In
January presenters UKCountryRadio.com
announced the launch of their 2018 UK
Country Music Awards described as "celebrating the best in UK
Country Music".
A
Launch Night took place on Sunday
18th March 2018 a special "songwriters-in-the-round" concert,
featured three previous UK Country Music Award winners: Gary Perkins (multiple winner of UK Country Group Of The Year and
UK Male Country Singer Of The Year),
Zenne (winner of UK Female Country Singer Of The Year 2016 and 2017) and Wayne Jacobs (winner of the
UKCountryRadio.com Listeners' Club Song Award for each of the last six years).
The
event took place at Sea Fish, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire - the
home of UKCountryRadio.com's regular Doncaster Live Music Nights.
The UK Country Music
Awards
are presented by UKCountryRadio.com to celebrate the best in UK country music.
There
are seven Awards:
UK Country Artist Of
The Year:
For a UK artist who has demonstrated outstanding achievement over the last year
UK Country Album Of The
Year:
For an album released since January 2017; The album must contain at least 8
tracks
UK Female Country
Singer Of The Year:
Sponsored by Number 24 - Upton Upon Severn's premier gift shop
UK Male Country Singer
Of The Year:
Sponsored by The Big Wide Wonderful World of Daffy Don Allen - introducing the
UK to country music through Radio Caroline in the 1960
UK Country Duo Of The
Year
UK Country Group Of The
Year
The Listeners' Club
Song Award
ONLINE VOTING: Was open to everyone,
to determine the finalists in each category. It took place during the Spring
and voting ended on Thursday May 31st 2018. You could only submit the voting
form once.
The
finalists were announced on UKCountryRadio.com on Sunday June 17, 2018
During
the summer, UKCountryRadio.com presenters and staff and
Gold, Silver and Bronze Subscribers vote for the overall winner in each
category.
Click here to become a Gold, Silver or Bronze Subscriber (You can choose to subscribe £2, £5 or £10 per month)
Two of of the six we voted for, using the form below, received nominations, Congrats Phillippa Hanna & The Wandering Hearts
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Two of of the six we voted for, using the form below, received nominations, Congrats Phillippa Hanna & The Wandering Hearts
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ALL the votes were counted and verified by UKCountryRadio.com.
On Sunday 17th June 2018 UKCountryRadio.com CEO Allan Watkiss presented a special programme in which he announced the Finalists for each of the Awards.
Then,
from 2pm, UKCountryRadio.com's very own weekend presenter Simon Large throughout the afternoon announced the first performing
artists for the Awards ceremony to be held on Saturday 1st September at Radisson Blu East
Midlands Airport.
Listen
here to audio highlights here:
The event includes:
*
The announcements of the winners of the Awards
*
A three-course celebratory Awards dinner
*
Live performances from Hannah Johnson & The Broken Hearts, Ags Connolly,
Zenne and more to be announced.
Book your tickets to The UK Country
Music Awards HERE
Standard
tickets: £45 (include 3-course meal)
No-meal
tickets: £25 (3-course meal not included)
The UK Country Music
Awards 2018 Award Sponsors
UKCountryRadio.com were looking for sponsorship to help them put together their annual Birthday Party And Awards, which performs the dual role of celebrating UKCountryRadio.com’s birthday through a four-hour concert, and announcing the winners of the UK Country Music Awards. Appeals for crowd funding had previously gone out on air (Simon Large's Weekend Shows) on the station and via their newsletter. UKCountryRadio.com tried raising money to help fund the 2018 UK Country Music Awards. The stated they needed £3,000 to enable them to stage an Awards ceremony similar to last year's.
There was a donate button on their Awards website to donate securely online, this has since been removed!)
The
cost of Overall Event Sponsorship is £5,000.
The
cost of sponsoring UKCountryRadio.com's UK Country Artist Of The Year Award is
£1,000. It costs £250 to sponsor one of the Award categories (The sponsor does
not have to be present at the ceremony - although a pair of tickets would be
made available).
Sponsor of UK Female
Country Singer Of The Year:
Number
24 (Website;
Upton upon Severn's premier gift shop; described as "A Haven Of
Gorgeousness" | 24 Old Street, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire WR8 OHR)
Sponsor of UK Male
Country Singer Of The Year:
The
Big Wide Wonderful World Of Daffy Don Allen
Don
Allen was a radio presenter in North America until crossing the Atlantic to
join Radio Caroline South during the summer of 1965. He moved to Radio Caroline
North later in the year and became a big hit, renowned for his use of jingles
and wacky drop-ins.
