NU
COUNTRY TV RETURNS JUNE 11 2011
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THE
ENGINE ROOM
Nu
Country TV returns to air on C 31 in Victoria
- Wednesday December 7 - at 10 pm for Series #17.
Acclaimed media teacher Ashley Hall - who edited
most of Series #16 - returns to the editing chair.
Ashley and Tom Swinburn took over the reins for
the winter series from fellow academic Peter Staubli.
The NSW Sapphire Coast secondary teacher, now
running a successful film business, edited three
series after picking up the baton from Kerry Richardson.
Staubli remains active on Nu County, shooting
hosting roles of daughter Anneliese and fellow
teacher Mid-Pacific Bob Olson.
Ashley and Peter share a rich background in secondary
media teaching - Ash's 14 years at the helm resulted
in a 2007 Australian Media Teacher of The Year
Award.
Hall is also working as editor and cameraman on
Azaria Media's 10 part series Fringe Lane and
New Age Wrestling - both on C 31.
The multi-talented teacher edited Transonic Films
2011 Tropfest entry Pathos and Shepherd's Hill,
screened at St Kilda Film Festival.
Hall's other credits include his own film 3
Minutes and Ann-ihilation.
He also appeared as an extra in Ten TV series
Rush, telemovie Hawke and Geoffrey
Rush film Eye Of The Storm.
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FESTIVALS
AND SPONSORS
Nu
Country covers the lavish national festival and touring
circuit during summer and autumn.
We thank all members, renewing members, sponsors,
record companies, tour promoters, festival organisers,
bands and artists for their support.
Nu Country TV is indebted to CMC Rocks The Hunter,
Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson and Joe Nichols promoters
Michael Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts Entertainment
Edge for their generous sponsorship.
This time around they are sponsoring Nu Country TV
with Melbourne concerts by superstars Tim McGraw and
singing spouse Faith Hill, the Texan Eli Young Band,
Dierks Bentley and Lee Kernaghan.
Bentley, who toured here with Brooks & Dunn, returns
here for the CMC Rocks The Hunter Festival and
an intimate concert with Aussie country king Lee Kernaghan
at the St Kilda Palais on Tuesday March 13.
McGraw, Hill and Eli Young Band perform at the Rod
Laver Arena on Tuesday March 20 after headlining CMC
Rocks The Hunter.
Bluegrass maestro-prolific songwriter Jim Lauderdale,
who had a cameo in the Country Strong movie, with
McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow, also returns for his third
Australian tour at the Hunter Festival at Hope Estate.
Also on the bill are U.S. artists Craig Campbell and
Colt Ford, expatriate Quorn born guitarist Jedd Hughes
and hit writer Sarah Buxton aka Buxton Hughes and
Kernaghan.
Other Australian artists include multiple Golden Guitarists
Beccy Cole and Sunny Cowgirls, expatriate Texan Doug
Bruce, Bendigo neighbours The Davidson Brothers, Luke
Austen, Harmony James, Peter McWhirter and many more.
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RED
HILL FESTIVAL SUPPORT NU COUNTRY
The
acclaimed Red Hill Country Music Festival,
begun in the eighties, also supports Series #17 of
Nu Country TV.
Among previous headliners were Minnesota born honky
tonker Joe Sun, and artists diverse as Beccy Cole,
Anne Kirkpatrick, Lee Kernaghan and Conway, The Wolverines
and Troy Cassar-Daley.
This time Northern Territory born Markus Meier and
Londonderry singer Jayne Denham head the interstate
cast on Sunday January 8.
Also on the bill are eighties favourites Gunslinger,
Peter Baylor & The Roadhouse Romeos, Rough Cut,
Amber Joy Poulton, Rick Bartlett and Chris Lee.
There's also the lavish Hot Rod Show and Ute Muster
with former Nu Country FM and K Rock disc jockey Gary
Turner the MC.
We also support other summer and autumn festivals
including Port Fairy, Whittlesea, Bunyip and Wandong
who supply video clips and access.
Stay tuned to Nu Country TV for music by most of the
artists featured.
CLICK HERE for Tonkgirl's
Gig Guide for full details of all festivals and concerts. |
SERIES
#17 MUSIC
We
have some exciting new video clips and live footage
for Series #17.
Videos include expat superstar Keith Urban, Toby Keith,
Tim McGraw, Gwyneth Paltrow, Zac Brown Band, Trace
Adkins, Brad Paisley, Pistol Annies, Miranda Lambert,
Blake Shelton, Alabama, Jamey Johnson, Jeff Bridges,
Kenny Chesney, Ronnie Dunn, Eric Church, Luke Bryan,
Sunny Sweeney, George Strait and expats O'Shea and
Air Supply singer Russell Hitchcock.
Catherine Britt, Steve Forde, Jayne Denham and Victorian
raised Jetty Road, Davidson Brothers, Tracy Killeen,
Adam Harvey, Adam Brand, Jordie Lane, Damian Howard,
Prairie Oysters, Harmony James, Little John, Troy
Barrett and Bona Fide Travellers also feature.
