Lukas Nelson Sierra Ferrell Travelling McCourys Headline Nu Country
Texan singer-songwriter and actor Lukas Nelson headlines Nu Country TV on Saturday December 21 at 10 pm on Channel 31/ Digital 44 with bluegrass aces Sierra Ferrell and Travelling McCourys before celebrating his 36th birthday on Christmas Day.
Cali Tucker – niece of fellow Texan legend Tanya Tucker – opens our show that is repeated at 3 am on Monday.
Orange born singer and former rugby star Robbie Mortimer and Tamworth singer songwriter Sally Anne Whitten boomerang to the program filmed and edited by Laith Graham.
Kentuckian singer-songwriter Tyler Childers returns on the eve of his Australian tour in February and former Old Crow Medicine Show guitarist Willie Watson returns after touring here.
Nu Country TV is a highlight of C 31 streaming list on Digital 44.
Further info – https://www.c31.org.au/
Lukas Nelson Sierra Ferrell And Travelling McCourys Live
Lukas Nelson, Sierra Ferrell and the Travelling McCourys are joyous and live in the studio on their Nu Country TV return.
Lukas gave a former lover his best wishes before he celebrates his 36th birthday on Christmas Day and hopes to fly to Uluru on his next tour.
West Virginian Sierra, also 36, toured here for several Out On The Weekend festivals at Williamston and returns next year to promote her four albums.
She previously fronted our show with Dollar Bill Bar, Bells Of Every Chapel and In Dreams.
Ferrell performed in a local bar aged seven and chance encounters with nomadic musicians inspired her to leave home in her early twenties and join them in their cross country journey playing everywhere from freight train boxcars to truck stops.
After busking on Seattle and New Orleans streets she moved to Nashville and signed to Rounder in 2019.
Ronnie and brother Rob McCoury fronted Grammy winning Travelling McCourys since 2009.
They released six albums since starting in their dad Del’s band in 1988.
CLICK HERE for a Lukas Nelson interview in the Diary on January 2, 2024.
Further info – https://www.sierraferrellmusic.com/
Further info – https://www.thetravelinmccourys.com/
Cali Tucker Country Couture
Texan Cali Tucker follows in her family’s rich country music slipstream when she fronts our show.
Cali is a daughter of fellow singer LaCosta Tucker and niece of legend Tanya Tucker.
She was a finalist on The Voice sixth season and Miss Teen All American winner.
Cali performs Country Couture that follows her 2017 debut album Cover Girl and two singles Dandelion and Urban Cowboy.
“I wore 32 different outfits,” revealed Cali whose mum and renowned recording artist LaCosta Tucker appeared in all her videos.
“It was crazy to have to organize all of that. But it was cool because I got to wear a lot of my mom’s vintage dresses and a lot of the dresses that I wore back when I was in pageants.
“I don’t take myself seriously at all. I think there’s a lot of beautiful, serious, talented ladies out there that lean on the beauty and the cuteness. And then I really want to lean on the comedy too.
“I’ve been living this country couture lifestyle forever, but I never put a name to it. And the country couture line just kind of came to me and I was like, man, I need to write a song about this flip side of my life.”
Further info – https://www.calitucker.com/
Tyler Childers Rusting In The Rain
Tyler Childers mined memories in his search for love in his latest video In Your Love from his sixth album Rusting In The Rain.
Childers, now 33, visited bars and beds in his jaded journey.
Tyler and his singing spouse Senora May have toured here several times.
He plays Myer Music Bowl on February 20 and Coal Creek Community Park and Korumburra Museum on February 22.
Childers previously fronted our show with his Rusting In The Rain video after touring here in 2019 with the late John Prine.
CLICK HERE for Childers Purgatory CD feature in The Diary on September 16, 2019.
CLICK HERE for Childers Country Squire CD feature in The Diary on March 4, 2019.
Willie Watson Old Crow Medicine Show
Willie Watson toured here several times with Old Crow Medicine Show before forming his own band.