Sponsor of UK Country Group Of The Year:
Sponsor of UK Country Group Of The Year:
Graham L.Hall's Country Spirit (Website; Broadcaster, DJ, compere and musician
Graham L.Hall is a proud supporter of real music, playing real music with real
feeling. His radio programme Country Spirit has been broadcast on
UKCountryRadio.com since the station's launch in 2007).
Sponsor of The
UKCountryRadio.com Listeners' Club Song Award:
Country Music Social Media (Country
Music Social Media works with Award-winning acts to build their fan base
through social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Reverbnation and
YouTube). Mission: To help Country singers
with their social needs for Branding.and promoting
Social media for country Singers.
Run by Ken Meakin, described by Russell Hill on Express FM as “one
of the finest promoters in the country” creates social media sites Facebook,
Google +, Twitter, YouTube, Myspace, Reverbnation, Wordpress plus many more.
“His” My Country acts: Danny
McMahon, Grand Prairie Band, Hannah Johnson, Helena Mace, Lee Paul, Merv and
Maria, Penny Jayne Black (Django Promotions Management), The Pink Cowgirl (Dina
Andrews), Ray Peters, Rett Russell, Wayne Jacobs.
CONNECT with
Country Music Social Media.com:
Socials:
Ken
Meakin’s Country Music Social Roster Artists Dominate The UK
Country Music Awards 2018 Nominations
Thanks to the initial online voting Country Music Social Media
acts
dominated the nominees listing with 16 nods for both current and former roster acts.
Lee Paul & The Wild Ones snagged 3 nods (Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year & Country
Group Of The Year).
Helena Mace and Hannah Johnson received 3 nominations (Artist
Of The Year, UK Country Album of The Year, UK Female Country Singer Of The Year)
Penny Jayne Black (Django Promotions
Management) received 2 nods for Artist Of The Year & Female Country Singer
Of The Year
The UK Country Music
Awards 2018 Nominees
UK Country Artist Of
The Year
(For a UK artist who has demonstrated outstanding achievement over the last year)
(For a UK artist who has demonstrated outstanding achievement over the last year)
Danny
McMahon, Hannah Johnson, Hannah Paris, Helena Mace, Jade Helliwell, Jenny June,
Lee Paul & The Wild Ones, Louise Parker, Penny Jayne Black, Philippa Hanna
UK Country Album Of The Year
(For an album released since January 2017; The album must contain at least 8 tracks)
COME
BACK FIGHTING - Philippa Hanna | 10
Tracks released 24 Nov. 2017
COMING
HOME - Lee Paul & The Wild Ones
| Details unknown
SHAKEN
- Hannah Johnson | 11 Tracks
released 10 July 2017
WASH
AWAY THE YEARS - Helena Mace | 10
Tracks released 21 Jan. 2018
WILD
SILENCE - The Wandering Hearts | 12
Tracks released 9 Feb 2018
UK Female Country Singer Of The Year
Philippa
Hanna, Hannah Johnson, Penny Jayne Black, Jenny June, Helena Mace
UK Male Country Singer Of The Year
Callum
Mountford, Danny McMahon, Scott Welsby, Tom Delaware, Wayne Jacobs
UK Country Duo Of The
Year
Cinder
Hill, Gasoline & Matches, Memphis Belle, The Shires, Ward Thomas
UK Country Group Of The
Year
Blue
Genes, Gary Perkins & The Breeze, Lee Paul & The Wild Ones, The
Adelaides, The Wandering Hearts
The UKCountryRadio.com
Listeners' Club Song Award
I'm Coming For You - Lily Garland
In The Arms Of Love - Robyn Taylor
Let 'Em All Go - The Mighty Stampede
Nashville - Johnny Chirnside
Signs Of Love - Wayne Jacobs
NEW TO YOU.
Quite
a few of the 2018 Nominees were new to Country Routes News
Lee Paul & The Wild
Ones
Nominated
for 2018 UK Country Artist Of The Year 2018, UK Country Album Of The Year &
UK Country Group Of The Year
Genre:
Country Rock/Pop; Acoustic
Home
Town: Gateshead
Record
Label: Country Music Social Media
Lee Paul is a singer/songwriter
from Gateshead. His Music influences range from Keith Urban, Kip Moore and
Matchbox 20.
Music
is his passion. As a successful singer/songwriter he’s played music both as
part of a band and as a solo artist.
