(Pammy Court & Myra Beattie joined forces 12 months ago and

They are looking to entertain in clubs and other country music venues.

“They are very eager to spread their wings.”

 They were invited to appear at the Horsham Country Music festival earlier this year in which they were awarded most popular act in their section.

 Pammy sings melody and Myra sings great harmonies

Pammy has a CD out Produced by Nev Molly, also an excellent guitarist from “Forbes Vic”

Both Pammy & Myra are intending to go back into the recording studio and record another album due to requests by their country music fans.

The guitarist in the picture above is the the very accomplished David Hoffman, of The Hoffmans, who are a fabulous duo.

Contact Pammy & Co

 

Dear Friends, I have finally settled into my lovely new unit at Temora. I can’t say the same for Roz and Craig because they’ve been on the road continuously since they purchased their new home at the end of March. They have only spent 3 weeks all up in that time at their new home as they had commitments Ausralia wide. The move will make no difference to where they work because even though their Southern jobs are 3 hours further away, their Northern ones are 3 hours closer.

The second Lameroo Festival in S.A. was an outstanding success once again. The huge Memorial Hall was filled to capacity with enthusiastic music lovers from all over Australia. It was very pleasing to see so many more caravans and motor homes this year. According to feed-back it’s now heralded as one of the most successful festivals in S.A. The 2012 Lameroo Festival will be held on the last weekend of April.

In May Craig & Roz set off on their seven week Northern Tour ..  I’ll hand you over to Roz to talk about that.

Hi Folks, yes it’s been quite a busy year for us so far and it has taken quite a bit of adjusting but it’s all worth it. 

We started the Northern tour with a double header at Dubbo and then kept working our way further North. We worked our way up to Rockhampton where Craig’s duo partner, Kinta joined us for a concert with Craig and then stayed on for the “Classic Country Music Stampede” which was held at Maryborough, Qld.  For the past three years, this festival has been held in Gympie so the organisers were a bit nervous about moving it…..they had no need to worry, it was the best one yet ! The final week of our tour was the Central Coast  and Sydney.

The entire tour was wonderful except for a few days in the early part when Craig had a chest infection. Unfortunately we had to cancel one show at Southport but apart from that all went well. It’s nice to be finally back in Temora and unpacking boxes in our new home. Cheers Roz

I don’t know how they do it !  There are a couple of great shows coming up before the end of July. Friday 29^th at Benalla is the “Craig & Kinta Rock’n’Roll Dance” and Saturday 30^th July at Victoria Bowling Club for Craig & Kinta’s “Little Bit Country Little Bit Rock’n’Roll Show.”  These shows are popular wherever they go so please try to get your tickets early so they can organise tables.

Echuca C.M.F. is just around the corner. Don’t forget, there is a “Dance Party” on the Friday night this year ( 7.30pm – 10.30pm ).  There is an $8 charge to help cover costs.

It is advisable to book for the “Dance Party” by contacting Roz on 0408 597307. The Saturday & Sunday will be free entry as always.

We are looking forward to getting back to Mildura CMF in September. It seemed strange not doing it last year but as you know Craig & Roz were on their USA Tour.

Craig will be performing at Mildura from the 30^th September until 4^th of October.  Then he and Roz board a plane and head back to America for the 2011 Music Tour Of America’s Deep South With Craig Giles. This tour has once again sold very fast.

There has been another Music Tour Of America’s Deep South With Craig Giles scheduled for 2012 and Roz will have brochures for that one soon. Contact Roz if you want to be added to the list to receive information.

Owing to the popularity of the Tours Craig and Roz have been involved in, Travelrite have asked them to be a part of another tour. This will be the Country Music Cruise of Australia’s Top End. Sydney to Fremantle (including Bali) 19^th February – 6^th March 2012.

     Keepin’ in touch,  Lorna

Craig Giles Official Website  www.craigiles.com

THE BRICK ALBUM FROM THE GREENCARDS 

FUSES GRAMMY NOMINEES’ ECLECTIC INFLUENCES 

WITH ONSTAGE ENERGY

Vince Gill and Sam Bush make guest appearances on Justin Niebank produced album, due for release June 21, 2011.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — From the first notes struck together in 2003 through tours with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, up to and beyond their fourth studio album in 2009, The Greencards have won steadily escalating acclaim for their multi-dimensional Americana vision. Each step they’ve taken has widened their appeal. Their releases have topped the Billboard Bluegrass charts. In both 2008 (for their Viridian album) and 2010 (for Fascination), they were nominated for Grammy Awards in the “Best Country Instrumental” category. They’ve earned ovations from “newgrass” music devotees at MerleFest and from indie-rock loyalists at Lollapalooza and the Austin City Limits Festival. RollingStone.com noted “This imported band is creating some of the finest Americana around.”


