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Anne Kirkpatrick
Anne Kirkpatrick (born 4 July 1952) is an Australian country music singer. She is the daughter of country singers Slim Dusty and Joy McKean. Biography She also has a brother, David Kirkpatrick, who is an accomplished singer-songwriter. The year 1964 saw the establishment of the annual Slim Dusty Australia-round tour, a journey that went on for ten months. This regular event was the subject of a feature film, ''The Slim Dusty Movie'', in 1984, which includes several performances featuring Anne Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick also features in the 2020 Australian documentary ''Slim and I''. Kirkpatrick has won Golden Guitar Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 1979, 1991, and twice in 1992. She also won an ARIA Award for Best Australian Country Record in 1992. and appeared on the 1990 compilation album ''Breaking Ground - New Directions in Country Music'' which was nominated for the 1991 ARIA Award for Best Country Album. In 2010, Kirkpatrick was inducted into the Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Blue (Anne Kirkpatrick Album)
''Out of the Blue'' is the seventh studio album released by Australian country music singer Anne Kirkpatrick. The album was released in 1991. The album has been heralded as "a watershed album in Australian country music" and Kirkpatrick's "breakthrough album". At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992, Kirkpatrick was awarded the ARIA Award for Best Country Album; this was Kirkpatrick's first ARIA Award. At the Country Music Awards of Australia The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales ... of 1992, Kirkpatrick won two golden guitar's; "Album of the Year" and "Female Vocalist of the Year" for the track "I Guess We've Been Together Too Long". This is the second time Kirkpatrick has won this award; her last coming in 1979. Track listing Personnel Release history References 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Music Awards Of 2006
The 20th annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) were held on 29 October 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex. Presenters on the night included James Mathison, Johnny Knoxville, Jesse McCartney and John Mayer. Axle Whitehead controversy '' Video Hits'' host Axle Whitehead exposed himself and simulated masturbation on an ARIA trophy as the winners of the awards for Highest Selling Single and Highest Selling Album made their way to the stage in front of an audience of up to 10,000. The incident was edited from the telecast of the awards. Whitehead announced three days after the awards that he had resigned from Network Ten. Awards and nominations ''Winners are highlighted in ''bold'', other final nominees shown in ''plain. ARIA Awards *Album of the Year **Bernard Fanning – '' Tea and Sympathy'' ***Augie March – ''Moo, You Bloody Choir'' ***Eskimo Joe – ''Black Fingernails, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Award For Best Female Artist
The ARIA Music Award for Best Female Artist, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." To be eligible, the female artist must meet one of the following criteria: be an Australian citizen; be born in Australia; be a permanent resident or have applied for permanent residency (having lived in Australia for at least six months for two consecutive years prior to the awards and signed to an Australian record label in the case of an applicant); if they are from New Zealand they must have lived in Australia for at least six months for two consecutive years prior to the awards and signed to an Australian record label. The ARIA Award for Best Female Artist is given to a female artist who have had a single or an album a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Music Awards Of 1994
The Eighth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 30 March 1994 at the State Theatre in Sydney. Radio and TV personality Richard Stubbs hosted the ceremony and was assisted by presenters to distribute 26 awards. In addition to previous categories, new categories for Best Alternative Release and Best Pop/Dance Release were presented for the first time. A Special Achievement Award was presented to former ''Go-Set'' music journalist and pioneer radio DJ, Stan Rofe. The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted Men at Work. Ceremony details The Cruel Sea won five categories for their album ''The Honeymoon Is Over'' (1993) and its title track. According to Australian music journalist, Anthony O'Grady, they displayed "a churning rumble of swamp boogie, surf instrumentals and punk iconoclasm, not immediately radio's hottest wish list." Speculation that they would not turn up proved unfoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Music Awards Of 1992
