Australian country music
Australian country music is a part of the music of Australia. It comes from American country music, as well as British and Irish folk music and the work of traditional Australian poets like Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson.[1] Australian country music often uses guitars, banjos, fiddles and harmonicas and has songs about things like: outback life, stockmen, truckers and outlaws, romance, political protest and the "beauty and the terror" of the Australian bush. Famous musicians include: Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Olivia Newton-John, John Williamson, Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan and Kasey Chambers. Others singers influenced by it include Nick Cave and Paul Kelly. Popular songs include Waltzing Matilda (1895), Pub With No Beer (1957), Lights on the Hill (1973), I Honestly Love You (1974), True Blue (1981), and Not Pretty Enough (2002).
Musicians and music groups
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Musicians
- Paul Costa
- 8 Ball Aitken
- Johnny Ashcroft
- Sherrie Austin
- James Blundell
- Adam Brand
- Catherine Britt
- Kev Carmody
- Kelly Cooper
- Troy Cassar-Daley
- Kasey Chambers
- Graeme Connors
- Tracy Coster
- Smoky Dawson
- Shea Fisher
- Steve Forde
- Adam Harvey
- Wayne Horsburgh
- Jedd Hughes
- Gina Jeffries
- Gay Kayler
- Lee Kernaghan
- Anne Kirkpatrick
- The Legarde Twins
- Reg Lindsay
- Jimmy Little
- Joy McKean
- Chad Morgan
- Olivia Newton-John
- Shane Nicholson
- Jamie O'Neal
- Jasmine Rae
- Archie Roach
- Mary Schneider
- Slim Dusty
- Sara Storer
- Keith Urban
- John Williamson
Barry Thornton ( Guitarist - Slim Dusty)
Musical groups
Australian Country Music Media
Slim Dusty, who was the best-selling domestic country artist
Early country star Johnny Ashcroft
A 1905 collection of old bush songs compiled by Banjo Paterson. Australian country music is heavily influenced by American country music, but grew also out of an Australian tradition of Bush ballads and poetry.
Chad Morgan, the "clown prince" of Australian country music. Morgan has been performing since the 1950s. His works are peppered with colourful Australian vernacular.
Statue of "The Cunnamulla Fella" erected as a tribute to songwriter Stan Coster and singer Slim Dusty
Country singer Melinda Schneider with folk-rocker Paul Kelly
References
- ↑ "Australian country music - Australia's Culture Portal". Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-02-18.