But this four-piece band, spearheaded by Australians Carol Young and Kym Warner, is interested less in past accomplishments than in looking ahead for new goals to achieve. Produced and engineered by studio veteran Justin Niebank (Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Keith Urban), The Brick Album on the band’s own Darling Street Records is the first to successfully infuse The Greencards’ eclectic musical references with the excitement they generate onstage. 

“We’ve been striving for this since our first record,” says mandolinist Warner. “We recorded totally in one room this time, with very little isolation. It was all about doing the performance now, without going back to add anything later on.”


“What you’re hearing is all one take,” bassist and singer Young adds. “If someone really didn’t like what we’d done, we’d play it all again from the top rather than drop the part in. When you drop in a part, you lose a little bit of the feel. You’ve got to get a run-up to it.”


That immediacy was heightened by the addition of two new members of the group. Tyler Andal, a young fiddle whiz from Tennessee, reinforces both The Greencards’ grounding in roots music and their eagerness to let in the fresh air of newgrass, rock, folk elements, Latin America and much more. “He thinks outside the box,” Warner explains. “We’ve always had a strong rhythmic aspect to our music, and Tyler definitely brings that.”

The other recent arrival, former National Flatpicking Championship winner Carl Miner, excels as a guitarist in that tradition but more importantly applies his virtuosity equally well beyond it. “He’s good at everything,” Warner says. “He’s one of the most versatile musicians, and probably the most consistent, we’ve ever played with. With Tyler and him in the band, everyone is pulling in the same direction.”

Make that “directions.” The Brick Album kicks off with “Make It Out West,” a rhythmically irresistible chant powered by guest artist Sam Bush’s slide mandolin, with lyrics conjuring restless dreams and far horizons. From there the songs take listeners through ever-changing vistas — the Spanish-inflected “Heart Fixer,” whose vocals by Young and guest artist Vince Gill stir memories of Marty Robbins; the slinky, teasing “Mrs. Madness,” written by Warner after a night of watching Bored to Death; the magical “Girl in the Telescope,” which floats like a feather in sunlight; “Tale of KangaRio,” an intimate Brazilian dance of mandolin and guitar; “Loving You Is the Only Way To Fly,” a dreamy evocation of the Louvin and Everly Brothers, the pillars of classic country duet vocals.


There’s much more, but two tracks bear special mention. The wistful “Faded” is a sweetly harmonized tune, so natural that you don’t even notice its unusual 5/4 time signature. Similarly, “Adelaide” is a brisk instrumental, built over a rushing stream of chord changes made accessible by melodies and solos of eloquent coherence.


“As we get older, the more I think about it, the more we want something in music you can cling to,” Warner says. “That comes with melody. What we do on The Brick Album allows us to have something not only on the record but also on our live show. It brings it back to “more than anything, this is about lyrics and harmony.”


It’s also about integrating fans more than ever into the band’s process. The Greencards followed an independent path with The Brick Album, partnering with its followers rather than with record labels to fund its sessions. In exchange for contributing to the “Buy A Brick” project, each donor had his or her name permanently inscribed on a brick within the wall that comprises its cover art.


“The times have changed a lot in the music industry, not so much in the creative side but in business side of making music,” Warner says. “We just wanted to give something unique and special to people, not just by sending them an early copy of the record by putting their names on the artwork. That makes them fully a part of it.”


But it’s the music that makes us all part of this journey. Warner and Young were both steeped in country music; she charted several No. 1 singles in her homeland as a solo artist and he won the Australian National Bluegrass Mandolin Championship for four consecutive years. They moved to Austin, put together The Greencards there and today call Nashville home.


Along the way, they have picked up some influential fans. Their 2009 release, Fascination, prompted Rosanne Cash to say, “The Greencards are a little island of truth and beauty in a sea of artifice and mediocrity. What a fine group, and what a great collection of songs.” Buddy Miller called it one of the year’s “most inventive discs.”

With this new release, the world becomes more than ever The Greencards’ stage. Their sound defies category, balancing taste and technique, engaging lyrics and melodies and wildly creative arrangements. There may be a wall on The Brick Album’s cover, but the future suggested on these tracks knows no barrier.

THE BRICK ALBUM - Available On iTunes June 21, 2011.

For more information on The Greencards or for interview & image requests please contact: Chris O’Hearn – Thrillhill Entertainment - thrillhillent@bigpond.com