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STAR ON THE RISE

   http://www.bobhowe.com/photos/mildura2005/  Photo at the Mildura Festival
ROYDEN DONOHUE has cemented himself as one of the hot new acts on the country scene taking out "Rising Star Male" at the Australian Independent Country Music Awards, announced on Saturday night.

This tops off a great year for Royden, adding to his other awards including 2005 TIARA Male Vocalist Of The Year and 2005 VIC & National Country Music Awards Best New Talent.
His latest single 'CALL IT WHAT IT IS' is climbing the charts, positioned at #24 on the Country Tracks Top 30.
www.roydendonohue.com
 

Mildura's  9th Australian Independent Country Music Awards – the Telstra Country Wide Southern Stars.

The Man, and ROYDEN DONOHUE won Rising Star Male with We’re Gone.

The awards are held annually as a climax to the huge Mildura Country Music Festival. For further information, contact the Awards Co-ordinator John Arnold on 0418 303206. Full Awards details are on the Mildura Country Music Festival website at www.milduracountrymusic.com.au
 

ROYDEN DONOHUE'S new single
CALL IT WHAT IT IS
has DEBUTED at #30
onto the Top 30 Country Tracks chart
It's Royden's second chart success following his previous hit
WE'RE GONE
The future just keeps getting brighter for this young star from Western NSW. He has been named a finalist in the Australian Independent Country Music Awards Rising Star Male (announced Oct)
www.roydendonohue.com
For more information or interviews:
Publicist - RUM Entertainment
ph/fax 02 4285 1461
(m) 0439 730 460
 

CALL IT WHAT IT IS....
(nfs#97 track 14)
the new single from the 2005 TIARA Awards Male Vocalist Of The Year

ROYDEN DONOHUE

After the chart success of his single WE'RE GONE and being named 2005's Best New Talent at the National Country Music Awards, comes a sophisticated song about love, from the smooth and powerful vocals that is ROYDEN DONOHUE.

CALL IT WHAT IT IS - takes you a musical ride - a classic song from one remarkable artist.

Country Radio will want to add this track!!

See Royden at the Hats Off To Country Festival, Tamworth, NSW at the following shows:
Fri 8th July - Scully Room, Southgate Inn 8pm-10pm (supporting Felicity Urquhart)
Sat 9th July - Scully Room, Southgate Inn 12noon - 3pm (RUM Showcase)

WWW.ROYDENDONOHUE.COM
For further information contact:
RUM Entertainment - Rebecca McCarthy
ph/fax 02 4285 1461
(m) 0439 730 460
rumentertainment@bigpond.com 

Australia's ROYDEN DONOHUE - A New Star For The World Of Country Music
www.roydendonohue.com 

NAMED 2005 TIARA AWARDS MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR - 2005 NATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS BEST NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR - 2005 GOLDEN SADDLE AWARDS FINALIST

Royden Donohue is already a familiar name in Australian country music. Over the past few years, the 24-year-old has released no less than four independent albums — Born to be a Heartbreaker, Rope the Moon, Solitary Man and Kentucky Rain. He’s enjoyed considerable radio airplay, and gained the respect of the whole country music industry, as well as building a large and solid fan base around his home town of Nyngan in western New South Wales.

His third album, Rope the Moon, took him into the finals of the Australian Independent Country Music Awards in Mildura in 2000. He’s twice been a Star Maker grand finalist — in 1999 and 2000 — and graduated from the prestigious CMAA College of Country Music in 1999.

But during his time in the desert over the past couple of years, Royden came to the realisation that it was time to take the next step forward with his career. So he contacted award-winning producer Rod McCormack — who’s been responsible for the success of artists like Beccy Cole and Adam Harvey, amongst others — to produce his new single.

Royden was keen to capture the quality of his live performances on the new tracks. “I wanted songs that were positive, that reflected my musical style — which is influenced by people like Dwight Yoakam and Elvis — and that would appeal to a mixed audience,” he said.

Under Rod’s guidance, Royden selected three songs to record: “We’re Gone” “Call It What It Is” and “Is It Love?”

The songs are all pure country, and reflect Royden’s deep country roots as well as showcasing his powerful voice and dynamic style. “I’ve gone that extra step with these songs, and given them everything I’ve got. Working with Rod has made the world of difference, and I’m really happy with the result,” Royden said.

The catchy single “We’re Gone” is extremely radio friendly – and was a Top 20 hit on the Australian charts.

“Call It What It Is” mp3 by request for radio stations - supertop10@hotmail.com

For further information or interviews contact:
Rebecca Urquhart McCarthy - RUM Entertainment
Ph/fax 02 4285 1461
rumentertainment@bigpond.com 

 

RUM ENTERTAINMENT CONGRATULATES the following artists who have been named as FINALISTS in the 2005 GOLDEN SADDLE AWARDS  Ronni Rae Rivers, Paul Coster, Carol Donovan, Royden Donohue and Darrin Colston
Awards to be announced September 9th 2005
 

Royden takes home Best New Talent

Last night ROYDEN DONOHUE was awarded the HAWKING BROTHERS BEST NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR AWARD at the VICTORIAN & NATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, for his single ‘We’re Gone’.

