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Congratulations Catherine winning best Female
Artist Golden Guitar in 2009!!
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Female Artist of the Year
Catherine Britt - What I Did Last
Night
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Hexham Bowling Club 2009
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Catherine's niece on stage
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Catherine's niece
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Cessnock 2008
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Catherine with Adam Harvey and The Noll
Brothers
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Simply Catherine Britt and Tommy
Emmanuel: Over the Rainbow
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NASHVILLE: Catherine has returned to the recording studio with
producer
Brett Beavers to record a stunning version of the classic Over The
Rainbow with one of the world's great guitarists - Tommy Emmanuel.
The
recording is simply Catherine and Tommy with no other musicians
and is
an astonishingly pure adaptation of the standard. Catherine sings
with
all the emotion in her voice that she is renowned for to record a
version that will bring tears to anyone's eyes. Tommy is simply
sensational on guitar.
On July 10 Catherine will join Tommy on stage in Nashville to
perform
the song live to an audience that usually consists of the cream of
country artists who turn out to see Tommy when he performs in
Nashville.
The show will be at The Belcourt Theatre. As a special treat for
Catherine, her mother will be in the audience to cheer!
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Catherine Britt
joined
Tanya Tucker, Clay Walker,
Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Lonestar, Neal McCoy, Danielle Peck, Trent
Willmon, Darryl Worley and Chris Young, for the June 6th
“Country Weekly’s” Fashion Show. The magazine partners with
Wrangler and Hard Rock Cafe to raise money and awareness for
Musicians On Call.
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Vote for Catherine Britt
In the May 21 edition of the US Country Weekly magazine,
Catherine Britt and Katrina Elam show off different looks with the
Hanes® perfect T shirt. Readers are asked, “Who has the perfect
look with the Hanes® perfect T ?” Visit
http://www.countryweekly.com/katrina_elam_catherine_britt/sweeps/enter/312
to check out the exclusive photos and to vote for Catherine. Each
vote is a sweepstakes entry for a chance to win an autographed
Hanes® perfect T and new music from Catherine! You can vote once a
day...every day until the contest closes
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It has just been announced that Catherine Britt
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Certainly a well-timed break for Catherine.
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Catherine scheduled for the Nashville
Festival
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Music, Broadway, television, and film superstar
Reba McEntire make her highly-anticipated return to this Festival
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Major musical charity event: 2007 CMA Music
Festival, held Thursday through Sunday, June 7-10 , in Downtown Nashville.
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Artists scheduled to perform include
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Carrie Underwood, The Wreckers, Sugarland, Martina
McBride, Little Big Town, Jason Aldean,
Bomshel, Catherine Britt, Luke Bryan, Sonny Burgess,
Carolina Rain, Eric Church, Cole Deggs & the Lonesome, Heartland, Jypsi,
Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Blaine Larsen, The Lost Trailers, Neal McCoy, The Oak
Ridge Boys, Jamie O’Neal, Jake Owen, Danielle Peck, Pirates of the
Mississippi, Pam Tillis, and Chris Young. Additional artists will be
announced in the coming weeks.
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How lucky am I!!
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I was fortunate to hear Catherine's new single
"What I did last night" that has now been released in the USA.
Catherine's parents Steve and Anne generously played it in the car for me
after I met them at the Tamworth Festival. It is superb!!! I am
sure it will be a big hit!!
Keith Urban features on guitar, playing a great
solo. All the best
Catherine.
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Golden Guitar Nominations 2007
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Rising star Catherine Britt received 3 nominations - Single of
the Year, Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year. She received
the news in Nashville shortly after the nominations event at Luna Park in
Sydney from her very excited parents. "This is a dream come true. I’ve
worked all my life for this," she said.
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Keith Urban features on New Single
Written by Dids
Sunday, 12 November 2006
Catherine Britt told audiences listening to the Gerry House radio program in
Nashville that fellow Australian and Male Artist of the last 2 years, Keith
Urban guests on her new single. Keith features on guitar - playing a great
guitar solo. Keith, who calls Catherine his "little sister", has always
supported her career and was very excited to be able to add his talents to
her single. The song received very positive feedback from Gerry and
listeners who rang in during her 45min interview segment.
