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The
new issue of Maverick Magazine; June 2008 is available now! Cover
Feature for the June Issue is the lovely Kathy Mattea, following
the release of her new album COAL, but this issue also features
the following…
* BLUE HIGHWAYS FESTIVAL – Featuring the cream of the crop…
* CACKERS CACKING…
* RACHEL HARRINGTON – Modern old-time country?
* PATSY CLINE – Maverick icon
* ASHTON SHEPHERD – Alabama Songbird
* BEST KEPT SECRET – My favourite album…
* JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE – That family tradition
* COUNTRY WASHING LINE – Revealing our musical tastes
* MICHAEL MCDONALD – Country speak
* RIK PALIERI – Banjo man
* NICK BARRACLOUGH COLUMN
The
Live Reviews consist this month of Kris Kristofferson, Southern
Tenant Folk Union, Billy Joe Shaver, The Curst Sons, Kimmie Rhodes,
Michael Weston King, Sam Baker & Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros,
Monte Montgomery & more.
In
the On Tour section there are features on Andy Fairweather Low,
Gary Louris, James Keelaghan, Brooks Williams, Romi Mayes and
Stephen Fearing.
Plus
there are loads of CD Reviews now split into new sections; New
Releases and Dusty Relics plus DVD Reviews and here are just a
few of those that make appearances in this month’s issue: Caroline
Herring, Dale Watson, Jeff Bates, Eric Bibb, Karla Bonoff, Minnie
Driver, Tim O’Brien, Jeff Healey, Peter Cooper, REM, Waylon Jennings,
Johnny Cash, Terri Clark, Naughty Jack, Bex Marshall, Shauna Russell,
Chris Garneau, Tarwater, Sean Taylor, The Everybodyfields, Sammy
Kershaw, The Pogues and loads more.
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TESCO
TO STOCK MAVERICK
Tesco
stores across the UK have taken up the option to sell Maverick,
This doesn’t mean that you’ll be able to buy the magazine in
any Tesco store. It is down to the individual store manager
as to whether he/she takes up the option to have copies of the
magazine on display and for sale. If the manager thinks there’s
a demand in his area then he/she will stock it.
To
help create that interest and demand we ask all our readers,
each time they go into a Tesco store, to ask if they stock Maverick.
If they don’t then please try and persuade them to. The more
copies we can get displayed in Tesco stores, the better chance
we have of increasing circulation. Your help with this is much
appreciated.
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To
have your music considered for the chart
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ingredients that make up the chart.
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HOT
COUNTRY NEWS CLUB LAUNCHED
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probably, one of the largest mailing lists in the world of country
music. "Hot Country News" is updated every Thursday online
and sent out to thousands of subscribers. With the help of agencies
throughout the world we put together the latest weekly news from
the country music scene with a European slant, and due to public
demand we have launched regular, quarterly, HOT COUNTRY NEWS newsletters.
These will be published every 3 months -January, April, July and
October - and will include a roundup of all the key news in the
world of country music as well as valuable information for the country
fan, special offers, great competitions, useful contact details,
a spotlight on radio in the UK and much more.
For
just £10 per year, you will receive the four issues through
the post, your e mail address will be added to our mailing list
to receive our weekly newsletter plus BREAKING NEWS FLASHES when
they happen. Plus you will receive a FREE pack of 10 country music
CDs containing over 12 hours of music and over 200 tracks from
some top country acts in your welcome pack.
To
join the brand new "HOT COUNTRY NEWS" club simply send
a cheque for £10 (made payable to Stuart Cameron) to Hot
Country News, 36 Melrose Road, Galashiels TD1 2BZ, Scotland. In
your welcome pack you will get a membership card which will allow
you access to many money-saving special offers throughout the
year in country music. Keep up to date with the Hottest Country
News and enjoy great benefits exclusive to all members and enjoy
some great country music FREE to all subscribers who join up.
Contact; Stuart Cameron Hot
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IMPORTANT
Information About This Website!
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Having
just recently returned home after spending more than 6 months
in hospital, twice undergoing major surgery, I hope to make
update's to the site, as soon and as much as health allows.
Please keep on checking the site regularly. Thank you! Ray
Grundy
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Are
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LUCIE
DIAMOND WINS ANOTHER MAJOR EUROPEAN AWARD
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Lucie
Diamond's impressive International profile and consistent quality
global media coverage has won her a prestigious award in the
European CMA country music awards.
The
voting panel recognised the "impact" that Lucie and
her music have had on an International basis in the last 12
months, and awarded her the brand new "ECMA Media Award."
