Donna Fisk Headlines Nu Country TV
Trentham singer-songwriter-disc jockey Donna Fisk headlines Nu Country TV on Saturday July 26 at 9 pm on Channel 31/Digital 44.
Expat Australian Kate Russell who now calls Nashville home debuts on our show repeated at 3 am on Monday.
Arizona star Dierks Bentley, Stephen Wilson Jr, American duo LoCash, Georgian star Caylee Hammack, and former Ohio postie Preston Cooper appear on our program filmed and edited by Laith Graham.
Nu Country TV is a highlight of C 31 streaming list on Digital 44.
Further info – https://www.c31.org.au/
Donna Fisk Wears Family Genes
Trentham troubadour Donna Fisk was born in Geelong and grew up with her DJ dad Gene Bradley Fisk – also a major singer-songwriter.
Donna, now 64, and Michael Cristian performed Rock ‘N Footy (Rock The G) at the 1998 AFL Grand-final.
They released three albums as Fisk & Christian.
This week she performs Only Girl In Town from her fourth solo album Something More.
Donna previously fronted our show with Be, Drunk On That, Crying and Shoulder To The Wheel.
Her 1986 debut solo album Turn The Key followed her 1985 duet album with Johnny Chester – Side X Side.
Donna follows the longevity of dad Gene Bradley Fisk who still hosts WYN-FM radio shows at the ripe young age of 9O.
Gene made his name as a singer-radio host on 3UZ, K-Rock and 3GL Geelong and hosted radio shows in Swan Hill and Maryborough
Further info – https://www.donnafisk.com/
Kate Russell Powerful Stuff
Expat Australian singer-songwriter Kate Russell showcases her love of country music from her loving father in her Nu Country TV debut.
She grew up listening to her dad’s collection that included Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves and Slim Dusty vinyl.
Kate moved to Nashville to follow her music dreams and graduated from universities in Boston at Berkley and North Texas.
“I travelled to America to create my own original musical blend”, revealed Kate who debuts on our show with Powerful Stuff from her new album.
She now lives and works in the wine country of Temecula in California.
“I really enjoy delivering a live performance. It’s the most challenging and gratifying experience to connect with audiences and they seem to be growing, enjoying and responding. It has been most thrilling to share the concert stage with some of my personal musical heroes”.
Further info – https://www.katerussell.com/
Dierks Bentley And Stephen Wilson Jr Canned Beer Not Music
Arizona star Dierks Bentley and Indiana singer-songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr sample a cold beer can in their return to our show.
Dierks, now 49, and Indiana star Stephen Wilson Jr, who celebrated his 46th birthday yesterday, chose a liquid celebration.
They proved a cold beer can had more currency than money – words can’t say what a cold beer can.
Cold Beer Can is on Dierks 12th album Broken Branches.
Bentley previously appeared on our show with She Hates Me, Cowboy Boots, Drunk On A Plane and Say You Do.
Dierks played St Kilda Palais with Lee Kernaghan in 2012 where they welcomed former AFL stars Andrew Walker, team-mate David Ellard and St Kilda captain and latter day TV host Nick Riewoldt.
Dierks, father of three, flies his own jet to gigs in the U.S. and played a hero pilot on his Riser Airlines flight of fancy.
He fronted Nashville CMT Awards dressed as a Riser Airlines pilot.
CLICK HERE for a concert review of Dierks and Lee on March 13, 2012.
CLICK HERE for an exclusive Dierks interview in The Diary on September 17, 2005.
Locash Journey Into The Future
American duo Locash take a journey into the future in their Nu Country return.
Maryland minstrel Chris Lucas and Indiana pal Preston Brust have charted eight hits as a band.
They wrote expat Australasian star Keith Urban’s 2011 #1 hit You Gonna Fly and singing actor Tim McGraw’s chart topper Truck Yeah in 2012.
This week the duo performs When I’m Older from their fifth album Bet The Farm.
Further info – https://www.locash.com/
Cayley Hammack Returns To Behind Bars
Georgian singer-songwriter Cayley Hammack returns to Behind Bars with a question.
Caylee, now 31, gave up a tennis career after surviving a cancer tumour when she was 16 in her southern Georgia hometown Ellaville to pursue her music.
This week she performs How Long from her second album Bed Of Roses.
Caylee previously fronted our show with Bed Of Roses – her second album title track – and Reba McEntire on Redhead on Caylee’s debut album If It Wasn’t For You released on August 14, 2020.
Her reliance on pain killers after a cancerous tumour was removed inspired her first recorded song Addictive.
“When I was 16, I had a two pound tumour removed from my back spinal muscle,” Caylee revealed.
“I went a month fearing I had cancer and I was terrified. We had to wait for me to get better before I could have surgery. Three days later the specialist called and said we had the blood screen pathologist look through it and they’re now clear. That moment felt like a clean slate from God. It was a wake-up call of sorts. Life is shorter than you thought. I’ve been given a second chance so go and do something with it. It was the first song I wrote in bed after I was getting through it. It was about the pain killers and a relationship I was having. It was the first song I ever got anyone in Nashville interested in me.”
Caylee hit Nashville at 19 and slept in her car in the same car park as fellow chart topper Jimmie Allen.
“We stayed in the same parking lot,” Caylee recalled.
Further info – https://www.cayleehammack.com/
Postie Preston Cooper Mailbox Memories
Ohio singer-songwriter and former postie Preston Cooper follows with a mailbox memory.
Preston, now 22, had a good reason to recall mailboxes in his debut on our show.
He walked 20 miles a day as a postie before moving into music.
Preston performs his Numbers On A Mailbox video from his debut album Toledo Talking.
Further info – https://www.prestoncoopermusic.com/
Win Waylon, George Jones And Merle Haggard
Help us celebrate being Nu Country TV members and win albums by late Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Highwaymen by becoming a Nu Country member or renewing your memberships.
George, Waylon, Merle and Willie Nelson were among country historian Barbara Dowling’s favourite Texans.
The Waylon, Highwaymen, Merle and George discs were donated by Barbara who died at 77 in December, 2020.
She co-hosted Long In The Saddle in our Nu Country FM era and was pioneer Australian and Victorian country music awards judge.
Barbara was admired for rising above losing her sight as a young woman and her country passion with annual trips to Waylon’s birthplace in Littlefield, West Texas.
Waylon died at 64 on February 13, 2002, and is survived by singing spouse Jessi, now 81, and son Shooter, 46.
Win Keith Urban CDs Also
We have expatriate Australasian superstar Keith Urban’s chart topping 12th album The Speed Of Now – Part 1.
Also BR5-49 CD Big Backyard Beat Show and Billy Ray Cyrus’s historic 1992 album Some Gave All featuring Achy Breaky Heart.
We have other CDs by major artists you can win by becoming Nu Country TV members or renewing memberships.
They include Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Kip Moore, Carrie Underwood and late larrikin legend A.P. Johnson.
