International Festival of Country Music Returns Dierks Bentley Takes
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International Festival of Country Music Returns Dierks Bentley Takes
Page1 Vol. 4, Issue No. 4 Winter 2011 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5 Aristo International Report Page6 www.AristoMedia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> Promoting the World of Country Music Around the Globe International Festival of Country Music Returns Dierks Bentley Takes ‘Country and Cold Cans’ Tour Overseas Asleep At The Wheel, Charley Pride just added to lineup Aussie gigs planned with Lee Kernaghan After a 20-year break, the International Festival of Country Music is returning to Wembley Arena in London on Sunday, February 26, 2012. The festival will feature artists in Country, Roots and Bluegrass music, including headlining acts Reba, Lonestar, Charley Pride, Ricky Skaggs and Asleep At The Wheel (pictured below). In addition to the five U.S. headliners, the festival hosts an impressive array of supporting talent, including Country and Rockabilly legend Narvel Felts, the “King of Cajun” Jo-El Sonnier and Texas-born George Ducas. George Hamilton IV, Will Banister, Raymond Froggatt and John McNicholl are also scheduled to perform. After the Wembley date, the festival will travel to Belfast’s Odyssey Arena on Feb. 29. “I’m bringing the International Festival of Country Music back after twenty years due to popular demand,” says International Festival of Country Music founder and CEO of MM Events Ltd., Mervyn Conn. “The regard for Country music has grown significantly in the UK since the first year I promoted this event, and I believe that now is the time to reintroduce this once hugely popular event to converted fans of Country music and to a new and emerging group of Country music lovers. I have also brought back Trisha Walker-Cunningham, who worked with me for ten years in the early days and is my company president in the USA.” The popular festival originally ran from 1969 through 1991 at Wembley Arena. The shows, promoted by Conn, were the first to introduce Country music to the British public. Visit www.FestivalOfCountryMusic.com for more info. Multi-platinum singersongwriter Dierks Bentley is extending his Country & Cold Cans Tour into 2012 with shows booked in Canada and Australia. With a performance described by the New York Times as “the musical equivalent of buying a round for everyone in the bar,” Bentley kicks off a run of Canadian dates starting in Vancouver, BC, on Feb. 15, then travels Down Under for five headlining gigs with Australian country star Lee Kernaghan. “You can find hardcore Country music fans all over the world, and I love being able to tour other countries and bond over that music we all love,” said Bentley. “The fall leg of the Country & Cold Cans Tour has been crazy and really exceeded all my expectations. I'm looking forward to taking it to Canada and Australia in 2012…they do make Labatt and Fosters in a can, right?!” Bentley and Aussie star Kernaghan became friends after meeting on Dierks’ first trip to Australia in 2009. That association led to their No. 1 hit duet “Scars,” which went on to top the charts in Australia. “It’s great to have Dierks back in Oz and this will be the first time the pair have performed together live,” said promoter Rob Potts. “Fans have a unique opportunity to see the two acts up close in the more intimate theatre venues, something that doesn’t happen often with the big U.S. Country stars.” Country & Cold Cans Tour international dates: Vancouver, BC (2/15), Kamloops, BC (2/16), Prince George, BC (2/17), Dawson Creek, BC (2/18), Edmonton, AB (2/19), Calgary, AB (2/21), Saskatoon, SK (2/22), Winnipeg, MB (2/23), Toowoomba, QLD (3/9), Brisbane, QLD (3/10), Melbourne, VIC (3/13), Canberra, ACT (3/15), Hunter Valley, NSW (3/17). Drop us a line at [email protected] | © 2011 The AristoMedia Group - All Rights Reserved Page1 Vol. 4, Issue No. 4 Winter 2011 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5 Aristo International Report Page6 << prev www.AristoMedia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> Promoting the World of Country Music Around the Globe The McClymonts, Ralph Murphy Receive CMA International Awards Australian sister trio The McClymonts and veteran producer, songwriter and ASCAP Nashville exec Ralph Murphy were the recipients of this year’s international CMA awards. The presentations were made by CMA Chief Executive Officer Steve Moore at the Photo: Christian Bottoroff/CMA annual CMA International Reception, held on Nov. 7 as part of the week of festivities surrounding the 45th annual CMA Awards in Nashville. The McClymonts, natives of New South Wales, received the Global Country Artist Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements by a Country music artist originally signed outside of the United States. The trio’s sophomore album, Wrapped Up Good, cracked Australia’s Top Five in sales