material and credibly-interpreted covers.
Their set including You’re An Angel Without Wings and their #4 UK Country iTunes single Shatter Like Glass.
Their set including You’re An Angel Without Wings and their #4 UK Country iTunes single Shatter Like Glass.
“You are going to love
them and they will bring the house down, such an amazing sound” said DJ Martyn Williams (Presenter Page).
UKCountryRadio.com
10th Birthday Party FASHION
Multi-talented Model, dancer, Shania
Twain Tribute act and new on the UK country scene Doncaster based Saskia Vese was in attendance. She has
recently charted 2 singles on the Hotdisc
top 40 chart and her current single “Good Girl” is at #36 which is being
promoted hourly by Lee William’s CMR Nashville.
Saskia wore a risky
flirty sheer-corseted Jovani cocktail
dress, style 72719 (Product | Product) and a producer and record
label named her best dressed at the awards.
Ariana Grande made a sweet and sexy
statement in this same dress on the Billboard Music Awards blue carpet.
The flirty, full lace skirt has a delicate leopard and floral print with a cute bow on the front. Saskia added Vivian Westwood heels and a beautiful Swarovski necklace full of white and clear crystals with a knot in the middle and a choker with all diamonds.
The “famous” Wayne Jacobs chats with Saskia Vese, Set volume, click play:
Posted by Saskiaveseteam on Saturday, 2 September 2017
SOURCES:
#ukcountryawards
CHARITY
UKCountryRadio.com delightedly informed their listenership that the charity raffle held at
their 10th Birthday Party & UK Country Music Awards raised £250.
The
money will be split between the two charities they have been supporting this
year, Doncaster cancer charity Eve's
Trust and Rotherham's Friends of
Young Onset Dementia. This concludes their charity appeal this year.
SPOTLIGHT UK ARTISTS
This month, UKCountryRadio.com
are featuring the artist winners
of The UK Country Music Awards as their Weekend Spotlight UK Artists. Here is
the line-up.
Sep 8-10: UK Country Group Of The
Year - Gary Perkins & The Breeze
Sep 15-17: UK Country Duo Of The
Year - Raintown
Sep 22-24: UK Female Country
Singer Of The Year - Zenne
Sep 29-31: UK Male Country Singer
Of The Year - Gary Quinn
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Charles, Peter Williams......alongside the big names from America such
as Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Alison
Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Alan
Jackson, Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, Lady Antebellum, James Otto, Kellie
Pickler, The Eagles, Emerson Drive, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Rascal
Flatts, Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry
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