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The Buckleys, Max Jackson, Lane Pittman

Unpacking The Aussies On CMC Rocks 2025

Vixens Of Fall . Travis Collins is an eight-time Golden Guitar Award winner. Three of his albums, Hard Light (2016), Brave & The Broken ... Wreck Me (2020), have reached the top 20 of the ARIA Albums Chart—an impressive feat considering country music hasn’t always been one of the most popular genres

Features / Music

Mark Moffatt

Vale Mark Moffatt: From '(I’m) Stranded' To Nashville- A Remarkable Musical Journey

songs of all time than any other producer and worked with an incredible fifteen ARIA Hall of Fame nominees. Moffatt relocated to Nashville in 1996, devoting his life to bridging ... capital. He also served as APRA’s Nashville Ambassador for ten years and was awarded the CMA Global Achievement Award for his efforts. At the time of his passing

Features / Music

The Whitlams Black Stump

Why Whitlams Black Stump Keep Selling Out Their Regional Tours

came Rod McCormack (banjo/guitar and award-winning producer), Ollie Thorpe (pedal steel) and George Washingmachine (fiddle). “That’s 35 Golden Guitars and 12 ARIAs in the live band.” Freedman

Ian Burns, Lyn Bowtell

Ian Burns Shares New Song With Lyn Bowtell While Experiencing Health Battle

Bowtell at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Senior Course and was produced by ARIA Award-winning producer, Simon Johnson . Burns said about the song: “I had this picture

Brad Cox

Brad Cox Announces 'Everything I've Got' Australian Tour

taking his Mack Truck across the country with a brand-new show. The ARIA -nominated, Golden Guitar -winning artist will begin his Everything I’ve Got tour at the University ... took out this year’s Golden Guitar Award for Top Selling Australian Country Album. Acres topped the ARIA Charts upon its release last May, a feat Cox accomplished

John Williamson

John Williamson Hints At Touring Retirement: 'My Travelllin’ Days Are Done'

children’s picture book . Voice Of The Ocean is an ARIA Award-winning single for Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement (over two minutes

Darius Rucker, Morgan Wallen

Darius Rucker Says Morgan Wallen Has Become 'A Better Person' & Deserves Industry Forgiveness

podcast , Rucker stated that Wallen should be recognised in the CMAs and ACM Awards as “no one’s selling more tickets” than him. “I think Morgan’s become a better ... Australia, he surpassed Billy Ray Cyrus ’ record for the longest-running #1 ARIA single with Last Night and made a trip down under for CMC Rocks

Features / Interviews

Jay Santilli

Jay Santilli: 'It Would Be Wrong Of Me Not To Pursue My Dreams'

lined up with Jordan Dozzi (who’s written with Morgan Wallen and Eric Church ); ARIA -award winning Australian Phil Barton ; Noah Needleman (ex-musical director for Brett Young, among other

Mackenzie Lee

Country Stars Australia Winners Revealed

years old). 19-year-old Mack Geiger from Brisbane won the Senior award, and 17-year-old Mackenzie Lee from Abermain, NSW, are the first-ever winners of Country Stars ... sponsors.” Lee thanked all the sponsors, including Nyssa Ray Recordings, Music 2 Media, ARIA Guitars, Gympie Music Muster, Pro Music Australia, Country Music Capital News , and more. She continued, “Last

The Wolfe Brothers

Homecoming: The Wolfe Brothers Return To ABC Music

nothing short of thrilling, characterized by six Tamworth Golden Guitar Awards and three #1 country albums in the ARIA charts. Their unmistakable blend of country and rock has garnered them

Felicity Dowd / Andy Penkow / Ruby Jane

Felicity Dowd, Andy Penkow & Ruby Jane: Highlights From This Week’s ‘Grass Roots’

Year, a Toyota Star Maker Grand Finalist and the Gill Rees Memorial Award winner at last year’s National Folk Festival. Her latest single Give And Take sees Dowd experimenting ... track in Shades On Me . His latest album recently debuted at #2 on the ARIA Australian Country Albums Chart, just behind the iconic Troy Cassar-Daley , and he’s been

Frank Ifield

Aussie Country Icon Frank Ifield Has Died, Aged 86

Australian Roll of Renown. He was subsequently inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame in 2007, the Mo Awards Hall Of Fame in 2009, and the Coventry Music Wall

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