in 2010 before its U.S. release in 2011. “Wow, after five months of living here in Nashville, to have picked up the CMA Global Country Artist Award is an absolute honor,” said Brooke McClymont. Producer, songwriter and ASCAP Nashville VP Ralph Murphy accepted the Jo Walker-Meador International Award. The award, named in honor of former CMA Executive Director and Country Music Hall of Photo: Christian Bottoroff/CMA Fame member Jo WalkerMeador, recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual or company in advocating and supporting Country Music's marketing development in territories outside the United States. “The industry has been more than generous with all the Irish, the Canadians, the Norwegians, the Australians, the Dutch, the Germans - everyone who’s come here to play Country music,” said Murphy. “And it's always been more than generous with me. You can't ask for more in life than a chance and an opportunity of someone being fair with you.” Celtic Connections Adds Event Glasgow’s internationally renowned folk, roots and world music festival Celtic Connections is staging a first-of-itskind, two-night music event on the Isle of Skye on March 23-24 as a finale to the Year of Scotland’s Islands. Celtic Connections Big Top will feature a variety of music, arts and workshops on a local and international scale. U.S. Country artists Roseanne Cash and The Civil Wars (pictured) are scheduled to appear, as well as Celtic group The Michael McGoldrick Band, Dàimh, The Deadly Gentlemen, Aoife O'Donovan (Crooked Still), Mànran and other special guests to be announced. “We’re thrilled to bring a taste of Celtic Connections to the people of Skye,” says Donald Shaw, Celtic Connections Artistic Director. “The Big Top is set to highlight the rich tapestry of musical traditions from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Ireland, along with the very best of Americana for concerts typical of the festival experience.” Dolly Wraps 2011 Overseas Dates Global superstar Dolly Parton wrapped up a busy schedule of overseas dates in 2011 that included her first visit to Australia in more than 20 years. In August and September, Parton toured extensively throughout Europe, performing shows in Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, Sweden and Denmark to rave reviews. In November, Parton embarked on a 12-show run Down Under, playing in front of more than 100,000 Aussie fans on her international Better Day World Tour. Her nearly month-long schedule in Australia included ten arena shows, plus two outdoor gigs at the Hope Estate in NSW’s Hunter Valley. Parton’s Better Day album debuted earlier this year at No. 5 on the Australian Country Charts and No. 9 on the UK Charts. Drop us a line at [email protected] | © 2011 The AristoMedia Group - All Rights Reserved Page1 Vol. 4, Issue No. 4 Winter 2011 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5 Aristo International Report Page6 << prev www.AristoMedia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> Promoting the World of Country Music Around the Globe French, British Country Music Awards The ninth annual French Country Music Awards were held Oct. 15, with several familiar American faces taking top honors. Blake Shelton and Ashton Shepherd were the Male and Female Vocalist winners, while Brad Paisley took home Entertainer of the Year. Big & Rich were named Best Duo and Alison Krauss & Union Station won Best Bluegrass Band. French artist winners included Astrid Espinosa (French Female Vocalist), David Frumin (French Male Vocalist) and the Mariotti Brothers (Best French Group). Visit the FACM website here for more coverage. The sold-out BCMAwards took place in London on Oct. 23. International Act of the Year went to Brad Paisley, with local artists Darren Busby and Nadine Sommers taking home Best Male and Female Vocalist honors. Henry Smith was named Entertainer of the Year, and Album of the Year went to Brian Hughes (pictured with BCMAwards exec Lee Williams). This year’s British Hall of Fame inductees were Iona Boggie and Charlie Landsborough. Visit here for more information. CMA Songwriter Series Goes Global For the first time, the Country Music Association’s CMA Songwriters Series is traveling to the U.K. and Ireland with special performances in February 2012 scheduled for London, Belfast and Dublin. The international tour will be known as CMA & BMI Present the CMA Songwriter Series. Participating songwriters include Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson, former CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Clint Black and host Bob DiPiero. “The CMA Songwriter Series began in 2005 in New York and has expanded to cities across the United States including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and Washington D.C.,” CMA CEO Steve Moore said. “The popularity of our music overseas and the appreciation the audience in the U.K. has for our songwriters made this a good fit and an opportune time to travel the series