and heres todays press release folks ..... Beccy Cole Melinda Schneider MEDIA RELEASE: GREAT WOMEN OF COUNTRY REVEAL First radio single & video clip: 9 to 5 Album cover and track listing revealed Tour announce Today the covers finally come off and the brand new album project from Melinda Schneider and Beccy Cole is revealed in full. Great Women of Country and the songs that made them is a collaboration by two of Australia’s finest country stars, and today marks the release of the first single from the new album, a Dolly Parton classic cover 9 to 5. The single is accompanied by an energetic and fun video clip to be featured on Foxtel’s CMC (Country Music Channel). 9 To 5 video clip: po.st/GWOC9TO5 Great Women Of Country is a collection of 22 classic country songs, bringing together Melinda Schneider and Beccy Cole’s love of country music. As Schneider puts it “both Beccy and I had always thought about doing an album like this individually … but I woke up one morning and the idea wouldn’t leave me alone, so I called Beccy and asked: wanna do it together?”. And so they have. The selections the pair chose were so close to the core of who they are and what they’ve always done that they took on the task of producing it themselves, with Jeff McCormack engineering and troubleshooting. “We tried to do the duets as real duets – looking at each other while we were singing, pushing each other on, the way you do it live” says Schneider. “That really worked with, for example, the bluegrass medley, which is something we’ve both loved, as part of our heritage, you might say.” I loved revisiting the songs that were such a big part of my childhood, theyre timeless, they were old even then! says Cole. These are some of the songs that I drew from to make my own music, to get to pay tribute to them by recording new versions is a great responsibility but such an honour. These are songs that gave women a voice at a time when it was harder to be heard - the songs that paved the way for generations to come. I enjoyed making this record with Melinda, we share a similar passion thanks to the influence of our mothers. The album includes classic tracks Stand By Your Man, I Will Always Love You, Blue Bayou, D.I.V.O.R.C.E., and 9 to 5. Great Women of Country is not just a rich legacy of songs, it is the inevitable collaboration of two of Australia’s most accomplished and most experienced country music stars – singers well equipped to reach back and bring forward music that holds a very special place in people’s hearts. Track listing for the album: 1. 9 To 5 2. One’s On The Way 3. The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia 4. Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad 5. Angel of the Morning 6. D.I.V.O.R.C.E 7. Ode To Billy Joe 8. Stand By Your Man 9. Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days) 10. Muleskinner Blues/Rocky Top 11. Crazy 12. Harper Valley PTA 13. Banks on the Ohio/If Not For You/Let Me Be There 14. I Fall To Pieces/Walking After Midnight 15. I Will Always Love You 16. Could I Have This Dance/Tennessee Waltz 17. Blue Bayou 18. Jolene 19. Coat Of Many Colours 20. Queen of Hearts 21. I Can’t Make You Love Me 22. Love Hurts A series of special concert hall performances presenting the album Great Women of Country live in full will incorporate Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne, with further dates to be announced. On-sale dates and booking details to follow soon. Album Great Women of Country release date: November 7 2014 Melinda Schneider: Facebook: facebook/MelindaSchneider Website: melindaschneider Beccy Cole: Facebook: facebook/beccycolemusic Wesbite: beccycole BECCY COLE Beccy Cole is the real deal; a working single mother, a successful career woman, an explosive and very funny live performer and is as honest in the lyrics of her songs as she is about her private life. This honesty led to Beccy’s revelation on a ratings winning episode of ABC-TV’s ‘Australian Story’ that she is gay...after ‘keeping it under her hat’ for 15 years. Beccy received an unprecedented and overwhelming amount of support and encouragement from fans, old and new. This has led to the beaming and infectious smile that Beccy’s 30,000+ social media subscribers have enjoyed passing comment on of late. In 2014, Beccy Cole has been taking the audience on a journey through the trials and triumphs of a woman living the dreams of a little girl. Beccy extends her generosity from the truthful and sometimes very funny lyrics, to the stories behind the songs. “Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can not only be myself, but reveal the true meaning of some of the songs... and you just have to laugh at yourself sometimes!” In double decades, the sassy Country Queen has shelved 9 Golden Guitars, 3 Gold records, 2 Entertainer of The Year awards, 7 song writing awards and has peaked at Number One on the country music radio chart a whopping 14 times. Beccy has dedicated her life to touring her own country with an occasional break for entertaining Aussie troops in danger zones worldwide. MELINDA SCHNEIDER For well over a decade now Melinda Schneider has been a leading light of the ‘new-breed’ of Australian singer-songwriters both in Australia and the US. In a career which began with a stage debut at the age of three (appearing with her mother, the legendary Mary Schneider) she has kept her family tradition alive by becoming one of Australia’s most sublime singers and popular live performers. But it is through her assured and accomplished songwriting that she has really discovered her true voice. With nine albums under her belt, she has earned two Gold records and won numerous awards, including six CMAA Golden Guitars – featuring 2008 Top Selling Album for Stronger, 2005 Album Of The Year with Family Tree, APRA Song Of The Year for the song Real People and Female Vocalist Of The Year in 2003 for The Story Of My Life. 2008 brought with it an exciting new phase in Melinda’s career, with the launch of her own independent record label, Be Music. The label’s first release was Melinda’s fifth studio album Be Yourself in July 2008, which earned her second ARIA nomination for Best Country Album. Melinda was awarded her 6th CMAA Golden Guitar for Vocal Collaboration of The Year in January 2009 for her heart-warming duet Still Here with Paul Kelly. Melinda’s songs have also been recorded by artists as diverse as John Farnham, Billy Thorpe, Jimmy Little, Olivia Newton-John, Ricky Skaggs and Paul Kelly. As 2010 unfolded, the career dimensions of Melinda Schneider broadened dramatically. She dazzled with her dexterity on television’s Dancing With The Stars, and put her country music recording career on pause for a moment to indulge a passion for Doris Day that goes back decades. This passion resulted in the release of her shimmering tribute album Melinda Does Doris - A Tribute To Doris Day, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA Jazz and Blues chart, remaining there for a total of 9 weeks. Melinda then starred in her brand new stage show DORIS, Doris Day – So Much More Than The Girl Next Door. Co-written by Melinda and David Mitchell (of Dusty/Shout fame), this musical tribute to Melinda’s idol, could very well be the universal story of women, set to the music of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Meanwhile, in October 2011, Melinda also released her 9th album Life Begins At 40 – The Ultimate Melinda Schneider Collection. The double CD release marked her recent milestone birthday and celebrates over three decades of Melinda’s successful recording career. More recently, Melinda entered another wonderful phase of her life with the birth in August 2012 of her beautiful baby boy Sullivan. During 2014 she has been learning to juggle motherhood and touring while performing 28 warmly received return appearances of DORIS throughout the eastern states. “As a songwriter and singer Melinda Schneider is one of this country’s truly important artists” - Glenn A. Baker “When she sings ballads, she has the power to make you cry” - Sydney Arts Guide “My goodness, does Melinda Schneider shine!” - Inside Entertainment “Schneider performs with infectious warmth and enthusiasm and is in wonderful voice” - Sunday Telegraph
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