It has been a dream start to 2005 for Royden, with him also picking up Male Vocalist of the Year at the TIARA Awards held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

‘We’re Gone’ is currently sitting at #13 on the charts.
To find out more about Royden, click onto his website
www.roydendonohue.com
For interviews or further information contact:
Rebecca Urquhart McCarthy
RUM Entertainment
Ph/fax 02 6765 6912 (Tamworth office)
 

ROYDEN DONOHUE
has been named
2005 TIARA Awards
Male Vocalist Of The Year
(announced during the Tamworth Country Music Festival)
[Royden Donohue & Felicity Urquhart
with TIARA Awards]
His single ‘We’re Gone’ currently
#16 on the Country Tracks Top 30
Have a listen and see why this young man is a star of the future
www.roydendonohue.com
 

Newcomer Royden Donohue has debuted at on the Top 30 Country Chart this week
& scored the following FINALIST nominations for his brand new single
'We're Gone' (produced by Rod McCormack)

2005 TIARA Awards for – Male Vocal
2005 Victorian & National CM Awards – Male Vocal / Hawking Brothers Best New Talent /
Smoky Dawson Best Independent Release
Top 10 Finalist in the 2005 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards - New Talent Of The Year

Receiving 3 nominations in the upcoming Victorian & National CM Awards has made this year a remarkable one for Royden - with only more to come in 2005

Check out where you can catch Royden live by clicking onto:
www.roydendonohue.com 
For further information or interviews contact:
Rebecca Urquhart McCarthy
RUM Entertainment
Ph/fax 02 4285 1461 (m) 0439 730 460
rumentertainment@bigpond.com
 

'WE’RE GONE’ - Royden Donohue
The clip - featured on CMC & Rage - reads like a movie.
Synopsis
‘We’re Gone’ the clip, plays like a back block soap opera movie. Luke (Royden Donohue) could have married Gretchen Wilson…..if he’d met her at the local van park….but he didn’t….. he met Jodee (Emma Darcy) instead, a sexy, tough as nails ball breaker from the wrong side of the tracks. Marriage seemed fine till Jodee got bored…… and started eying off the big house on the other side of town……..

While Luke was out…Jodee decided to move out and into that big house on the right side of the tracks. Luke’s a good bloke and seems cut up about Jodee’s doing the bunk…..he’s all alone in the house with the ghost of Jodee dancing the ‘dance of the seven veils’ before his eyes….while she hitchhikes to her new life…..but what ever Luke’s parting words to Jodee were….they send her ballistic and into a wild wanton frenzy on his treasured V8…..Poor Luke…..but guess what……the sting in the tail……he never loved her!

CREDITS
Lindsay Frazer - Producer/Director
Luke - played by Royden Donohue
Jodee - played by Emma Darcy
You can request the track on CMC
Just click on the following link and follow the prompts
Artist - Royden Donohue
Track - We're Gone
Request Royden

Catch Royden at the Gilgandra Services Club, Sat 13th Nov & Dubbo RSL, Sun 20th Nov

(photo - Royden, Lindsay & Ben)
www.roydendonohue.com 
For interviews or further information contact:
RUM ENTERTAINMENT - ph/fax 02 4285 1461
rumentertainment@bigpond.com 
 

THE BRAND NEW SINGLE @ RADIO NOW!
Written by Grammy Award winner Jim Lauderdale and Harlan Howard
Produced by Rod McCormack
Take a listen - you'll be hooked
The video clip (filmed on Royden's property) will hit your screens soon
 

www.roydendonohue.com 
website coming soon!

For interviews or further information contact:
Rebecca Urquhart McCarthy - RUM Entertainment
ph/fax 02 4285 1461
 

ROYDEN 

SOLITARY MAN 

ON TOUR 

 Determination, talent and musical savvy are the ingredients that will see Royden 

Donohue make his mark on the Australian music scene in the coming years.

  This young man, from Nyngan in Central NSW, has earned a solid reputation since he

began singing in talent quests when he was just 15 years old in 1996.

  Royden has a compelling background in country music, citing Jim Reeves, Neil Diamond

and Elvis as major influences, although he is certainly carving out a unique place for

himself with his many club, pub and festival appearances.

 

1998 saw the release of Royden's first album and the following year he received

extensive national radio exposure with the title song, Born To Be A Heartbreaker.

 

1999 also saw Royden in the finals list for the prestigious Toyota Star Maker Quest in

Tamworth, where he was a certain crowd pleaser, earning a top ten, grand finalist

spot - a feat he repeated again in 2000.

 

He is a graduate of the acclaimed Country Music Association of  Australia College of

Country Music - an experience that he says has made him a more rounded performer

and given him further incentive to achieve his dreams.

 

In March 2001 Royden released his 2nd Album (Rope the moon) . Royden's career soon took off as he was chosen to

tour with the Brian Young Shows 25th Anniversary tour. The show toured around Australia extensively for 4 months, playing in 

major clubs  remote Aboriginal communities, and rodeos .

 

 2002 he also toured with the Brian Young Show extensively through out Australia.

 

His third release, No Time At All, saw Royden in the finalists lists for the 2000

Australian Independent Country Music Awards in Mildura. Since then his popularity has

soared and he has forged a credible reputation for himself on the professional club

and festival scenes. He has become a "must see" attraction at the famous Tamworth

Country Music Festival every January, playing at such venues as the famous Locomotive Hotel

Tamworth R.S.L and West leagues Club

 

Now with four big selling, self released albums to his name, a natural talent to deliver

the goods and the desire to become "a star" 

Royden hit's the Road with the "Royden Donohue  Solitary Man Tour"

playing at selected venues leading  up to the 2003 Tamworth country music festival.

With a brand new album release (KENTUCKY RAIN)

, Royden Donohue is destined to be

someone to watch out for now and into the future.

To interview Royden :

Ph:0268 321 627

Mob:0407113064

Email:royden@tpg.com.au