THE
AUSTRALIAN BUSH BALLADEERS ASSOCIATION INC.
G'day,
Thank you for dropping by the Association's
website.
On behalf of our Association I remind everyone to check through links
such as
►
Artist Tour Dates, ►
Bush
Ballad Radio, ►
Become an A.B.B.A. Member, ►
PRODUCT,
► THE
BALLADEERS BULLETIN" ►
SHOWCASES,
► Events,
►Artist
Web Pages pages to keep up to date with
what is happenning in the BUSH BALLAD world.
I welcome our new members and thank our current members for your valued
support of the Association.
I send out a sincere thankyou to the radio presenters who
play bush ballad music on your station and for your support
of Australian Bush Ballad music and it's artists.
The Association was formed in 2000 to help publicise and support the
bush ballad industry.
One of the ways we can all help is to forward material to help publicise
traditional/bush ballad music events/and industry news items through
this site and another way that is available to our members is providing
news updates on their activities/product advertising via our quarterly
magazine 'The Balladeers Bulletin'.
To list news items/awards info/etc on this page, please forward info
(around 200 words) and a pic (if needed) via the website email, with
the subject heading. 'Happening Page'.
Members may also include tour dates on the 'Tour Dates' page and also
bush ballad/traditional country events may forward their events to
be listed on the 'Events' page of this site.
Any queries please- email
Kind regards
Peter Coad O.A.M. (ABBA President) - on behalf of The Australian
Bush Balladeers Association Inc.
NEWS
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BRONZE
BUST FUNDRAISER IN JULY 2018
Enquiries; Lorraine Pfitzner
lorraine@bushballadeers.com.au
'THE
BALLADEERS HOMESTEAD" 2019
Once again the Salvation Army Complex Hall becomes the 'Balladeers
Homestead' during the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
The entertainment venue is presented every year by The Australian
Bush Balladeers Association, and features a wide array of traditional
country music concerts and showcases.
The Salvation Army Canteen provides food and hot and cold drinks at
the venue and there is plenty of parking for patrons at the back of
the hall area.
For the listing of who will be appearing at the venue, please check
>>>> 'The Balladeers Homestead'
The Association thanks everyone for their valued support of Traditional
and Bush Ballad Music, and welcome you all to join us at 'The Balladeers
Homestead'.
GIDGEE COAL BUSH BALLAD AWARDS
2017 FINALISTS & WINNERS
(Winners announced 19/11/2017)
Congratulations to all finalists and
Winners in the 2017 Gidgee Coal Bush Ballad Awards.
- The ABBA
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MALE VOCAL
Bruce Lavender – Hair Growing Inside Me Legs
John Smith – R.M. WINNER
Dale Duncan Clarence River
FEMALE VOCAL
Trudy Hintz – Mother Nature
Kylie Castle - Under the Belah Trees WINNER
Sharon Heaslip – A Thousand Different Pictures
SONGWRITING
Ged Hintz – Battered Old Quarts
Bruce Lavender – My Grandads Wrinkled Old Hands
Peter Simpson & Dianne Lindsay – The Bridge WINNER
NEW TALENT
Kate Daniel – Trading My Crown For a Ring
Bob Gregory – The Ghost of Bold Ben Hall WINNER
GROUP OR DUO/COLLABORATION
Ree Family – Hot Up Here
Dianne Lindsay & Peter Simpson – Aren’t We Lucky
Dale Duncan & Keith Jamieson – Yesterday Is History Mate
WINNER
INSTRUMENTAL
Ray Cullen – Valma Jean Waltz
Terry Bennetts – Turquoise Bay WINNER
Bob Gregory & Nev Molloy – Why Worry Now
ALBUM
John Smith – To An Old Stockman
Terry Bennetts – Salt Of the Earth WINNER
Sharon Heaslip - A Thousand Different Pictures
COMEDY/NOVELTY
Ged Hintz – Matilda, The Boxing Kangaroo WINNER
Pete Smith – Sort From West Kempsey
Bruce Lavender – Night Out
Encouragement Award
KATE DANIELS
Gidgee Coal Living Legend Award
RICKY SHIPP
THE FINALISTS
FOR THE 2018 GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS ARE:
ALT COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
From The Bottom of A Well
Brad Butcher
Producer: Matt Fell
Real Class Act
Fanny Lumsden
Producer: Matt Fell
Queen of Boomtown
Gretta Ziller
Producer: Paul Ruske
Dragonfly
Kasey Chambers
Producers: Nash Chambers & Paul Kelly
Love and Blood
Shane Nicholson
Producer: Matt Fell
CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Get On Your Feet
Adam Brand
Producers: Alex Kline & Erin Enderlin
Coming Your Way
Drew McAlister
Producer: Andy Mak
61-615
O'Shea
Producer: Lindsey Jackson
Endless
The McClymonts
Producer: Andy Mak
Our Backyard
Travis Collins & Amber Lawrence
Producer: Matt Fell
TRADITIONAL COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lighthouse
Ashleigh Dallas
Producer: Brett Dallas
The Wide Horizon
Darren Coggan
Producer: Ben Edgar
All You Need Is Music
Davidson Brothers
Producers: Mark Thornton & Larry Marrs
All Australian Girl
Tania Kernaghan
Producer: Stuart French
The Hungry Mile
The Bushwackers
Producer: Roger Corbett
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Get On Your Feet
Adam Brand
From The Bottom of A Well
Brad Butcher
The Wide Horizon
Darren Coggan
My Soundtrack
Matt Cornell
Love and Blood
Shane Nicholson
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
More Than Meets The Eye
Aleyce Simmonds
Lighthouse
Ashleigh Dallas
Real Class Act
Fanny Lumsden
Dragonfly
Kasey Chambers
All Australian Girl
Tania Kernaghan
COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL NEWS GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Better Day
Carter & Carter
All You Need Is Music
Davidson Brothers
61-615
O'Shea
The Hungry Mile
The Bushwackers
Endless
The McClymonts
REGIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Hey
Kasey Chambers & Paul Kelly
Back in '92
Lee Kernaghan & James Blundell
Waltzing Australia
The Bushwackers with John Williamson, Sara Storer & The Bush Choir
When We Say It's Forever
The McClymonts & Ronan Keating
Our Backyard
Travis Collins & Amber Lawrence
BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR
Just Like Your Dad
Dale Duncan
Songwriters: Allan Caswell & Manfred Vijars
Henbury Blues
Dean Perrett
Songwriter: Neville Anderson
Uncle Harry
Dianne Lindsay
Songwriter: Peter Simpson
Plains of Nappa Merrie
Graham Rodger
Songwriter: Graham Rodger
We Still Sing Three Rivers Hotel
Ian Quinn
Songwriter: Ian Quinn
TOYOTA HERITAGE SONG OF THE YEAR
Roll On
Fanny Lumsden
Songwriter: Fanny Lumsden
Outback Club Reunion
Lee Kernaghan
Songwriters: Garth Porter, Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan
Dirt Under My Nails
The Bushwackers
Songwriter: Rich Davies
Never Never Land
Tom Curtain feat Luke O'Shea
Songwriters: Tom Curtain & Luke O'Shea
Our Backyard
Travis Collins & Amber Lawrence
Songwriters: Amber Lawrence, Travis Collins, Matt Scullion
COCA-COLA INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR
Evelyn's Kitchen
Davidson Brothers
Pick Me!
Michael Fix
Porch Pickin'
Mickey Pye
Easy Does It
The Bushwackers
Eva Waits
Tommy Emmanuel
BLUEGRASS RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Too Young, Too Cute, Too Pretty
Carpenter Caswell
Back Where I Started
Davidson Brothers
Southbound Train
Runaway Dixie
Cumberland Plain
The Morrisons
Long Way Over
Wide Island
QANTASLINK NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR
Well Dressed Man
Brad Butcher
The Way We Ride
Casey Barnes
Count On Me
Judah Kelly
It's Only Midnight
Matt Cornell
Halfway Up The Hume
Small Town Romance
APRA AMCOS SONG OF THE YEAR
Satellite
Kasey Chambers
Songwriters: Kasey Chambers & Harry Hookey
Outback Club Reunion
Lee Kernaghan
Songwriters: Garth Porter, Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan
Safe
Shane Nicholson
Songwriter: Shane Nicholson
Don't Wish It All Away
The McClymonts
Songwriters: Brooke, Sam, & Mollie McClymont, Lindsey Jackson
Our Backyard
Travis Collins & Amber Lawrence
Songwriters: Amber Lawrence, Travis Collins, Matt Scullion
CMC VIDEO CLIP OF THE YEAR
Satellite
Kasey Chambers
Directors: Duncan Toombs & David Bromley
Damn Good Mates
Lee Kernaghan
Director: Duncan Toombs
Don't Wish It All Away
The McClymonts
Director: Jeremy Dylan
Never Never Land
Tom Curtain feat Luke O'Shea
Directors: Tom Curtain & Luke O'Shea
Our Backyard
Travis Collins & Amber Lawrence
Director: Paul Stefanidis
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Satellite
Kasey Chambers
Kiss Somebody
Morgan Evans
Safe
Shane Nicholson
House
The McClymonts
Our Backyard
Travis Collins & Amber Lawrence
Above Info via http://tcmf.com.au/
2018
BUNGENDORE FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!
