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“It’s my favourite song of mine that I’ve ever recorded – and I’ve recorded a few now,” enthuses Allison Forbes of her new song ‘Pieces Of Silver’.

This is a beautiful song of hope and aspiration, built around a musical melange that seems to come from another time and place. The feel of distant locations and musical textures combine in a musical performance that’s part Appalachian mountains, part remote Irish countryside and part backroads Australia. And then there’s the words. Despite everything the world throws at us we’re all looking at the same stars that every generation has gazed at – and hoping for the same things.

“No matter how dark the darkness gets, there will always be the stars.”

With ‘Pieces Of Silver’ Allison Forbes may have created a new genre. “Punkgrass”. This thrashing and energetic new release from 4 x 2021 CMAA Golden Guitar finalist Allison Forbes is the third single from her forthcoming album ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’. Produced by ARIA-winner Matt Fell, this bone-shaking, monster tune is one you will want on repeat. With thumping rhythm, soaring vocals and resounding guitars, Allison Forbes is at the top of her game. And it’s her game. You can join in too. Why not? What have you got to lose?

Allison Forbes is a new-age outlaw of country music. Tamworth’s rebel child is a breath of fresh air and an outburst of originality in songwriting.

Nominated for 4 x CMAA Golden Guitars in 2021, Allison’s debut album ‘Bonedigger’, produced by ARIA Award-winner, Shane Nicholson, debuted at #1 on the ARIA Australian country music charts in February 2020 and was the second highest-selling independent artist across all genres that week. She stuck around on charts and radio all year and was voted Most Popular Female Artist in the Independent Country Music Awards.

The controversial single ‘Broken Radios’ reached #1 on Australian Country Radio and she has no intention of slowing down any time soon. Already, Forbes has recorded a brand-new album ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’ with ARIA Award-winner Matt Fell set for release later in 2021.

Allison Forbes has secured her spot tightly in Australia’s alt-country scene. Brave and authentic insightful lyrics and addictive melodies, her stories will charm the pants off you. An honest and inspiring performer, her voice soars easily through any style with strength, warmth, and consideration. A dark gothic thread weaved through the straw of a country music basket of goodies.

Sue Dyson is excited to be releasing her third single to Australian radio titled ‘Bird On The Wind’, lifted from her upcoming EP of the same title. Produced by Simon Johnson at Hillbilly Hut in Sydney and written by acclaimed songwriter Reece Kirk.

‘Bird On The Wind’ tells a tale of that inner desire to be free of the common responsibilities that weigh us all down from time to time, feeling the envy of a bird and its ability to fly away at will.

Born and raised in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, with family roots stretching back to Barraba in New South Wales, Sue learnt the values of hard work and dedication from an early age, which helped to fuel her ambitions as a recording artist.

Sue has appeared on The Good Morning Show in NZ as a solo artist and has worked on other televised events, including The New Zealand Music Awards and has been the first-choice demo singer for several productions.

Sue performed at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in Australia and has recently been traveling around the north island of New Zealand performing at the Country Rock Festival in Auckland and the Clareville Country Music Festival in the Wairarapa New Zealand.

Multi-Platinum-selling country pop superstar Sam Hunt has today released his brand new single ’23 ‘. Written by Hunt with Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, and Chris LaCorte (who also produced the track), ’23’ has the singer thinking back warmly on a past relationship. Using an early photo of his wife, Hannah’s, aunt and uncle when they were a young couple for his song art, Hunt further illustrates the nostalgia and fondness of days gone by. Despite moving on with new cities, jobs and life, the story goes on.

At a recent session at Ocean Way studio in Nashville, Hunt and his band performed a scaled back version of the new song. Fans can watch the performance of ’23’

’23’ is the first new track from Hunt since last year’s album ‘SOUTHSIDE’ featuring a string of hit singles with ‘Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90’s’, ‘Kinfolks’ and ‘Hard To Forget’. The album also featured mega hit ‘Body Like A Backroad’ which peaked at #9 on the ARIA Singles Chart and has since gone 7x Platinum. ‘SOUTHSIDE’ was released to critical acclaim with the album and various tracks landing on multiple “Best of” lists for 2020 including The New York TimesBest Albums and NPR’s Best Songs (“Hard To Forget”). The album earned additional praise from American Songwriter, Associated Press, Billboard¸ Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Pitchfork, Slate, The Ringer and more.

ANNOUNCES THE PRE-ORDER OF HER EIGHTH STUDIO RECORD BLUE BANISTERS ALONG WITH THE RELEASE OF HER NEW TRACK AND VISUAL ‘ARCADIA’ Today Lana Del Rey announces the pre-order to her eighth studio record Blue Banisters following the success of her previous album Chemtrails Over The Country Club , which was released earlier this year. Digital and physical album due for release on October 22nd, the pre-order for Blue Banisters is available now on participating partners as well as www.lanadelrey.com. Blue Banisters will include previously released songs ‘Wildflower Wildfire’, ‘Blue Banisters’ and ‘Text Book’. Alongside announcement of the pre-order, Lana released the new track ‘Arcadia’, which she wrote and produced with Drew Erickson. The new track is accompanied by a visual in which Lana directed, and can be found on all participating partners.