Willie showed he saw love through his eyes in his Real Love video from his third solo album released on September 13.
Long Tall Sally called in as he danced and played his guitar in exotic locales in his video.
Willie released two solo albums as the Folk Singer after seven with Old Crow Medicine Show.
Watson also appeared as The Kid in Coen Brothers movie The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Willie toured here with Asleep At The Wheel including the 2023 Out On The Weekend Festival in Williamstown.
The band began their 25 year career as buskers in Virginia and debuted at 2009 CMC Rocks The Snowys in Thredbo with Taylor Swift.
They also played the Melbourne Forum before returning in 2017 for shows in Queensland and NSW.
Watson joined the band on our show for their Miles Away video from their 14th album Jubilee at Brushy Mountain Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee.
CLICK HERE for an Old Crow Medicine Show CD review in The Diary on April 6, 2015.
Further info – https://www.williewatson.com/
Sally Anne Whitten A Good Girl
Tamworth tunesmith Sally Anne Whitten performs live at the Press Basement Bar in her hometown in her return to our show.
She wrote Good Girl as therapy after the death of her mother in 2020 during the Covid pandemic and parodied troll twerps.
Sally also honoured her mother in passionate paean Daughter Of A Queen and penned Not Afraid Of The Dark with James Craswell on Messenger.
She revs up her Blue Steel Ride tribute to her dad’s driving with the family on board that segues into another family inspired resilience anthem Carry Me.
How Deep You Gotta Dig is another soul-searching journey into her inner psyche that is followed by self-explanatory passionate pride in Saving Me.
Whitten also echoes her desire to chase her music dreams in Restless Soul and Carry Me – among eight original songs on her fifth album A Little Too Much.
She toured overseas and we feature another of her new songs Carry Me.
Further info – https://www.sallyannewhitten.com/
Robbie Mortimer Finds Love
Orange born singer and former Redcliffe rugby star Robbie Mortimer boomerangs to our show this week with his new video You Got That Love.
You Got That Love follows his previous Nu Country video Blow The Speakers that featured the F150 truck that his dad sold him after helping launch his music career.
Mortimer is one of five boys in his family.
Robbie’s father and uncle are Canterbury Bulldogs legends Peter and Steve Mortimer.
After a three-year stint playing Rugby League with Redcliffe Dolphins he returned to the family farm in Orange where he works as a special needs teacher and mentors indigenous youth.
“I’m full of optimism. I see the light in everything.” reflects Robbie.
“I’d throw myself into teaching by day and every other waking moment was spent honing my songwriting skills and dreaming my life as a performer.”
Further info – https://www.robbiemortimer.com/info
Win Waylon, George Jones And Merle Haggard
Help us celebrate being Nu Country TV members and win albums by late Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Highwaymen by becoming a Nu Country member or renewing your memberships.
George, Waylon, Merle and Willie Nelson were among country historian Barbara Dowling’s favourite Texans.
The Waylon, Highwaymen, Merle and George discs were donated by Barbara who died at 77 in December, 2020.
She co-hosted Long In The Saddle in our Nu Country FM era and was pioneer Australian and Victorian country music awards judge.
Barbara was admired for rising above losing her sight as a young woman and her country passion with annual trips to Waylon’s birthplace in Littlefield, West Texas.
Waylon died at 64 on February 13, 2002, and is survived by singing spouse Jessi, now 81, and son Shooter, 45.
Win Keith Urban CDs Also
We have expatriate Australasian superstar Keith Urban’s chart topping 12th album The Speed Of Now – Part 1.
Also BR5-49 CD Big Backyard Beat Show and Billy Ray Cyrus’s historic 1992 album Some Gave All featuring Achy Breaky Heart.
We have other CDS by major artists you can win by becoming a Nu Country TV member or renewing memberships.
They include Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Kip Moore, Carrie Underwood and late larrikin legend A.P. Johnson.
CLICK HERE for our Membership Page for details.