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Chicago radio has also given the single
the thumbs up when Catherine previewed it to them this week.
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Vote for Keith Urban and Catherine Britt
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Photo courtesy of Mark Edson
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Echo Lounge at Parramatta (Photo Courtesy
of Kerry Carter)
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Echo Lounge at Parramatta with Mike Carr (Photo
Courtesy of Kerry Carter)
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Photo Courtesy of Kerry Carter
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Final 5 Best ARIA Nominations 2006
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Country Album Nominations
Adam Brand (What a Life)
Anne Kirkpatrick "Showman's Daughter"
Lee Kernaghan (The New Bush)
Catherine Britt (Too Far Gone)
Troy Cassar-Daley (Brighter Day) .. winner
was Troy !!
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Catherine's single "What I Did
Last Night" release date has been put back until early February at
this stage.
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"Souls of Country"
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A special moment on Tuesday 26th
September at the Newcastle Steel City Songwriters night will be
when Catherine Britt (who also will be appearing) as part of the
the "Souls of Country Ceremony". Her Footprints will be
cemented outside Club Macquarie. Catherine sang regularly
starting as a young twelve year old at the Newcastle Steel City
Club.
Click here Newcastle Steel City page
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Catherine Britt will be Female
Lead in Movie
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It has been confirmed that
Catherine will be the female lead in the sequel to the movie "The
Gift". It is about a female Country Singer from Australia.
George Strait will also be appearing in movie.
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Aussies Walk the Line" A Tribute
to Johnny Cash
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Star
City
Showroom
Starring Richard Clapton, Beccy Cole,
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Brian Cadd,
Adam Harvey, Rick Price,
Catherine Britt, Mike Carr,
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Steve
Forde, Jake Nickolai, Travis Collins
8.00pm
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- Jake Nickolai, Jedd Hughes, Col
Finley, Jessica Belle, Sherrie Austin,
Sally Bunnell (a US
country music journalist)
Caitlin Evanson, Catherine Britt
and Tim Holland The
Music Network
Some of the Australians in living and recording in Nashville
www.timhollandcountry.com
- (Photo Courtesy of Kerry Roberts)
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- Catherine Britt and
Caitlin Evanson
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- Red Carpet Awards 2006
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- Catherine has a
new fan site -
www.hillbillybritt.com
will give you a full run down on the tour with photos once
Catherine is back in Nashville.
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Catherine singing at the Dolly Tribute
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Catherine will be accompanied by a wonderful fiddle player Caitlin
Evanson
Fri 27 Country Club Pavilion - West League Tickets $29
(one price)
Reserved seating 7.30pm
1st February – The Basement , - Songwriters Workshop
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2nd February – West Leagues Club, N’castle
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Congratulations!!
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CMAA Golden Guitar
2006 Award Finalists
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Video Clip of the Year-
Artist Clip Director Record Label
Adam Harvey God Made Beer Mark & Jane Tamone ABC Music
Kasey Chambers Pony Brendan Fletcher EMI Music
Catherine Britt Poor Man’s Pride Ross Wood ABC Music
James Blundell Postcards From Saigon Paul Howarth Revenge
Records
Paul Kelly Song Of The Old Rake Ben Saunders EMI Music
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Reception for Australian Country
Music Artists
Keith Urban was honored during a reception for Australian
Country Music artists today at the Australian Consulate General. Other
artists in attendance included Australian rock legend Billy Thorpe,
who presented the award to Urban, Sherrie Austin, Catherine Britt,
Brian Cadd and Carrie Underwood.
Catherine Britt, along with Cowboy Crush, Jace Everett, and Ryan Shupe
& The RubberBand, are taking part in the CMA Global Markets Symposium,
Monday as part of a "Country Takes NYC" a week of activities leading
up to The 39th Annual CMA Awards, Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.