abroad. And it is terrific to have BMI as a partner in this exciting initiative.” The CMA Songwriters Series showcases the best of Nashville's mega-hit songwriters and songwriter artists. Participants take turns telling the stories behind their hit songs, performing them in the raw as originally written. Drop us a line at [email protected] | © 2011 The AristoMedia Group - All Rights Reserved Page1 Vol. 4, Issue No. 4 Page2 Page3 Winter 2011 Page4 Page5 Aristo International Report Page6 << prev www.AristoMedia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> Promoting the World of Country Music Around the Globe ๏ Canadian singer Marlee Scott is connecting with her inner Betty Crocker in the clever “Make It or Bake It With Marlee” webisode series. So far, she has shared recipes for Marls Bars, bison chili and football-shaped banana bread. Check them out here. ๏ The 19th Celtic Connections Festival (Jan. 19 - Feb. 5) will see approx. 2,100 diverse artists from around the world taking part in 300 events in 20 venues across Glasgow. Among this year’s Country and Folk artists are: Béla Fleck and the original Flecktones, Raul Malo, Tom Russell, The Woody Guthrie Centennial, Josh Rouse, The Punch Brothers and Carolina Chocolate Drops. ๏ Don Williams will tour the UK and Ireland in April/May to coincide with the release of his upcoming album, due out on Sugar Hill Records in Spring 2012. Williams was recently honored with ASCAP’s prestigious “Golden Note” award at the 49th annual ASCAP Country Awards on Nov. 6 in Nashville. ๏ The already starstudded lineup (Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Dierks Bentley, Eli Young Band, Lee Kernaghan, more) for CMC Rocks the Hunter 2012 has just expanded with the addition of four stellar artists from the Hunter Valley region of Australia: Catherine Britt, McAlister Kemp, Morgan Evans and Kirsty Akers. CMC Rocks the Hunter is held March 16-18. ๏ The inaugural Country Music Radio Seminar Australia will take place in January 2012 during the Tamworth Country Music Festival. The CMRSA aims to bring together programmers and on-air announcers to develop strategies for building Country radio audiences. ๏ The Cork-based weekly TV show “Hot Country” has recently aired its 100th episode in Europe. Following its success, the show’s producers have created a new, half-hour program called “Hot Country Extra.” ๏ The 23rd Country Gold Festival was held Oct. 16 in Kumamoto, Japan. American acts Amber Hayes, Ray Scott and Billy Yates (pictured) performed, along with festival organizer Charlie Nagatani and his band The Cannonballs. Next year’s lineup will feature Rick Trevino, Georgette Jones and Dale Watson. ๏ The Country Music Association has added a “Country Goes Global” episode to its online CMA Industry InSite educational series. The 19th installment discusses strategies to help artists gain a foothold “across the pond” and features interviews with artist/songwriter Jace Everett; Mark Hagen, Executive Director, BBC Radio; Rob Potts, CEO Managing Director, Rob Potts Entertainment Edge; Brad Turcotte, International Director of Marketing, Big Machine Label Group; and Jeff Walker, CEO, The AristoMedia Group. View archived episodes at CMAWorld.com. ๏ Canadian star Dean Brody is recording his new album in Nashville with U.S. producer Matt Rovey. Brody has enjoyed more weeks at the top of the Canadian charts than any other artist in 2011. He took home Album, Single and Songwriter of the Year at this year’s CCMA Awards. ๏ Backstage with Dolly in Australia (L to R): Rob Potts/Rob Potts Ent. Edge, Matthew Lazarus-Hall/ Chugg Ent., Danny Nozell/Parton’s Mgr, Parton, Anthony Albanese/Australian Fed. Minister Transport & Infrastructure, Michael Chugg/Chugg Ent., Gary Van Egmont/Van Egmont Touring, Neil Warnock/Agency Group Drop us a line at [email protected] | © 2011 The AristoMedia Group - All Rights Reserved Page1 Vol. 4, Issue No. 4 Page2 Page3 Winter 2011 Page4 Page5 Aristo International Report Page6 www.AristoMedia.com << prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> Promoting the World of Country Music Around the Globe Aristo Q&A with: Sarah Brosmer Nashville record label and publicity veteran Sarah Brosmer first established herself as an important player on the international music scene during her 17-year career at MCA, where she served as VP/ Publicity and International. In 1999, Brosmer received the Jo Walker-Meador International Award and later joined Sony Music Nashville in an A&R Supervisor role. She currently works with a roster of acts including Gary Allan, Gene Watson and newcomer Payton Rae at Nashville-based Lytle Management. SB: Gene Watson was fortunate in that he toured internationally early in his career, so he has a good fan base outside of the USA and dedicates about 3 weeks each year for international tours. Gary Allan also worked internationally early on and continues to see his international tours grow successfully. Gary has a strong following in Australia, where