Re: British CMA

1999-04-01 Thread Jeff Weiss
At 02:24 PM 3/31/99 -0800, you wrote: >Junior writes: > >>Ain't it the truth. It's weird how they do *so* much better, from a >>quality standpoint. What explains this? Do they simply get less >>industry pressure on the voters, or what, etc. > > I suspect that there's an element of this.

RE: British CMA

1999-04-01 Thread Andy Benham
> Joonyah: > > > There is also a Brit / Commonwealth magazine, which may be simply > > titled "Country Music" (I forget), that I've seen a few copies of and > > which always amazes me by how much it covers what *I* would consider > > good country as opposed to HNC industry promo, etc > > C

Re: British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread jon_erik
>> There is also a Brit / Commonwealth magazine, which may be simply >> titled "Country Music" (I forget), that I've seen a few copies of and >> which always amazes me by how much it covers what *I* would >> consider good country as opposed to HNC industry promo, etc > >Country Music People.

Re: British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread Mike Hays
Someone asked about Dale's participation in last year's British CMA's. Best I can remember he was nominated as Best Male Vocalist alongside Strait, Jackson et al and actually won the Best Independent Artist Award, the same as Heather won this year. Mike Hays http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCoun

RE: British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread Jon Weisberger
Joonyah: > There is also a Brit / Commonwealth magazine, which may be simply > titled "Country Music" (I forget), that I've seen a few copies of and > which always amazes me by how much it covers what *I* would consider > good country as opposed to HNC industry promo, etc Country Music Peopl

Re: British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread Ph. Barnard
Jon on the surprisingly high "quality" music being recognized by the Brit and Australian country music press, etc : > I suspect that there's an element of this. I remember reading an > article last year about some Nashville push that was going on in > Australia. There is also a Brit /

Re: British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread jon_erik
Junior writes: >Ain't it the truth. It's weird how they do *so* much better, from a >quality standpoint. What explains this? Do they simply get less >industry pressure on the voters, or what, etc. I suspect that there's an element of this. I remember reading an article last year abou

Re: British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread Iain Noble
Don wrote: > > >On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Andy Benham wrote: > >> INTERNATIONAL >> Male Vocalist Vince Gill >> Female Vocalist Reba McEntire >> Group/Duo The Mavericks >> Rising Star Dixie Chicks >> Artist on an independent label Heather Myles >> Bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Statio

Re: British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread Ph. Barnard
Of the Brit CMA "international" division awards, Don sez: > Which is a helluva lot better than what the American CMAs usually end up > with. Ain't it the truth. It's weird how they do *so* much better, from a quality standpoint. What explains this? Do they simply get less industry pressure

Re: British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread Don Yates
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Andy Benham wrote: > INTERNATIONAL > Male Vocalist Vince Gill > Female Vocalist Reba McEntire > Group/Duo The Mavericks > Rising Star Dixie Chicks > Artist on an independent label Heather Myles > Bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Station > Album _The Key_ V

British CMA

1999-03-31 Thread Andy Benham
Someone, a few weeks ago was asking about the British CMA. Apologies if this has already been posted but I've been off list for several weeks experiencing this Britsh judicial system at firsthand on jury duty. So anyway here are the award winners BRITISH Male Vocalist Charlie Landsbo