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At this stage Catherine will be accompanied to Australia by her
wonderful fiddle player Caitlin Evanson who will be touring with her
in her band – they make a great musical couple! Jimmy will not be
coming this year.
Slight change to the track listing for
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"Too Far Gone"
1.Swingin Door -
new US single set for release early next year
2.Wrapped -
(written by Bruce Robison)
3.Too Far Gone -
the new single to accompany the album
4.The Upside Of Being down -
a US Top 40 hit and a Top 5 here in Australia
5.A New Pair Of Shoes -
featuring a great support vocal by Kenny Chesney
6.Hot Doggin -
Cate’s Hank tribute featuring Don Helms from Hank
Williams band
7.Fallin Out Of Love With You
8.I’m Gone -
(Written by Keith Stegall, who is
Catherine's and Alan Jackson's producer)
9.I’m Nobody’s Fool
10.Life’s Highway -
a cover of an old Steve Wariner hit Wrapped
11.Poor Man’s Pride -
current Top 5 Australian hit
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Message from Catherine's dad Steve
Catherine will definitely be home for Christmas – will
return early December. She will release a new single "Too Far Gone" in
January to accompany the new album "Too Far Gone" which will also
be released in January (finally!). She will be at the Tamworth
festival and will follow up with an Australian wide tour in February –
details are still being organized.
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Elton and Catherine during the duet recording session
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Catherine Britt continues to build her
relationship with the Grand Ole
Opry as she has been selected to perform this Saturday (Oct 15) at
2:30
PM as part of the Opry Plaza Party in conjunction with the Opry's 80th
Birthday Bash. Opry Plaza concerts are offered free to the public in
the
area just outside the entrance to the Opry House in the Music Valley
area of Nashville. As part of the birthday celebration Garth Brooks
will
make a rare TV appearance on the Grand Ole Opry stage Saturday night.
click below on article in today's: Tennessean:
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051011/ENTERTAINMENT01
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Article from Catherine's Forum
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by Stickman
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I got to have nice chats with both Catherine and Jimmy Stewart
before the parking lot concert today, and must admit I was blown away
by how friendly and down to earth both of them are. For them to both
be so talented musically, and so physically attractive and yet be
genuinely nice, humble folks was an extremely pleasant surprise. They
both met and exceeded all my expectations by a country mile (or is
that a kilometer?).
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My chat with Jimmy Stewart
Here are a few things I can remember from my chat with Jimmy
Stewart: Jimmy has recently signed his own record deal with Warner's
and will be recording his own album in the near future. He was able to
participate in this concert due to a break in the Brooks & Dunn tour
since he is part of their road band. I suggested he talk them into
bringing Catherine on board as an opening act, and Jimmy liked that
idea as he could spend a lot more time with Catherine then. I asked
Jimmy how he met Catherine and he told how he was performing in a
Nashville venue one night where Catherine also got up and performed.
He was smitten immediately and asked her out to dinner that very
night. That was over a year ago and they've been together ever since.
Awww, ain't love grand..... I asked Jimmy about Tamworth and told me
he loved visiting Australia and the Tamworth festival, and that really
hopes his schedule will allow him to return with Catherine in January.
Finally, he explained to me that in the US record labels only pay
royalties on up to 11 songs per album, which is why albums rarely
exceed that total. Boy, what kind of dopey loophole is that! Thank
goodness the Aussies don't have such arbitrary restrictions.
Now, onto my chat with Catherine:
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I got the unusual pleasure of having an extended casual
conversation with Catherine prior to the concert. There weren't any
other people really waiting to talk to her, so we got to converse in a
very relaxed atmosphere by the side of the stage. I wrote almost
nothing down, and with my memory being what it is I will try to
recollect some of the more important topics we discussed. Here we
go....
1.) There will be no Elton duet video - Catherine was just informed
this week that Elton's management would not authorize a video shoot
until the duet had already become a bona-fide radio hit first. Talk
about putting the cart before the horse, crikey! Catherine was
obviously disappointed by this news but has an amazing resilliance to
career adversity.
