ACSS 408 1/3/22

Hi Folks,

Please tune in to another Australian Country Songwriters Show on Tuesday 1/3/22 with more great music from independent Australian country songwriters.

We have new (to the show) music this week from: Dusty Mann; Ella Powell; Justin Sutton; Kate Leahy; Mike Carr; Peter Coad; Sarah Leete; The Coad Sisters; The Long & The Short Of It; and The Redlands.

Our Top 10 Most Requested Songs for this week are: 1. Andy Penkow, 1993; 2. Ashleigh Dallas, Dancing In The Kitchen; 3. Benn Gunn, A Bit More Aussie; 4. Lucie Tiger, Right Next To You; 5. Corey Legge, What Now; 6. Destiny Band Oz, Who I Might Be; 7. Ian Burns, The Outlaws; 8. The Weeping Willows, House of Sin; 9. Anita Ree, The Barber Shop; and 10. Rae Leigh, Push ‘Em Up Jill.

For our Featured Artists this week, North-east Victorian band, The Redlands, have a new album release called Sticks To Stones, and we’ll be playing 3 songs from the album, in the second hour of the show.

Our Flashback Track from the show’s 2017 play list will be from Fleur Drage; our Featured Instrumental will be from guitarist, Anthony Baxter; our Featured International Artist will be Canadian Country singer, Justin Sutton; and our Featured Indigenous Artist will be Eddie Janama Kitching.

Our Emerging Talent segment will feature songs from Ella Powell; Shyanne Irwin; and Lily Grace.

Our Country Ballads segment will feature songs from Peter Coad; Katie Stroud; and Phill Doring.

So, the play list will be:

First Hour: Rae Leigh; Anita Ree; The Weeping Willows; Ian Burns; Destiny Band Oz; Corey Legge; Lucie Tiger; Benn Gunn; Ashleigh Dallas; Andy Penkow; The Long & The Short Of It; Mike Carr; Vanessa Bourne; and Justin Landers.

Second Hour: Amy Pegg; The Bushwackers; Sarah Leete; Renee Jonas; The Redlands (3 songs); Aurelle Brunjes; Ronnie & Johnny; Timber & Vine; Fleur Drage; Anthony Baxter; Justin Sutton; and Eddie Janama Kitching.

Third Hour: Kate Leahy; Jane Laws; Copperline; Ella Powell; Shyanne Irwin; Lily Grace; Lynchburg; Kevin Hazell; The Coad Sisters; Peter Coad; Katie Stroud; Phill Doring; Rebecca Moore; Raechel Whitchurch; Dusty Mann; and Jade Holland.

I hope you can join me on Tuesday 1/3/2022 from 6.00 pm on TodaysCountry94one 94.1 FM (Central Coast NSW), and later on our broadcast partners, 2 Air FM 107.9 (Coffs Harbour NSW); Seymour FM 103.9 (Seymour VIC); 7 Mid FM 97.1 (Oatlands TAS); EMFM 104.7 (Echuca VIC); 7 TAS FM 97.7 (Port Arthur TAS); Radio Adelaide FM 101.5 (Adelaide SA); PHAZE RN Bendigo and Central Highlands VIC 87.6 and 88.0; and Alex-FM 91.5, Goolwa SA.

And, don’t forget to vote for your favourite song(s)! To vote, just private message me via the ACSS Facebook page.

And, if you’re a country songwriter, please send your songs through for me to have a listen to. Just email or Dropbox me at alan.gilmour@bigpond.com.

Thanks,

Alan.