In
distinguished company, Lucie is one of only three females to
win this year, along with US stars Carrie Underwood and Sheryl
Crow. Legends George Strait, Vince Gill and Brooks & Dunn
also scooped awards.
Singer-songwriter
Lucie's unique talents and achievements were rewarded with a
massive SIX nominations in the 2007 ECMA awards, the only British
artist to be nominated. In the previous awards, she won 3 of
her 4 nominations - European Country Music Artist of the Year,
Female Vocalist of the Year and the ECMA "Future Star"
award - the sole Brit to win anything.
Reigning
Female Vocalist of the Year Lucie, has to hand her crown to
American Idol star Carrie Underwood, who just pipped her for
the title this time.
"To
be nominated 6 times, and to win this new award for spreading
the word about modern country music far and wide, to an audience
from 8 to 80, is just fantastic. In the UK, most country music
may not have moved on much at all, but worldwide it is vibrant,
exciting and growing, and I am happy to let people see it is
not all about cowboy hats and rednecks."
"Country
music is a very commercial entity and enjoyed by record buyers
from Africa to Aberdeen, Nashville to Newcastle, and played
on mainstream radio and TV almost everywhere, every day. That's
got to be good for all of us that are writing and performing
this kind of great music. Thanks to the ECMA and those who voted
for me, and congratulations to my fellow award winners, "
said Lucie, during a break from writing for her next CD.
In
the UK Country Radio awards earlier this year, Lucie walked
away with 2 gongs - The Presenters' Award, for sheer volume
of nominations from the radio DJs for her CD "I Wanna Be
Rich." She also won the Hotdisc Single of the Year award
for "I Wanna Be Rich", after it topped the British
Hotdisc chart for 8 weeks.
Her
CD features a duet with multi-Grammy winner Delbert McClinton,
and also has the guitar great Albert Lee playing on it. The
12-track CD has been given unanimous glowing reviews worldwide.
www.luciediamond.com
www.myspace.com/luciediamond
Issued
by: Kudos Music UK
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JOHNNY
CASH - DVD
THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY
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in Dyess, Arkansas, February 26, 1932 to a mother who was a singer
and a father who was a farmer, Johnny Cash grew to become one
of Country music's biggest icon's. In fact, he was bigger than
just Country music alone, |
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he crossed over into many other forms of music, gaining an eclectic
legion of fans in his long and illustrious career! more....... |
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GENE
WATSON COMPETITION
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of London-based Hux Records the Gene Watson fan site at www.gene-watson.com
is currently running a competition where you can win one of two
copies each of the special Gene Watson re-issue two-on-one album
set featuring "Love In the Hot Afternoon" and "Paper
Rosie" on one CD (2002), and "Because You Believed In
Me" and Beautiful Country" (2005) on the other. You
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NEW
CD FROM GEORGE HAMILTON IV
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50th
Anniversary Set With Book, CD & Tour
George
Hamilton IV, the International Ambassador of Country Music,
celebrates his 50th Anniversary as an entertainer with a new
book, cd and U.K. celebratory tour set for the autumn.
The
book the 50th Anniversary Scrapbook and PhotoBiography
was the brainchild of George Hamilton V who spent many
months researching and identifying photographs that traced his
fathers career through the decades, from initial pop success
in 1956 with the million selling A Rose And A Baby Ruth to recently
receiving the special BCMA award in recognition for his furtherance
of country music on a worldwide basis. The photographs, which
also includes shots with numerous celebrities and items from
the family album, is accompanied by reproductions of newspaper
clippings highlighting career achievements and assorted record
and concert advertisements.
George
Hamilton IV: 50th Anniversary Scrapbook & PhotoBiography,
which runs to 90 pages, is published in the U.K. by the younger
Hamilton in association with country music journalist Alan Cackett,
editor of Maverick magazine.
Hamiltons
new cd, the latest in a highly prolific recording career, is
titled Heritage And Legacy. Its a 20 track collection
that features new recordings of several of his chart hits
including Abilene, Break My Mind, Canadian Pacific, Truck Driving
Man and Early Morning Rain - alongside newer material like HomeGrown,
We Will Meet Again, Has Anybody Here Seen Hank and Forever Young.
The album concludes with the George IV, V and VI joining forces
with other family members on You Are My Sunshine.
Heritage
And Legacy is produced by Dave Moody (of the Moody Brothers,
who toured with Hamilton for several years) and recorded at
the dLAB Studios in Monroe, NC. The album is released on Lamon
Records (LR10387-2).
