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Audiences won’t be disappointed at the 2011 Norfolk Island Country Music Festival.
The festival runs over four main nights and leaves plenty of time to explore the beauty of Norfolk Island, take in the tours or simply check out the many bargains in the main street of Burnt Pine.
The local clubs are a part of Country Music Week and feature daytime shows featuring some well-known acts and showing off the local talent.
For more information email: nicma@norfolk.net.nf or book with your local travel agent. |
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Gina Jeffreys
It’s now more than a decade since Gina Jeffreys won the Toyota Star Maker Quest, marking the start of a remarkable career that’s not only taken Gina to the top of the country music industry — where she still reigns supreme — but continued to bring new surprises and successes for this talented and vivacious woman. Her tours are always sell-out successes, with the fans seemingly unable to get enough of Gina’s performances. And Gina is the first to admit she leads a charmed life — performing the music she loves, and sharing the experience with the love of her life, husband Rod McCormack. Over the past three years, Gina began to slowly start recording what has now become her exquisite new album ‘WALKS OF LIFE’. The album, produced by Rod, showcases a new vocal maturity on a collection of songs that are near and dear to her heart. Gina has co-written five of the songs.
The first single LIVE IT was released at the end of October, while the album is set to be launched at the Tamworth Festival in January. And Gina’s legions of fans just can’t wait! |
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Aly Cook
Aly Cook is a successful independent artist, based in New Zealand. She
has
travelled & performed in the USA & Europe, as well as Australia & New
Zealand. Aly has built a worldwide network of devoted fans purely on the
strength of her musical talent and her vibrant "can do" personality. She
has
built networks of thousands of fans on Social Network Media.
Her last single the Nashville recorded Country Storm is on the playlist
of
both CMC Country Music Channel in Australia & SKY63 in New Zealand.
Aly's NZ accolades include Nomination for Juice TV Dance video of the
Year
2001 with DNE for "Be There". Nomination for New Zealand APRA Country
Song
of the Year 2005 with "I Wonder" & finalist in the MLT Songwriting Awards
2007 with "Grow". Aly is currently a finalist for New Zealand Female
Country
Artist of the Year 2010. |
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The Coal Rangers
The Coalrangers, an iconic South Island country/blues/roots band formed
in
1988 with former members of Christchurch's Cowboys and Queenstown's Cat &
Ratz. The founding members met at Whitecliffs Music Festival in the mid
eighties. Their second album Coast To Coast won the New Zealand Music
Award
for Country Album in 1997.
Their third album Home Tonight featured original material, giving full
reign
to the songwriting talents of four of the band members. The live album
The
Harbourlight Sessions appeared in 2003
and featured material from two of The Coalranger's annual "office
party"concerts at the theatre. |
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Rod McCormack
Rod McCormack is a highly sought after record producer, songwriter and musician. His work can be found on the recordings of such artists as Paul Kelly, Adam Harvey, Gina Jeffreys, Beccy Cole, Troy Cassar-Daley, Bella, Lou Bradley, Kate Fagan, Amber Lawrence, Paul Costa and many more. Rod is currently working on an exciting multi artist concept album for Sony BMG. |
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The Smokin' Crawdads
At the 2010 Queensland Country Music Awards, The Smokin' Crawdads took out winner of the 2010 Queensland Group or Duo of the Year. We were also nominated for Queensland Instrumental of the Year. |
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Mitchell Shadlow
Cool and reserved, Mitchell Shadlow has quietly earned the distinction of being one of Australia’s most promising male country music artists with a vocal style described as both ‘elegant’ and ‘masculine’. The contempery singer steps out of the shadows when he performs, singing with a powerful presence that mesmerizes an audience. That force also translates to his new album ‘The Last Eleven Years’, released through WJO Distribution. |
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Angela Easson
In May 2010, Angela was crowned the international winner of the Trans Tasman Entertainer of the Year award in Norfolk Island. She currently holds the state title as the ..2009/2010 South Australian Senior Champion of Champions and recently graduated from the CMAA Country Music Academy in Tamworth. She is actively songwriting in preparation for exciting plans in 2010. |
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Gina Keating
I started competing in country music awards at 11 years old, as a junior and intermediate I won several awards throughout the South Island and at 16years old was part of the group Always At Heart (with my Mother and now husband Shane) which won every group section we entered and 3 major South Island overall titles. My passion for children soon saw me stop competitive singing to pursue my Bachelor of Teaching and Learning. In 2009 I entered the Southern Alps awards and won the Overall title and Runner-up Overall with my husband Shane. We then travelled to Nelson Sun City Awards where I was fortunate to win the entry to New Zealand Entertainer of The Year. Competing at New Zealand Entertainer of the Year would have to be one of my musical highlights. |
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Roger Tibbs
These days I am singing a far greater range of the easy listening genre than the country cowboy I started out as, although the early material remains an important part of what I do. I look back at the wonderful times we have had and the many wonderful friends we have found on the journey. But I also look forward to exciting times ahead. In fact an invitation to Canada in July 2008 to perform at the prestigious Calgary Stampede before an audience in excess of ten thousand has definitely been a career highlight for me. |
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