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40th Tamworth Country Music Festival
The Tamworth Country Music Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary today. It's launched the careers of Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan, Troy Cassar-Daley and Beccy Cole.
2UE's Pete Graham flies to Tamworth to check out the launch of Day One and speaks with Adam Harvey and Festival Founder Max Ellis says the event has gone from strength to strength.
Check out http://www.tamworthcountrymusic.com.au/
Adam Harvey has been nominated of eight Golden Guitars and he chats with 2UE’s Stuart Bocking about the 40th anniversary of the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Wife of Slim Dusty, Joy McKean speaks with 2UE's John Stanley about the Australian music legend and the 40th anniversary of the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
One of the contestants in this year's Star Maker competition Jasper Hollis is a young fellow from Nashville, attempting to make a name in country music in Tamworth. A role reversal compared to the way things usually happen. Click Here to hear his interview with Peter Berner & David Prior



2UE's Amanda Woods (Pictured Above) speaks with the Two Murrays about her journey to the home of Australian country music, Tamworth, for the launch of the 40th anniversary of the Country Music Festival.
Full list of finalists for the 40th Jayco CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia:
Album of the Year
At The Speed of Life - Graeme Connors produced by Matt Fell
Bad Machines - Shane Nicholson produced by Shane Nicholson
Falling Into Place - Adam Harvey, produced by Rod McCormack
Get Closer - Keith Urban, produced by Dann Huff & Keith Urban
Songs & Pictures - Beccy Cole, produced by Shane Nicholson
Sanity Top Selling Album of the Year
Best So Far - Adam Harvey
Falling Into Place - Adam Harvey
Get Closer - Keith Urban
In Symphony - John Williamson
Little Bird - Kasey Chambers
Male Artist of the Year
James Blundell - Move Into The City
Graeme Connors - The Mouth Of The River
Adam Harvey - You Don't Know My Love
Shane Nicholson - Bad Machines
Keith Urban - Long Hot Summer
Female Artist of the Year
Kirsty Akers - Sweet Ol Jackson
Katrina Burgoyne - White Flag
Beccy Cole - Waitress
Jasmine Rae - I Faked It
Aleyce Simmonds - The Healing Hands Of Time
Group or Duo of the Year
The Bobkatz - In the Coals
Carter & Carter - Dance In The Rain
Davidson Brothers - Write Me A Letter
Jetty Road - Serves You Right
O'Shea - Smash
Vocal Collaboration of the Year
A Good Woman Can - Adam Harvey & Beccy Cole
An Affair of the Heart - Sara Storer and Graham Rodger
In Spite Of Ourselves - Kirsty Akers & Bob Evans
Millionaires - Beccy Cole & Kasey Chambers
Whistling Cannonballs - Shane Nicholson with Paul Kelly
Telstra New Talent of the Year
Katrina Burgoyne - Ghost
Luke Dickens - True Love Never Dies
Jason Lee - Ordinary Guy
O'Shea - Smash
Aleyce Simmonds - The Healing Hands Of Time
APRA Song of the Year
Bad Machines - written and recorded by Shane Nicholson
Butterfly - written and recorded by Tamara Stewart
Falling Into Place - written by Adam Harvey & Troy Cassar-Daley, recorded by Adam Harvey
The Mouth Of The River - written and recorded by Graeme Connors
Waitress - written and recorded by Beccy Cole
Video Clip of the Year
Children Of The Gurindji - Sara Storer & Kev Carmody, directed by Duncan Toombs
Dirt - Lee Kernaghan, directed by Rusty Gate Films
Famous Last Words - Shane Nicholson directed by Duncan Toombs
In Spite Of Ourselves - Kirsty Akers & Bob Evans, directed by Jason Millhouse
You Don't Know My Love - Adam Harvey, directed by Duncan Toombs
Single of the year
Bad Machines - Shane Nicholson
Dirt - Lee Kernaghan
Long Hot Summer - Keith Urban
Sweet Emmylou - Catherine Britt
You Don't Know My Love - Adam Harvey
Toyota Heritage Song of the Year
Australian Woman - written by Beccy Cole & Luke Austen, recorded by Beccy Cole
Bondwood Boat - written by Aleyce Simmonds & Graeme Connors, recorded by Aleyce Simmonds
I am Australian - written by Dobe Newton/ Bruce Woodley, recoded by The Bushwackers
The Mouth Of The River - written & recorded by Graeme Connors
The Old HR - written by Garry Koehler, recorded by The Bobkatz
Fender Instrumental of the Year
Arkansas Traveller - Mike Kerin, Ian Simpson & John Kane
Demolition Derby - Michael Fix with Brendan Radford
Locomotivation - Tommy Emmanuel
OMFG - Davidson Brothers
The Waves of Bondi - The Bushwackers
Bush Ballad of the Year
A Fencer From The Outback - written & recorded by Rod Williams
Channel Country Ground - written by Merv Maltman, recorded by Dean Perrett and Lee Kernaghan
Gentleman Joe - written by Dianne Lindsay & Peter Simpson, recorded by Dianne Lindsay
Kiandra Gold - written by Ben Jacobs & Shaza Leigh, recorded by Brian Letton
Son of The Red Dirt Country – written and recorded by Graham Rodger
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