George
Hamilton IV - in the UK for the launch of the book at Maidstones
Soul Café (where he performed with one of Britains
veteran country groups, the Jonny Young Band) and a headlining
slot at Paul Wheaters Whitby Gospel Music Convention,
alongside several dates in Scotland - returns to these shores
in the autumn for his latest round of club and concert appearances.
On this occasion hell tour with Tony Goodacre, a stalwart
of the British country music scene whos also celebrating
his 50th anniversary. The tour, appropriately named 100 Years
In Country Music, begins in late September and continues through
October.
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More
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BOOK
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GEORGE
HAMILTON IV AMBASSADOR OF COUNTRY MUSIC
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The
Authorized Biography By
Paul Davis.
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BEST OF BRITISH & IRISH COUNTRY 2007
CD NOW RELEASED
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For
the ninth year the Best Of British & Irish Country album has
been released and it's out now. The project, which began in 1999,
features songs from British and Irish acts which have all gained
exposure in the past year on radio throughout Europe, and the artists
on the album feature a mixture of acts who have been on the scene
for a long time and new names appearing for the first time.
The
album is £9.99 and is available direct from us (and we'll
throw in an extra 4 CDs for free). You can also buy the complete
9-Disc set of Best Of British albums in the series (1999-2007)
and we'll give you an extra CD free for an inclusive postage-free
price of £40 - send a cheque for £9.99 or £40
made payable to Hotdisc Limited and mail to Hotdisc, Stables Cottages,
Eildon Hall, Melrose TD6 9HD, Scotland. Or you can pay directly
by Paypal using our dedicated Paypal e mail address at hotdisclimited@aol.com
or even simpler, just click on the shopping cart at our home page.
The
line up for the 22 track album is...
1 Dave Sheriff - More Than One Heart
2 Chilli Gold - Every Time You Leave
3 Ned Kelly - The Other Man
4 Jackie Storrar - Ace Of Spades
5 Paula MacAskill - Higher Ground
6 Clive John - The Reason
7 Bryan Chalker - Razorback Steak
8 Stu Stevens - The Man From Outer Space
9 Jackie Barnett - Down And Dirty
10 Brian Hughes - 41 Going On 17
11 Dan Wesley - Some Things I Like
12 The Murphys - Working Mom
13 Nicholas McCarthy & The Yellowstone Picnic Band - The Three
Bells
14 Sprockett - Worn-Out Blues
15 Martin Smith - Brave Face
16 Audrey Kelly - If That's So Wrong
17 Roisin - Strong Enough To Bend
18 Highway Dave & The Varmints - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
19 Stephen Smyth - If I Were You
20 Chilli Gold - Out Of My Mind
21 Bryan Chalker - Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It
22 Paula MacAskill & Tom Laverty - Love And Happiness
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25th
International Country Music Festival
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Look
out for the big event happening in Germany on May 23rd and 24th
at the Guenzhalle Koetz. The Country & Western Friends of
Koetz 1982 celebrate their 25th International Country Music Festival
on that weekend with traditional, bluegrass, honky tonk and hillbilly
music high on the agenda. Gary Fjellgaard from Canada and Smokestack
Lightnin' (Germany) top the bill on the Friday while the Daniel
T. Coates Band (USA/Germany) and Four Wheel Drive (Holland) are
appearing on the Saturday. The organisers have shows on April
27th (Malcolm Holecombe (USA), May 5th Peter Cooper & Eric
Brace (USA/UK) and July 19th with Gail Davies upcoming at various
venues. For full details visit www.cwf-koetz.de
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THE
MATEKI'S EUROPE/UK TOUR
Now
Booking For 2009
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Texas
duo Paul and Helen Mateki are looking to return to Europe and
the UK in 2009. If you would like to book this excellent act for
your club or festival, you can contact myself, ray@metrocountry.co.uk
or Paul, pmateki@sbcglobal.net
Their website can be found at www.paulmateki.com
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U.K.
BROADCASTERS ON INTERNET RADIO
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Lloyd
Coles of Swansea Sound Radio, a broadcaster
for over 30 years, can now be heard on the internet, from 7pm
to 10pm every Monday.
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(2007)
Read What Frank Ifield Has To Say About Australian Rising Star:
TRAVIS COLLINS
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AUSTRALIAN
D.J 'TUBBY' DYER INTERVIEWS UP AND
COMING AUSSIE SINGER DONNA BOYD
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