He has been lucky enough to play with some of the great musicians from around the world, as well as play not only across the UK but also in the USA.
Music
influences range from Keith Urban, Kip Moore and Matchbox 20. He's played at
some great venues including the Sage, Gateshead and the O2 London and
Newcastle. He is joined by "amazing
band" the Wild Ones.
Lee
started singing when he was 16 and went on to study music at College. Since
then he has sung in many national singing competitions all over the UK.
For
5 years he ran his own record label and events company called MBM records and
led two bands with very different music styles.
He
founded Dynamic Music Management to help young people perform and song-write
and hoped to be able to share some of the 16 years’ experience and pass this on
to other up and coming talent - offering the opportunity to mentor and coach,
developing voices and stage presence to perfection.
On
his own words: I've got a varied background of genres, country being my
favourite and I have been lucky enough to play a few festivals and loved every
minute of it.
Paul's
new album COMING HOME is written
about his experiences over the past 5 years including family life, travelling
around America and struggles with depression with highs and lows.
He
is set to play the Buckle & Boots Festival this June (22-24, 2018).
Watch
Lee Paul's Promo video at the Cluny2 in Newcastle (Published on May 7, 2017;
197 views)
Regarding his album COMING HOME, Forever British Country's Keren Morrall wrote: Lee Paul's album 'Coming Home' has a really good mixture of song styles. Although all are influenced by country music, some have a pop vibe and others are a bit rockier. From songs stripped back to expose the husky vocals that Lee Paul possesses to rocky guitar solos and catchy choruses, this album has something for everyone.
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/LeePaulMusic82/
(1,650 Likes)
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/LeePaulMusic82
REVERBNATION:
https://www.reverbnation.com/LeePaul5/songs
Jenny June (Jennifer Sammut)
Nominated
for UK Country Artist Of The Year & UK Female Country Singer Of The Year
Works
at professional Singer/Performer
Studied
BTEC National Diploma at South Downs College
Lives
in Havant, Portsmouth
She
shared: Ahhhh!! Looks who’s only gone and got themselves in the final !! x thank you so much to everyone who voted for
me you have no idea how much I appreciate your support x #ukcountrymusicawards #countrysingersongwriter
#lovecountrymusic #countrygirl
Forthcoming
Live Events:
Thurs
19 July 2018 - The Festival Sessions at Jags at 119 (119 Elm Grove, PO5 1LH
Portsmouth) Hosted by Southsea Bandstand 9.00pm - 9.45pm
Sunday
12 August 2018 - Tattoo Extravaganza, Portsmouth (South Parade Pier 10
Clarendon Rd, PO5 2EE Portsmouth)
Past
Events
Sat
16 June 2018 - The Red Lion, Stubbington Red Lion, Fareham Watch her Facebook video singing to
backing tracks .
Tues
29 May 2018 - The Festival Sessions at Jags at 119, Portsmouth
APR
5 5/4 - The Festival Sessions at Jags at 119, Portsmouth
Watch
her cover of "Dancing" (Originally by Kylie Minogue) Published on May 4,
2018
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/JennyJuneOfficial
(310 Likes)
Louise Parker
Nominated for UK Country Artist Of The Year 2018
Singer/Songwriter.
23teen. Freelance model (Gallery)
/ Robin Hood EP (2014) / The Lemon Tree EP (2016) / UK & USA Touring
Artist: Chelmsford, UK
Louise
Parker is a country/pop singer-songwriter from Essex.
Likes:
Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Ellie Goulding, Kacey Musgraves, Shania Twain,
Miranda Lambert
Louise
Parker is a singer-songwriter and freelance model from Essex, UK. According to
the blurb: Her emotive lyrics and sheer
passion captivate the listener and hold their souls to ransom. Taking influence
from artists such as Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves, Louise aspires to being
a signed recording artist one day.
With
a Commerical Music degree (Bath Spa University), a couple of North America and
UK tours and a debut performance in Italy, Louise has ample experience in the
music industry. Writing from the heart about her travels, love and loss,
expectations and realities of being an independent artist in the 21st century
there is definitely a song for everyone in Louise's ever-growing repertoire.
Whilst
touring in the US she also appeared in two episodes of ABC’s hit TV show
‘Nashville’.
On
May 20, 2013 she self-released a 5 track POP EP titled ROBIN HOOD (UK iTunes)
Watch a live performance of >>
"Swim Baby Swim"
Upon her return Louise jumped in the studio and on March 1, 2016 released her second EP THE LEMON TREE which is available on iTunes, Spotify, HMV online, etc.