Congratulations to the Bungendore Stan Coster Memorial Awards 2018
Finalists. - The ABBA
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Press release below from The Bungendore Country Music Muster.
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STAN COSTER MEMORIAL BUSH BALLAD AWARDS FINALISTS 2018
Finalists for 2018
1.Male Vocal:
Graham Rodger Our Love Will Always Live
Brian Letton The Boyup Waltz
Tom Maxwell Behind the Barrier Gate
2.Female Vocal:
Sharon Heaslip A Thousand Different Pictures.
Trudy Hintz Saddle Up and Ride.
Dianne Lindsay Uncle Harry.
3.New Talent:
Jim Samphier Greendog
Kate Daniel Trading My Crown For a Ring
Bob Gregory The Ghost of Bold Ben Hall
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4.Instrumental or Vocal Group or Duo:
Peter Simpson/Alisha Smith. The Bushman’s Song
Terry Bennetts.Turquoise Bay
Lindsay Butler/Anthony Baxter. Things are not the Same on the Land
5. Album of the Year:
Sharon Heaslip A Thousand Different Pictures
Graham Rodger The Plains of Nappa Merrie
Brian Letton. Western Australia Calling me Home
6.Songwriter:
Dale Duncan / Keith Jamieson/ Ray Essery. The Clarence River.
Graham Rodger. No More Waltzing Matilda.
Brian Letton/Edwards The Legend of Wally Dowling
7.Comedy Song of the Year:
Nev Malloy/ Bob Gregory I’ve’ Been Married Mate
Brian Letton. She’s Gotta be Emu Export Mate.
Sharon Benjamin The old Bush Telegraph.
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THE STAN COSTER MEMORIAL AUSTRALIAN BUSH BALLAD AWARDS 2018
On Saturday 3rd February 2018 the Festival of Australian Country Music
(more widely known as the Bungendore Muster) will turn 33 and will
play host to the 21st Stan Coster Memorial Australian Bush Ballad
Awards.
Once again these awards have attracted nominations from the very best
“Australian country artists” this country has to offer,
and once again these awards have proven that the Bush Ballad is thriving
and is a major component of today’s “modern” country
music industry.
Announcements and presentations to the successful artists will take
place with a special concert on Saturday evening 3rd February 2018
on the Greg Gordon stage with all finalists appearing. These awards
are the only true celebration of the Bush Balladeer and the music
of Australia and an experience never to be forgotten.
Thank you to all the artists, who supported the 2018 Bungendore Stan
Coster Memorial awards, by nominating. And we must not forget the
award judges who spent many hours sorting through the many nominations
particularly when they were so close.
It is your support that enables us to maintain the awards each year.
Congratulations to you all on some wonderful material, and good luck
with your current CD/s.
See you there!
http://bungendorecountrymusicmuster.com.au/
NEWS
ITEM 12/10/2017
The Australian Country Music
Hall of Fame & The Walk A Country Mile
will be closed from Monday October 30th for major
maintenance and updating the display areas.
Monday 13th November we will be open again.
We are sorry to cause any inconvenience to anyone but it is very important
that this work is done.
Thank you for your patience.
Lorraine Pfitzner
Publicity Officer
>> TAMWORTH
CMF OFFICIAL GIG GUIDE - deadline 8th November!! 1/11/2018
G'day all,
8TH OF NOVEMBER DEADLINE!
ABBA Members performing on shows at the Balladeers Homestead who wish
to list their spots in the Tamworth Official Gig Guide need to do
so BEFORE Wednesday 8th of November.
http://tcmf.com.au/OfficialGuide/
This also applies to organisers of concerts at the venue.
CORRECT SHOW TITLES
Showcase artists and those appearing on concerts may check the ABBA
website page for the BALLADEERS HOMESTEAD for correct show titles
etc. See http://www.bushballadeers.com.au/festival.htm
MEMBERS SHOWCASES
ABBA Members who have applied to appear on Member Showcases, please
check the page as well, as your days/times are on the page as well.
You can now list your days/times in the Official Tamworth Festival
Guide. See http://www.bushballadeers.com.au/festival.htm
Note that I list all concerts/showcases
at the Homestead venue for the guide, but it IS up to individual artists
to list themselves in regard to what shows they are appearing on in
the A-Z of the Official guide.
Please feel free to contact me via this
page or email info@bushballadeers.com.au should you require more info.
Kind regards
Virginia Coad
(ABBA Committee)
The
Australian Bush Balladeers Association Incorporated. ABN : 75798 969
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