he has toured regularly. Each calendar year we evaluate international touring dates as they are offered. We’re very open to them. There is a significant "risk vs. reward" element to touring overseas for an artist, particularly early on in their career. How can an artist minimize that risk while maximizing the potential reward? Should an act be prepared to actually lose money their first few tours? During your time with the MCA label, you were instrumental in securing international press for artists like The Mavericks, who still maintain a strong international fan base today. How were they able to connect with fans overseas so effectively? SB: If an act starts early enough, the risks are certainly less. An artist can go over and perform with just one or two players and still make an impact. In the past there was more tour support from the labels, which minimized the cost to an artist. Today, an act should be prepared to lose money initially, but consider it an investment for a lifetime of touring. SB: The Mavericks toured in the UK early and regularly, hitting the Silver sales mark there prior to their 1998 smash hit album Trampoline. The marketing plan was to reach out to those same fans to buy the Trampoline album as soon as it was released. It was London’s Pop radio station, Capitol, that gave a huge push, adding the single “Dance the Night Away,” which hit No. 4 on the UK charts and propelled the album to Top Ten on the UK chart. Do you see Country music videos playing an increased role in artist promotion overseas? In Canada and Australia, for example, there are established video channels, but it seems Europe is lagging behind in that respect. Do you think there is enough of a market to support more Country music video outlets, particularly in regions like the UK? Your background also includes A&R work at Sony. In your experience, did an artist's global profile ever factor much into the decision to sign them? Has that changed much today? SB: At that time, a global profile was not much of a factor for signing an artist, but in today’s market, it would be much more of a plus. With social media being as prevalent as it is, we’re seeing, for example, that our young new artist, Payton Rae, has a huge number of followers in Chile, Mexico and the UK without ever having been there yet. Her web stats include almost 100,000 Twitter followers and nearly 4 million YouTube views. Today, you are working with artists like Gary Allan and Gene Watson at Lytle Management. Gene, in particular, has a very devoted global audience. How much time for international touring do you allocate each year? Do you find your acts playing more dates overseas year-over-year? SB: While Europe has dedicated music video stations, they are not country music oriented. There is enough of a market to support a country video channel in the UK if marketed properly. If a known UK personality hosted, it could work well and bring in the initial fanbase. In the UK, a channel mixing Americana and country music would seem like a good bet. Reach Sarah at: [email protected]. The Aristo International Report is a quarterly newsletter published online by The AristoMedia Group, P.O. Box 22765 Nashville, TN, 37202. Publisher: Jeff Walker Editor: Ryan Moore Please submit your international Country music news items for consideration to: [email protected] Drop us a line at [email protected] | © 2011 The AristoMedia Group - All Rights Reserved Page1 Vol. 4, Issue No. 4 Winter 2011 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5 Aristo International Report Page6 << prev www.AristoMedia.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 Promoting the World of Country Music Around the Globe International Industry Photo Gallery Performer Amber Hayes with Country Gold Festival organizer Charlie Nagatani in Kumamoto, Japan. Hayes, Ray Scott and Billy Yates performed at the festival on Oct. 16 Industry professionals gather at the Sister Cities of Nashville event. L to R: Steve Haggard, Jeff Walker/ AristoMedia CEO, Heather Cunningham/Exec. Dir., Sister Cities of Nashville, Rod Laing/CMAA exec Previous Jo Walker-Meador Intl Award winners at the 2011 CMA International reception in Nashville. L to R: Bob Saporiti, Trisha Walker-Cunningham, 2011 winner Ralph Murphy, Walker-Meador, John Lomax III, CMA CEO Steve Moore. Photo: Christian Bottoroff/CMA. Australian artists at the 2011 Americana Music Conference in Nashville in Oct. L to R: Shandell, Ange Boxall, Henry Wagons, Kirsty Akers, Sounds Australia Project Mgr Dobe Newton, Mark O’Shea, Jay O’Shea, Catherine Britt, The McMenamins. Photo: Bev Moser. In the studio with Troy Cassar-Daley: (L to R): Ed Seay/engineer, Jeff Walker/AristoMedia CEO, CassarDaley, John Wesley Ryles/session vocalist Mark Moffatt (l) and Craig Morrison during a recording session inside Moffatt’s Nashville studio. Drop us a line at [email protected] | © 2011 The AristoMedia Group - All Rights Reserved
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