In
October 2017 Louise moved to Nashville, for 5 months, and Austin, for 1 month,
with her cajonist, Lawrence, to play gigs and focus on honing their sound. They co-wrote with singer/songwriter Ray
Stephenson (Nashville), who has written songs for Blake Shelton and Miranda
Lambert, among others and recorded a new EP (Austin) at AMP Studios, release
date TBC.
Every
year Louise returns to America to visit new states and play gigs for her fans.
Constantly writing new material Louise hopes to release another EP in 2018.
Forthcoming
Live Events:
Sat
30 June 2018 - LIVE At The Fling Festival 30 June–1 July Hylands Park,
Chelmsford Event
Thurs
5 July 2018 - The Purple Dog, Colchester
Friday
6 July 2018 - The Eagle, Galleywood
(Stock Road, CM2 8PS Galleywood)
Sat
7 July 2018 - The Sunny Sailer, (1 Fullbridge CM9 4LE Maldon, Essex)
Fri
20 July 2018 - The Pub, Braintree
(East Street, CM7 3JW Braintree, Essex)
WEBSITE:
http://www.louiseparkermusic.com/
FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/LouisePmusic
(1,100 Likes)
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/LouisePMusic
INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/Louisepmusic/
Callum Mountford
Nominated
for UK Male Country Singer Of The Year 2018
Home
Town: Stone Stafford
About: Country style guitar and vocalist, available
for bookings.
Acoustic
Country Artist who performs a range of original material along with a great mix
of old and new covers.
The teenage country singer raised more than £4,000 for charity with a song he penned for his dying grandmother.
In
October last year it was reported
that the 15-year-old wrote Memories Of My Mind to remind his
nan, Catharine Paxton, of the happy times they had spent together after she was
diagnosed with terminal cancer. Memories Of My Mind, which was entered into a
radio competition and resulted in Callum winning Signal’s Star Search was then
put on to CD and sold to raise £3,000 for Cancer Research UK.
Mum
Rachel, who lives with Callum and husband Darren, said she too found the song
very moving.
The
43-year-old added: “After my mum’s funeral, Callum put the song aside and said
he wouldn’t sing it again. But I had entered it into a Signal Radio competition
and when they got in touch, I had to say, ‘you know you said you will never
play that song again, well you are going to have to sing it once more. It won
Star Search’ (published on April 23, 2017 >> see video
when Callum was aged 14)
The
musician, who name checks James Taylor as his main influence, along with Sam
Palladio – was recording an album at the college.
Callum
Mountford's song Memories Of My Mind
Live Event: Sat 23 June 2018 - Totally Delicious Trentham Shopping Village, Stone Road, Trentham, ST4 8JG
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/CJMMusic14/
(294 Likes)
REVERBNATION:
https://www.reverbnation.com/callummountford (29 Fans)
Scott Welsby
Nominated
for UK Male Country Singer Of The Year 2018
Owner-operator
at Blame It All On My Roots (The Ultimate Garth Brooks Experience).
Lives
in Manchester
A
UK based Professional Garth Brooks tribute act, slated to be the UK's Best and
most authentic Garth Brooks tribute act.
Additionally,
he hosts a two hour country music show on KFM Radio details here
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Garthbrookstrib/ (2,847 Likes)
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/garth_live
Tom Delaware
Nominated
for UK Male Country Singer Of The Year 2018
Genre:
Country/Pop/Acoustic
Home
Town: London
Record
Label: Unsigned | About: Country Singer/Songwriter
Tom
Delaware is an British country/acoustic singer/songwriter based in
Bedfordshire, England.
Tom has supported and sang with big name artists such as Rascal Flatts and Barenaked Ladies, Declan Mckenna, Tom Grennan, Holloway Road and Leo Stannard.
Tom has supported and sang with big name artists such as Rascal Flatts and Barenaked Ladies, Declan Mckenna, Tom Grennan, Holloway Road and Leo Stannard.
Tom
was in a 3-piece British country/pop group called Delaware from London,
England.
The
group formed in 2017 and comprised of brothers Thomas and Ollie Jones and their
long-time friend James Cobb on bass.
An
EP titled STILL ABOUT YOU (EP) was released November 16, 2017
Get
free download here:
Note,
Tom is now a solo artist and James and Ollie are no longer part of the line-up.
