SARA AND SARAH HEAD NU COUNTRY TV
Sunraysia
songbird Sara Storer makes her Nu Country TV debut with John Williamson
with her song Raining On The Plains Again.
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Sara Storer and John Williamson |
The
singer, reared at Wemen near Mildura, was also subject of an episode
of ABC TV series, Heart Of The Country. Sara is a regular finalist in the Australian Country Music Awards in Tamworth for her rural rooted country songs. The two Victorian born bush balladeers have toured nationally to promote their music. Storer wrote her debut disc after spending five years living and teaching in the Northern Territory. |
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HERE for Sara Storer feature in the Diary on October 19.
THE LEES - FELLOW TERRITORIANS
Northern
Territory family band The Lees also debut with their self made video clip
of the Audrey Auld tune Hello Highway.
Touring Canadian troubadour Fred Eaglesmith introduces the band after
soaking up their music on his Aussie tours.
Catch the Lees strut their stuff on Saturday night.
PROBLEM PONY
| South
Australian band Problem Pony make its debut with Kieran Kane tune,
I'll Go On Loving You - a huge hit for Georgian superstar Alan Jackson. Expatriate Australasian manager, promoter and publisher Barry Coburn and wife Jewel guided Jackson to international success. Problem Pony heard Kane perform his original version of the hit on one of his Australian tours with Kevin Welch. |
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The band
brews up accordion, ukulele, glockenspiel, guitar, bass and vibrant voices
inb their distinctive style.
Problem Pony galloped into Tamworth after braving roos, road kill, raw
road food and swag fever and busked and played seven shows in January,
2003.
It has also performed at Adelaide Fringe Festival 2000, Harvest Festival
in Adelaide and Melbourne and the Famous Spiegeltent (Adelaide Fringe
2002).
There have also been interviews and live to air performances on ABC radio
(5AN), RRR FM in Melbourne, local Adelaide stations and ´Radio Adelaide'
5UV.
Problem Pony recorded its first album late in 2002 with 4 originals among
8 songs. Band members are Gayle Buckby, Di Caught, Bob Chalklen and Susie
Skinner.
Further info on Problem Pony at www.problempony.com
SARAH HARMER
Canadian
chanteuse Sarah Harmer performs Don't Get Your Back Up from her debut
solo CD, You Were Here.
Harmer, 31 and youngest of six children, made three albums with Kingston,
Ontario band Weeping Tile - which featured her sister Barbara - and a
duet disc with Jason Euringer.
The singer hails from a farm in Burlington, Ontario, where her father
played violin and studied at University in Kingston.
Sarah has shared billing with bands diverse as Tragically Hip and Blue
Rodeo and wants to tour Australia and move to Byron Bay.
Visit Sarah at www.sarahharmer.com
PHILLIP
ISLAND EXPORT NATTASHA CRESTANI
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Latter
day Phillip Island singer Nattasha Crestani performs breakthrough
song, Million Dollar You. Fellow singer Moana Kerr of Sunshine Harvester interviews Nattasha about her career at her CD launch at the Central Club in Richmond. |
Moana, a
popular Nu Country DJ, swaps music stories with Nattasha at the famed
pub that has also hosted Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams on their Australian
tours.
Further info visit Nattasha at www.nattasha.com
GATORBAIT FRESH
Melbourne
band Gartorbait also performs the Bill Browning song Breaking Hearts on
the thriving live Melbourne circuit.
You might recognise some of the gator baiters from blues band Rock Bottom
James & The Detonators.
SHOTGUN WILLIE DVD
You can win
the Some Enchanted Evening concert DVD of Shotgun Willie Nelson by visiting
our web page after he features in Ask The Guru this week.
We have amazing revelations on Willie's first Australasian tour in 1981
in response to a viewer's question about Willie's longevity.
Was it the jogging, the joints or the wives that was the reason for Willie's
survival, the viewer asked?
We detail the names of Willie's four wives and his guitar - the guitar
shares the name of another late country star's horse.
And we also reveal why Willie kept the Mayor Of Christchurch waiting in
the foyer of his motel prior to a jog on his 1981 Australasian tour.
Visit our web page to learn how to
win live Willie Nelson DVD Some Enchanted Evening from Umbrella through
AV Channel in Collingwood.