In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work. The typical context for arias is opera, but vocal arias also feature in oratorios and cantatas, or they can be stand-alone concert arias. The term was originally used to refer to any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. Etymology The Italian term ''aria'', which derives from the Greek ἀήρ and Latin ''aer'' (air), first appeared in relation to music in the 14th century when it simply signified a manner or style of singing or playing. By the end of the 16th century, the term 'aria' refers to an instrumental form (cf. Santino Garsi da Parma lute works, 'Aria del Gran Duca'). By the early 16th century it was in common use as meaning a simple setting of strophic poetry; melod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Music Awards Of 1990
The Fourth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 26 March 1990 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney. Australian host Glenn Shorrock of Little River Band was assisted by Quincy Jones, and other presenters, to distribute 24 awards. For the first time there were live performances but the awards were not televised. The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted two artists: Percy Grainger and Sherbet. An "Outstanding Achievement Award" was awarded to Kylie Minogue. Presenters and performers The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by singer-songwriter Glenn Shorrock. Presenters and performers were: Awards ''Final nominees for only some awards are available in reliable sources. Where not available, winners are listed.'' ARIA Awards *Album of the Year **Ian Moss – ''Matchbook'' ***Kate Ceberano – '' Brave'' ***Stephen Cummings – '' A New Kind of Blue'' ***Hunters & Collectors – '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The event has been held annually since 1987 and encompasses the general genre-specific and popular awards (these are what is usually being referred to as "the ARIA awards") as well as Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards (held separately from 2004), Achievement Awards and ARIA Hall of Fame – the latter were held separately from 2005 to 2010 but returned to the general ceremony in 2011. For 2010, ARIA introduced public voted awards for the first time. Winning, or even being nominated for, an ARIA award results in a lot of media attention and publicity on an artist, and usually increases recording sales several-fold, as well as chart significance – in 2005, for example, after Ben Lee won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden (Australia Too Song)
"The Garden" is a charity single, recorded by the Australia supergroup Australia Too. All Proceeds went to ''Freedom from Hunger'' in Ethiopia. The song peaked at number 38 on the Australian singles chart. At the 1986 Country Music Awards of Australia, it won APRA Song of the Year. At the APRA Music Awards of 1987, the song won Most Performed Australasian Country Work. Artists and musicians Artists that sang on the record Laurie Allen, Dave Allenby, Serina Andrew, Johnny Ashcroft, Lissa Barnum, Kevin Bennett, Keith Blinman, Bobby Bright, Alan Caswell, Stuart Cowell, Smoky Dawson, Leanne Douglas, Pat Drummond, Jon English, Mort Fist, Renée Geyer, Eric Grothe, Mick Hamilton, Alan Hawking, Wayne Horsburgh, Bob Hudson, Marc Hunter, Karen Johns, Dan Johnson, Col Joye, Genni Kane, Gay Kayler, Jan Kelly, Kevin King, Sally King, Anne Kirkpatrick, Roger Knox, Vic Lanyon, Darcy Leyear, Rose Marie, Lawrie Minson, Mike McClellan, Nev Nicholls, Sharon O'Neill, Doug Parkinson, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties. The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. History In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies. It was replaced in the 1970s by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Australia
Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd. (UMA) is the largest Australian music corporation. It is a division of the Universal Music Group. Universal Music Australia's corporate headquarters are located in Sydney, Australia. Labels Universal Music Australia operates local record labels, as well distribution deals with independent Australian labels. UMA also represents all Universal Music Group's international labels within Australia. Australian labels include: *Casablanca Records Australia *Caroline Records *Dew Process *EMI Music Australia *Island Records Australia International labels include: * Capitol Music Group * Co-Op Records * Def Jam *Fiction Records *Geffen Records *Interscope-Geffen-A&M * Island Records *MCA Nashville * PM:AM *Polydor Records * Republic Records *Virgin Records Current and former Australian artists Island Records Australia * Adam Eckersley Band * Andy Bull *Boy & Bear * The Cairos * Chance Waters *Clare Bowditch *Dean Lewis *Emma Birdsall *Gin Wig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