Tom
recently self-released a new contemporary single Famous (released 6 June
2018; Amazon UK – UK iTunes – Spotify).
It lovingly pays tribute to a mystery “VIP country queen” whose rocking spray on jeans, dressed in army green with a flip back ball cap: Girl you know you’re killing me
It lovingly pays tribute to a mystery “VIP country queen” whose rocking spray on jeans, dressed in army green with a flip back ball cap: Girl you know you’re killing me
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/delawareuk
INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/delawareuk/
Cinder Hill
Nominated
for UK Country Duo Of The Year
They
posted on
Facebook: Absolutely over the moon! Thank you so much to everyone who nominated
us! K & H x
The next Ward Thomas?
(16
Feb 2018) Cinder Hill - Fairytales (EP; 2018 Cinder Hill)
Debut: Feb 16: #3 UK Country (#285 all-genre) | Sat Feb 17: #3 (#322 overall), then #10, then #21 (#1175)
Debut: Feb 16: #3 UK Country (#285 all-genre) | Sat Feb 17: #3 (#322 overall), then #10, then #21 (#1175)
Cinder Hill are a British Country Music duo from the North West. Identical twins, Katie and Hayley, have a lifelong love of country music which inspires their Country/Americana sound. Intensely interwoven harmonies are at the heart of their beautifully crafted songs, which have all the storytelling and relatability you would expect from this heartfelt genre.
A
remarkable debut! With just 300 social media followers Cinder Hill’s 4-track debut
EP FAIRYTALES (Amazon
UK | UK iTunes) reached No.3 in
the iTunes Country Chart (#255 UK iTunes all-genres) on its release in February
2018 and is available to download now on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. The
following day it held on UK Country iTunes at #3 (#322 overall), slipped to #10
and then #21 (#1175)
Their
EP Launch took place at a packed out The Salty Dog pub (Website, Facebook;
21-23 High Street, CW9 5BY) in Northwich. See photos from the evening on Facebook .
Promoting
their EP their music has been played on UK inde shows and stations CMR
Nashville, now defunct HEM Country, Ridge Radio (Simply Country with Bob Wilson
aka Angel), Spire Radio, Radio Zetland FM, Phoenix Country Radio, Craig Parry's
Moonshine Experience on DapperFM.co.uk
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/CinderHillCountry/
(320 Likes)
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/CinderHillTwins
(135 followers)
SNUBS
THE
WRITINGS ON THE WALL?!
"Some of the people who've won our awards in
the past sadly aren't mentioned this year, but we'll give them a nod anyway as
you're all winners in our eyes" -
UKCountryRadio.com CEO Allan
Watkiss
Thorne Hill, last year’s British
Country Music Association (BCMA) Entertainer of the Year and the reigning 2017 UK
Country Artist Of The Year, a 3-time finalist and Male Country Singer Of The
Year in 2016 received no nominations this time around. Although seen in
attendance (non-performer) the Country to Country 2018 Festival he has been
strangely absent, deleted his Twitter account and not published any live gigs
since the beginning of November 2017 but just performed at the Towerfest
Festival (as a recent replacement for an female Irish act)
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| Allan Watkiss (L) with last years Artist of the Year winner Thorne Hill (R) |
The winner of the UK Female Country Singer Of The Year for the last 2 years Zenne Kober described as “one of the best female performers in the UK”, received no nods for 2018.
Gary Quinn, last years holder of UK
Male Country Singer Of The Year did not receive enough votes to be nominated in
any of the categories.
Glasgow based duo Raintown, an act who have won just about every UK Country award possible last years UK Country Duo Of The Year (second win) and former Album and Artist of the year in 2016 were not of the radar for voters in 2018!
A
few years back, the height of their awards popularity they expressed a wish to
reach the very top on the world stage. Their big goal and dream is to win a CMA
Award in America!
On
April 6, 2018 they released a new single “Run With the Night” (Amazon UK - UK iTunes) which debuted at #37
UK Country iTunes (#687 UK iTunes overall). It climbed to a peak at No.10 (#522/ #527 overall) before
falling back to #15 (#698). The following day (Sat Apr 7) it fell to #32 (#1173
overall), then #28 (#1194), then #38 (off top 1500). By Mon Apr 9 it fell off the
iTunes Top 200 UK Country Singles chart.
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The station is put together by a team of
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UKCountryRadio.com are proud to work with all
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long as their musical work meets minimum quality standards.
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