New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Aristo PR) Aussies Celebrate 'Australian Invasion' At 2011 Americana
Music Festival And Conference(Nashville, Tenn. - Oct. 17, 2011) Twenty of Australia's finest roots artists descended on
Music City's annual Americana
Music Festival and Conference last week, held in and around downtown Nashville Oct. 12-15.
This year's Australian lineup included internationally established acts Kirsty Akers,
James Blundell, Ange Boxall, Catherine Britt, O'Shea, Chris Pickering and Henry Wagons, as well as a number of up-and-coming Aussie artists: 3rd Wheel, Chris Altmann, Lachlan Bryan, Kristy Cox, Mia Dyson, Gleny Rae Virus and Her Tamworth Playboys, Caitlin Harnett, The McMenamins, Shandell and Duke Wilde Band.
2011 Telstra Road to Discovery Songwriter winner
David Garnham and Telstra Road to Discovery Performer winner Harry Hookey also made the trip and performed at events throughout the week.
The Australian artists participated in several AMA-related activities, including the Tamworth Presents "A Taste of Australia" showcase at the legendary Bluebird Cafe, the "Are You Prepared To Be Known As A Country Artist Down Under?" seminar panel at the AMA conference, the Maton Presents "Lunch With the Aussies" luncheon and performance at famed Broadway honkytonk The Second Fiddle and a free Aussie BBQ at The Basement.
Chris Altmann, Catherine Britt, Gleny Rae Virus and Her Tamworth Playboys and Henry Wagons each performed AMA-sanctioned showcases during the week. Additionally, a special "
Down Under"
Music City
Roots show and radio broadcast will be held Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the world-famous Loveless Barn and Cafe.
For the second year in a row, Australian music industry and government-supported organization
Sounds Australia sponsored the overseas trip through its strategic partnership with the Nashville-based Americana
Music Association.
"Last year,
Sounds Australia dipped its toes into the Americana waters with six of our artists being wonderfully received. That it's a special event and appropriate for so many Australian acts is born out by the fact that this year we returned with 20 artists and 10 managers under the
Sounds Australia banner," said
Sounds Australia Project Manager Dobe Newton. "Four great showcases and three special events later, we are leaving with great memories and lots of new friends. In five days of highlights, it's impossible to isolate just one or two, but
Sounds Australia is thrilled with the reception that we've gotten from
Music City. Roll on 2012, we're already looking forward to returning next year and saying G'day!"
To learn more about
Sounds Australia, visit www.SoundsAustralia.com.au.
