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The McClymonts

Mollie McClymont Opting For Double Mastectomy After Discovering BRCA2 Gene

Australia’s most successful country music acts. They’ve received six ARIA Award nominations after releasing six successful albums, five of them reaching the mainstream ARIA top ten. The group

Casey Barnes, Tori Forsyth, James Johnston

Could An Australian Country Artist Win A CMA Award?

country music at the Sydney Opera House? There’s Casey Barnes , an ARIA, APRA, Queensland Music Awards , and Golden Guitar Award winner. Last year, he was awarded his first Gold ... Meanwhile, New South Wales singer-songwriter Tori Forsyth is an ARIA nominee, Queensland Music Award winner, represented country music at BIGSOUND , and more. Of course, how could we forget artists

Features / List

Kane Brown, Jess Hitchcock, Shaboozey, Tanner Adell

Black Country Artists To Listen To In 2025

seen him nominated for International Artist of the Year at the inaugural Countrytown Awards . You can vote for him here . Hailing from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Brown established himself with ... with an astronomical run!). Here in Australia, it reached #1 on the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. The Nigerian-American Shaboozey, originating from Woodbridge, Virginia, melds country

Industry / News

Kasey Chambers, Dom Dolla, BARKAA, Kevin Parker

Kasey Chambers Makes 2025 APRA Song Of The Year Shortlist

Dramamine ), Hussy Hicks ( Fool On The Hill ), TISM ( Death To Art ), and, of course, ARIA favourites Royel Otis ( Heading For The Door ). Other artists on the shortlist include country music ... songs you’ll see in the shortlist below ahead of the APRA Music Awards on Wednesday, 30 April, at the Melbourne Town Hall. You can check out a playlist

Kaylee Bell

Kaylee Bell Welcomes Baby Boy

social media along with a photo of her and her husband at the ARIA Awards : “Been cooking more than music this year...our own little cowboy coming

Brad Cox

Brad Cox Plots 'Regional Road Show' Australian Tour

single marked his first release since the arrival of 2023’s ARIA Award -nominated album Acres . “Signing this new record deal with Warner Music feels like home,” Cox said

Keith Urban live in Melbourne

Keith Urban To Be Inducted Into The Golden Guitars' Roll Of Renown

four Grammy Awards , thirteen CMAs , fifteen ACMs , fifteen Golden Guitar Awards, six ARIA Awards , and three AMAs . He has also been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Darlinghurst

Pagan Newman Announces Shock Exit From Darlinghurst

nomination for Group or Duo of The Year for the 2025 Golden Guitar Awards. Releasing a statement today, Newman wrote, “ Being part of Darlinghurst has been something I will ... year COVID lockdown, Darlinghurst have chalked up five #1 radio singles, a debut #1 ARIA Country Album, a Golden Guitar for Best New Talent, a growing live fanbase, and close

Features / Music

TCMF 2025

10 Must See Shows At The 2025 Tamworth Country Music Festival

Wednesday 22nd at 10pm Support from Dear Tommie Embedded Content Receiving her first ARIA nomination in 2024 for her third studio album All We Have ... Shaped Me TRECC - Thursday 23rd at 4pm Embedded Content Nominated for 6 Golden Guitar awards this year, 2025 marks 30 years since Cassar-Daley’s first release Beyond the Dancing

Features / Interviews

Lane Pittman

Lane Pittman: Australian Country Music’s Secret Weapon

news I have the #1 Australian Country Album this week on the ARIA charts. If you would’ve told 6 year old Lane he would’ve laughed. The EP featured ... early in his career, he’s already up for two Golden Guitar Awards —Male Artist and New Talent of the Year. Discussing the song, he says, “It was sent

Keith Urban

Keith Urban's 'High' Receives Top Selling Album Of The Year Award

social media, the Tamworth Country Music Festival shared that the award is based on “the release of ARIA Charts data and cross-referenced with Award eligibility” to determine the winner

Kasey Chambers

Kasey Chambers To Return To The US For Telluride Bluegrass Festival

back of her 2018 album Campfire , which not only nabbed her the ARIA Award for Best Country Album, but also coincided with her induction into the ARIA Hall Of Fame

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