2.) The Elton Duet single is considered "Lost" at this point - I had
to ask Catherine what this industry term meant and she explained it as
meaning the single is likely not going anywhere (or terms to that
effect). Labels use research polling via phone surveys and other means
to see if songs are having an impact on targeted radio listeners to
determine if they will become top 20 hits. "Where We Both Say Good
Bye" did not research well, and RCA is expecting it not to go much
higher on the charts than it has thus far and then fade away. I think
the lack of a timely Elton duet video helped prematurely seal the fate
of this fine single, which is a crying shame. Ultimately it was all
the country radio station programmers that passed on this single as
being "too country" (ie not suited to their listening audience) that
doomed it. Those radio stations that actually played and supported it
deserve our support.
3.) The US Release Date of "Too Far Gone" is in Limbo - The pending
chart failure of "Where We Both Say Good Bye" has put the release of
"Too Far Gone" in the US back in limbo. RCA wants a hit single to
preceed the CD's release and was counting on the Elton duet to be that
song. The song "Swingin' Door" (which Catherine had no part in
writing) will likely be released as the next single later this year or
in the spring. I told her I consider this a mistake as the song is too
generic and lacks what makes Catherine's own songs quite uniquely
hers. If that single doesn't become a hit, then RCA may not release
"Too Far Gone" at all in the US. RCA remains committed to Catherine
and is ready and willing to record a second album even if the first is
never released. Catherine obviously has great loyalty to RCA and the
people she deals with at that label, and I truly hope their
perseverance and patience pan out in the long run.\
4.) Original Songs Deleted From "Too Far Gone" - Because of the
ridiculous "11 Song Rule" I wrote about in my chat with Jimmy Stewart,
3 songs originally recorded for "Too Far Gone" have been replaced by "Swingin'
Door". "I'm Gone", and another song. When Catherine told me the
deleted songs I was so stunned I'm not sure I remember correctly, but
I believe they were "He Don't Care About Me", "Nobody's Fool", and
"Bad News Travels Fast". I think "He Don't Care About Me" and
"Nobody's Fool" are fantastic songs and I'd have chosen "Fallin' Out
of Love" and "New Pair of Shoes" to be axed instead although I like
all of the original cuts. "I'm Gone" is a fine song, but "Swingin'
Door" is not worthy to replace any of the original cuts in my mind. If
"Swingin' Door" becomes a hit song I will gladly eat my words and
rejoice in Catherine's success.
I asked Catherine when the Elton duet would be available for purchase
as a downloadable song from sources like Walmart.com, and she thought
it already was. She brought over an RCA label rep and he thought it
was already available through i-Tunes, but I told him Walmart is the
place to be for a country single (since Walmart retails something like
60% of all country music sales in the US). I'll have to check, but
usually Walmart offers available country singles so I'd be surprised
if i-Tunes has it (although I wish they did so people could buy it for
their i-Pods).
In closing I asked Catherine some fun questions just
for the heck of it:
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Q) Who are some of your favorite current artists?
A) Buddy and Julie Miller and Fred Eaglesmith - Catherine
thinks the "Swingin' Door" single has a "Buddy & Julie Miller" feel
and sound to it.
Q) What was your motivation for participating in the "FHM"
"New Women of Country" photo shoot?
A) I had been working out and was in about the best physical condition
I had ever been in, and I was just kind of proud to show off what I
had accomplished. I think I was the only participant that remained
clothed (both top and bottom) for all of the photographs they took.
Q) Where do you want to spend most of the rest of your
life, Australia or the US?
A) I'd like to split my time 50/50 between the two countries if
I could.
Q) What are a couple of your favorite TV shows?
A) In the US: MTV's Real World - Austin, TX, and in Australia:
"Neighbors" which was where both Kylie Minogue and Delta Goodrem got
started.
Q) What are your favorite snack foods?