We have clips by international acts Lady Antebellum,
Hunter Hayes, Dirt Drifters, Reba McEntire, Jake Owen,
Danny Gokey, Crystal Shawanda, Bradley Gaskin, Darius
Rucker, Steel Magnolia, Doc Walker, Scott McCreery,
Rhonda Vincent and Eilen Jewel.
Lee Kernaghan, Beccy Cole, Shane Nicholson, Kirsty
Lee Akers, 8 Ball Aitken, Peter McWhirter, Candice
& Nadine, Melinda Schneider, Luke Austen, Jackie
Dee and Katrina Burgoyne head homegrown artists whose
clips have arrived. |
WIN
AIR SUPPLY RUSSELL HITCHCOCK CD & DVD
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We
are proud to offer the new Tennessee CD and
DVD by former Air Supply singer Russell Hitchcock.
Russell, 62 and born in Melbourne, recorded the 20
track double CD in Nashville with acclaimed producer
Rob Rappaport.
Hitchcock and Graham Russell fronted international
chart topping band Air Supply from 1976.
Here is your chance to soak up the countrified vocals
of Hitchcock and A team session singer Wes Hightower. |
The
double CD features famed Music Row session players
diverse as pedal steel guitarists Robby Turner, Dan
Dugmore and Sonny Garrish and violinists Rob Hajacos
and Larry Franklin.
All you have to do to win this collectors' item CD
and DVD featuring five video clips and an exclusive
interview is either become a member of Nu Country
TV or renew your membership.
It costs just $20.
But email us first at music@nucountry.com.au
as stocks are limited. |
ERIC
CHURCH-LUKE BRYAN BONANZA
We
preview Series #17 of Nu Country TV in December with
exciting tidings about artists we will feature.
EMI Records Promotions ace Bianca O'Neill has donated
copies of new albums by young guns Eric Church and
Luke Bryan.
Eric, 34, and Luke, 35, topped the all genre Billboard
Top 200 on debut with their third albums Chief
and Tailgates And Tanlines.
Church, a controversial North Carolina nouveau outlaw,
and Georgian hunk Bryan also have new video clips.
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ALAN
JACKSON - MIRANDA LAMBERT PRIZES
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We
have great news for fans of Georgian born superstar
Alan Jackson and CMA Award winning Texan star Miranda
Lambert.
We have their latest CDS as prizes for viewers who
renew Nu Country TV memberships or become members.
Sony-BMG promotions chief Emma Smith has also given
us Miranda's new DVD - Revolution: Live By Candlelight.
Alan's 34 Number Ones features his biggest
hits including his duet with Zac Brown Band - As
She's Walking Away.
The bonus tracks also include his version of the late
June Carter Cash-Merle Kilgore written Johnny Cash
hit Ring Of Fire and the rare track Look
At Me.
Emma also donated Miranda's quadruple CMA Award winning
CD Revolution.
As a bonus there is Miranda's brand new DVD featuring
rare acoustic performances of six songs White Liar,
The House That Built Me, Love Song, Heart Like Mine,
Love Is Looking At You and Rolling Stones country
classic Dead Flowers.
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AUTOGRAPHED
KEITH URBAN CDS
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Expatriate
Australasian superstar Keith Urban returned home for
a triumphant tour with his chart-topping mates Lady
Antebellum in April.
And Keith's long time record company EMI-Capitol has
great news for Nu Country TV viewers.
Promotions ace Bianca O'Neill has donated copies of
his huge selling ninth album Get Closer to you.
All you have to do is either become a member of Nu
Country TV or renew your membership. |
It
costs just $20.
Please send a cheque or money order made out to Nu
Country Music to us at P O Box 625 - Northcote - 3070.
We also now have electronic banking for membership
payment and renewal.
But email us first at music@nucountry.com.au
as stocks are limited. |
TAYLOR
SWIFT FEARLESS CD OFFER
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Universal
Music has donated copies of teen sensation Taylor Swift's
huge selling second album Fearless to Nu Country TV.
Viewers who become members or renew their membership
for just $20 can win the Fearless CD.
Swift, 19, played capacity audiences on her debut Australian
tour in March and returns in February, 2010.
Please email us at music@nucountry.com.au
with your pledge. |
Important
note - please email us first.
Don't send membership cheque until you have been confirmed
as the winner. |
WIN
SLIM DUSTY CLASSIC BOXED SET
We
have more good news for viewers - EMI Records has given
us an invaluable collectors' item - a 4 Box set by late
Australian country legend Slim Dusty.
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Sittin'
On 80 features a lost, classic track discovered
by Slim's widow Joy McKean.
Joy found the song Give Me Room from a 1997
recording at their home studio Columbia Lane.
Give
Me Room was written by one of Slim's favourite
writers John Dohling.
John, an outback station hand and good mate of Slim's
passed away in November of last year.
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Sadly
he never heard the final version of Slim's recording
of his classic trucking song.
It has now been released as a single and included on
Sittin' On 80.
Slim's legendary Travelling Country Band played on the
song that has been digitally re-mastered by Australia's
mastering guru Don Bartley.
All you have to do to win Slim's 4 Box set is become
a member of Nu Country TV or renew your membership.
It only costs $20 and includes postage.