A) In the US - Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, In Australia - Meat
Pies (she also found a good source in Atlanta, GA) and Allen's Lollies
(lolly being a generic term for candy down under).
Q) Have you seen the movie "Bootmen" and do Newcastle
steel workers really tap dance in their spare time?
A) Yes, and No
Q) Have you considered sneaking a version of the "Poor
Man's Pride" music video to Kylie Harris at GAC so she can air it on
"Edge of Country"?
A) RCA may release that video to CMT and GAC even though that song
will likely never be released as a single here.
Well, that concludes what I can recollect of my conversation based
upon my sketchy memory and chicken scratch notes (chook notes?).
Catherine admitted she drops in and reads our posts here on the forum
on occasion, so Catherine if I got anything wrong please drop in and
correct me!!
by Stickman
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Grand Ole Opry
The Greencards will make their Grand Ole Opry debut this
Friday, September 9. The Nashville show begins at 7:30 pm Central
Daylight Time (10:30 am Saturday in Sydney) and can be heard live
via the Internet at
http://www.wsmonline.com/ . Opry shows are also archived
on WSM On-line for those that can not tune in to the live
broadcast. Catherine Britt will be on the Saturday show. Exact
performance times can be found on
http://www.opry.com/TicketsAndInformation/ThisWeek.aspx
later in the week.
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cross-country bus tour called
"The Road To The CMA Awards"
http://magazine.angrycountry.com/article.php?story=20050907142034819
Catherine Britt will perform at the tour's first stop in Los
Angeles on
Sept 15. Catherine is quoted as saying:
"I'm so excited to be a part of the 'Road to the CMA Awards,'"
remarked
Britt, who duets with Sir Elton John on current single "Where We
Both
Say Goodbye" from her forthcoming debut album Too Far Gone. "For
me,
that journey began when I was 11 and I took the stage in
Newcastle,
Australia and sang the songs of Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and
Hank
Williams. Singing Country Music and being on the road are the
dreams of
my life."
- Report from Catherine's Dad
At the moment Catherine is in the middle of a 6 week radio
station promo tour for her new single to be released next month.
In the USA the single will be the duet with Elton John called
Where We Both Say Goodbye. Catherine says that she is getting a
very positive response from the stations so we will see what
happens. On the Australian scene the new single also due next
month looks like being Poor Man's Pride the song she wrote with
Jerry Salley and Guy Clark. At this stage the duet can not
be released as a single in Australia for contractual reasons. The
album looks like coming out in the US in November and will most
likely be released here at Tamworth 2006 - I'll let you know when
it's definite. Catherine has done a couple of concerts recently
and has another one in a couple of weeks in Michigan.
Regards
Steve Britt
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Recording the video for Upside Of
Being Down
Catherine singing in the studio during
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recording of the album
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Inside Cate's tour bus for the radio
tour
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All the musicians for the album:
Brent Mason, Paul Franklin, Glen Worff,
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Bruce Watkins, Hargus "Pig" Robbins and Stuart Duncan.
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- Catherine Britt, Michael Carr and
Aleyce Simmonds in Nashville
- Australian Artists at Nashville Fan Fair
2005
May 5: The program schedule details have
just been released for the 2005 CMA Music Festival (a.k.a. Fan
Fair) to be held in Nashville the week of June 6, and Australian
artists are well represented.
The week’s events start Monday evening with the CMA Global Artist
Showcase - a free concert event featuring performances from a
variety of international country music artists at The Stage On
Broadway in downtown Nashville with Mike Carr (Australia), Adam
Gregory (Canada), Justin McGurk (Ireland), Charlie Nagatani
(Japan), Aleyce Simmonds (Australia) and Rachel Warwick (UK).
Jamie O’Neal is amongst the first set of performers on the
secondary Riverfront Park Stages on Thursday morning. Keith Urban
appears on the main football stadium stage that evening.
The Riverfront Park Stages will also be the site of the Wide World
of Country Show on Sunday with Paul Brandt (Canada), Catherine
Britt (Australia), Jedd Hughes (Australia), Justin McGurk
(Ireland), Aleyce Simmonds (Australia) and The Wilkinsons
(Canada). Hosted by GAC's Kylie Harris (New Zealand).
To see the full line-up of the week’s activities along with artist
photos from previous Fan Fairs, visit
http://www.countrymusictravel.com/www/id16.html
- Catherine added to Line-up
with
- Dolly at Grand Ole Opry
- GRAND OLE OPRY: Dolly Parton is now
scheduled to make one of her rare Grand Ole Opry performances on
April 23. The show will be broadcast live on the US GAC
television network between 8 and 9 PM EST (10AM Sunday in Sydney).
Catherine Britt has just been added to the Opry line-up for that
show. Her performance may be related to the night (Mar .1) she
serenaded Dolly in Nashville as part of the Country Radio
Broadcasters program to honor Parton with a career achievement
award: “Catherine Britt opened the Parton segment with a serene
and straightforward reading of ‘To Daddy,’ the Parton composition
that became a 1977-78 hit for Emmylou Harris. Britt followed with
the folkish ‘Little Sparrow,’ a more recent tune from Parton's
bluegrass phase.”
http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1497696/03022005/parton_dolly.jhtml
If you don’t have access to GAC via a cable or satellite TV
service, you can tune into the show on the Internet via
http://www.wsmonline.com/
Who knows... maybe we will be lucky enough to see/hear a duet.
Mar. 15 Update: Bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph
Stanley has also been added to the night’s line-up joining Dolly
and Catherine.
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- Dolly Parton Tribute
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- Parton, Rivers To Be Honored At CRB Events
Jan. 10, 2005
By Phyllis Stark
Martina McBride and Catherine Britt will perform a tribute to
Dolly
Parton at Country Radio Broadcaster's upcoming Country DJ Hall of
Fame
dinner, set for March 1 in Nashville. Parton will be presented
with the
CRB's career achievement award, which annually recognizes an
artist who
has been a major influence on the growth of country radio......
http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/printable_version.jsp?vnu_content_id=
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- Catherine Britt with her dad Steve
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- Jimmy Stewart Catherine's friend (part of the Brookes and
Dunn Band)
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Catherine and 6 other female
singers inc Jamie O'Neill are featured on the cover of this months
FHM magazine just out in the US. The magazine does come out in Aus
but it is an Oz edition so not sure if she will be in the Oz
edition. No she is not in underwear but its a great shot - some of
the other girls are in underwear though!
- Catherine is now back to the
States and this week she has recorded three songs and one of them
will be her next single.
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- What an honor for Catherine to be a part of
this tribute to Dolly and
to be included with Martina on the program.
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Parton, Rivers To Be Honored At CRB Events
Jan. 10, 2005
By Phyllis Stark
Martina McBride and Catherine Britt will perform a tribute to
Dolly
Parton at Country Radio Broadcaster's upcoming Country DJ Hall of
Fame
dinner, set for March 1 in Nashville. Parton will be presented
with the
CRB's career achievement award, which annually recognizes an
artist who
has been a major influence on the growth of country radio......
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Full story:
http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/printable_
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- 19 yr old Catherine has confirmed that she will be at the
Tamworth Festival 2005, with a gig at Blazes on the 16th January
and many more guest appearances.. She will also have gigs in
other areas around Australia while she is home. Catherine is
now based in the USA and will stay there indefinitely and only
come home for festivals and holidays. Catherine will be home
in December.
- Catherine has just done a photo shoot for an American
magazine F H M with 8 female country singers. This magazine
will be sold in Australia.
- Her single "The Upside of Being Down" has been on the
Billboard top 40 for the last 6 weeks. Her new album will be
called "Too Far Gone" Catherine was on the Grand Ole Opry again on
Saturday 27th at 12.30 Eastern Standard Time singing her new
single and also "In the Pines". She has been invited back to
make many appearances in the future.
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- Print out and have the
memories
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