Please email us first at
music@nucountry.com.au
We will then send you the CD on receipt of your cheque
or money order made out to Nu Country Music. |
OUR
HISTORY
Singing
actor Peter Hosking created Nu Country TV in 2002 after
a long stint as a DJ on our radio station during its seven-year
era at Beer Can Hill, Northcote, and Harley House at the
Paris, Texas, end of Collins St in the CBD.
The aspirant radio station began at Bundoora in 1994 with
the late former Preston mayor Bill Corrie as its embryonic
president.
Hosking recruited fellow Nu Country FM DJS as hosts, filmed
concerts and produced-edited the first four series.
The voiceover maestro, now living in exile in Prague, handed
the reigns to Sofie Blichfeldt for Series #5.
Sofie then produced her own show Alone With Everybody
for C 31 before graduating to Rockwiz on SBS-TV.
ABC-TV 2 has picked up Alone With Everybody and commissioned
a new series - she might find time during sleep to film
celebrity hosting roles for Nu Country TV.
Her workload, including long running Ten Network soapie
Neighbours, prompted her to be succeeded by Kerry Richardson
who edited Series #6, #7 and #8.
Richardson filmed concerts while Kris Walker edited Series
#9.
Kris's successor Sean Tierney carried a hefty workload as
he took over the filming and editing of Series #10.
Sean filmed several Nu Country TV concerts including the
international showcase by Nashville singing satirist Kacey
Jones and Oklahoma stone country star Becky Hobbs.
The famed show at the Noise Bar in Brunswick on February
1, 2008, was a nominee in the Antennas - the national community
TV awards.
Kerry Richardson returned to editing Series #11 and #12
of Nu Country before handing the role to Peter Staubli for
Series #13.
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WE
SALUTE PETER STAUBLI
Nu
Country thanks Peter Staubli and daughter Anneliese for
their support.
The latter day Sapphire Coast filmmaker directed and produced
a video by teenage Tura Beach country singer Cameron Cusack.
Staubli blended unique concert footage he filmed at quaint
Twyford Hall, Merimbula, with Cameron performing atop a
scenic lookout above the Dolphin Cove Drive beach.
Cusack, a former busker and protégé of Cassar-Daley,
chose Dreams (Are Not That Far) from his indie debut
album Wasting Time.
Fellow teenager Anneliese Staubli was so impressed by Cusack's
original music she interviewed the singer.
Anneliese, a student at Lumen Christi Catholic College,
Pambula Beach, embellished her TV debut by hosting more
Nu Country episodes.
Viewers fascinated by Cusack's video clip oceanic backdrop
enjoy déjà vu.
It will again be idyllic locale for popular host Mid Pacific
Bob Olson's piscatorial summer recipes in Series #17.
Staubli, a 25-year video and secondary teaching expert,
operates a video and film business from home on Tura Beach
Estate.
His company Pejay Films specialises in copying 8
mm film and VHS onto DVD and digital formats and also films
promotional projects.
You can reach him at 0412 - 097423 or www.pejayfilms.com
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MORE
VIDEO CLIPS NEEDED
We
have been inundated with creative new video clips by the cream
of Australian artists - both mainstream and independent.
The growth of video - as a surrogate in the unlucky radio
country - has been a boon for Pay TV country channel CMC and
Nu Country.
But we still also need more videos of international and local
artists to blend in with the concert footage and interviews.
The show is screened in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia
and New Zealand.
For editing purposes we prefer clips in Mini DV (or DVCam)
and DVD-R.
Our postal address is P O Box 625, Northcote - 3070.
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OUR
SPONSORS
We're
indebted to Michael Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts Entertainment
Edge for sponsorship of Series #11.
We also thank tour publicist Kerry Roberts and record companies
Universal, Big Machine, EMI, ABC, Sony-BMG, Shock, Mercury,
MCA, Liberation, Lost Highway, Festival and Warner and all
the indie labels and artists for their support.
Nashville America and BSW Records CEO Frank Willson provided
us with exclusive live concert footage of David Frizzell &
Friends and Jett Williams - daughter of the late Hank who
died at 29 on New Year's Day, 1953.
We're also deeply indebted to Tamworth Country Music Train,
popular Collingwood spectacles company I Spex Funky Spex,
The Whittlesea Country Music Festival and Basement Discs for
sponsorship of previous series.
Sponsorship support is invaluable to us as we receive no government
or Arts funding.
If you want to become a sponsor please email us at music@nucountry.com.au
We're completely reliant on sponsorship and the loyalty of
members - some of whom have been with Nu Country since its
radio birth in 1994.
We broadcast as a part of the Yarra Access television group.
BASEMENT DISCS, 24 Block Place Melbourne sponsored our the
first series.
They've got Melbourne's best range of Country, Jazz, Blues,
Folk, World, Vocal, Pop and Rock on CD and DVD.
We also thank the performers and venues that you see each
week on the show.
We also thank all the indie artists who finance their own
recordings and video clips.
And, of course, our webmistress Anne Sydenham - the long suffering
creative genius whose work you can see by CLICKING
HERE for the BASEMENT DISCS website.
Contact - music@nucountry.com.au
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