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- Now, where’s that horse?
The quirky Somebody Stole
My Horse is single #2 for Tennant Creek-based singer-songwriter,
- Harmony James. The former ringer and
CMAA College of Country Music graduate, who now works with the
Department of Primary Industry in the Northern Territory’s
Barkly region, has followed her Top 10 success with Tailwind by
unleashing her “Horse”. Tailwind remains one of CMC’s Top 50
most viewed clips and can be requested by logging on to:
www.countrymusicchannel.com.au
.
Just one day after Somebody Stole My Horse was released to
radio, it appeared on playlists of major stations across the
country, which delighted Harmony no end.
“I’m really pleased people are responding so warmly to the songs
I’ve written,” Harmony said. “When they’re your own, it’s hard
to know if other people will relate to them and love them as
much as you do. Horse is a real favourite of mine and I’ve had
some wonderful support with that particular song from the
Northern Territory Government.” Tailwind is a finalist for APRA/AMCOS
Single of the Year at the Southern Stars Australian Independent
Country Music Awards. The awards are staged during the 21st
Mildura Country Music Festival, with winners announced on
Saturday, October 5 in the Mildura Arts Centre Theatre. This has
been a momentous month for Harmony, with her signing a
distribution agreement with One Stop Country, which will see her
self-titled EP in stores Australia wide. From her home in the
Territory, Harmony has managed to cover most eastern Australian
states this month, starting with her attendance in Melbourne at
esteemed international songwriter Pat Pattison’s workshops. Then
it was northwards to Brisbane, to film the new clip for Somebody
Stole My Horse. Australia’s Top End was next on Harmony’s
dancecard, for a series of Darwin Festival appearances. With
three great shows to her credit there, plus her surprise live
radio guest appearances on Darwin ABC, Harmony won more fans
than she bargained for. Harmony is in contention for the MusicOz
People’s Choice Awards, where voting is conducted online and via
sms. Visit
www.musicoz.org and
you’ll find Harmony James listed under H in Musicoz artists.
Follow the prompts and you can listen to four of Harmony’s
tracks and cast your vote. The next few months will be busy for
Harmony, with gigs as far abroad as Toowoomba in Queensland and
Alice Springs Rodeo in the Territory.
For bookings or to arrange an interview, visit the website
www.harmonyjames.com or
www.myspace.com/harmonyjamesmusic
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- Tailwind is Harmony's first hit
- First top 10 hit for Harmony James
Tailwind, the first single from Harmony’s self-titled EP,
has reached #7 on the Country Tracks Top 30, giving the
Territorian-based artist her first top 10 hit.
- On August 18 Harmony is delighted to be performing at the
Darwin Festival – recognised nationally and internationally as
the Top End’s premier festival for its quality, diversity and
innovation in arts programming and presentation.
The Darwin Festival was born out of the destruction and
devastation of the natural disaster on Christmas Eve 1974 when
Cyclone Tracy tore through the Territory’s capital. The 2006
festival attracted an audience of 548,000 and organisers expect
this figure to be surpassed in 2007.
The festival is held over an exciting 18 days and nights,
with local and touring performances and events including outdoor
concerts, workshops, theatre, dance music, comedy and cabaret,
film and visual artists. During the festival, Darwin buzzes with
performers, artists, locals and visitors, enjoying the vibrant
and colourful atmosphere and festivities it has to offer.
Harmony’s deput EP, four original songs produced and engineered
by Herm Kovac at Ramrod Studio, utilised the cream of
Australia’s session musicians – drummer Rudy Miranda, bassist
Ian Lees, pedal steel supremo Michel Rose, Mick Albeck on fiddle
and on guitars – James Gillard, Glen Hannah and Duncan Toombs.
To arrange an interview with Harmony, phone Anna Rose on 0409
514 933.
For further information, visit the website,
www.harmonyjames.com
- Harmony’s Tailwind whirling up the country
charts
- Harmony James has hit the right note with her debut single,
the self-written Tailwind, shooting up four places this week to
#20 on the Country Tracks Top 30.
The accompanying video clip has been picked up by CMC on its new
playlist and with a bit of a gust behind it, should make its way
upwards to the most requested chart.
Based in the Northern Territory’s Barkly region, Harmony works for
the Primary Industries Department, so by day, she’s a real life
cowgirl. When she heads home of an evening, Harmony is a fair
dinkum country songwriter – and a good one at that.
In 2006 Harmony entered and won the Tamworth Songwriters’
Association’s Amateur Songwriting Contest, then went on to achieve
international acclaim as the first Australian to take out the
Country division of the prestigious International Songwriting
Contest.
Her Herm Kovac-produced EP of four originals, is recommended
listening. As well as Tailwind, there’s Somebody Stole My Horse,
Big News and Home.
Listen out for the sweet sounds of Harmony James on your favourite
radio station, or visit her website:
www.harmonyjames.com
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- Harmony’s debut single
hits the charts
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- Being the first Australian to win the
country section of the famed International Songwriting Contest was
pretty impressive – but just take a listen to the debut EP of
Harmony James and you’ll be knocked out. This gifted
singer-songwriter, who lives and works in the Barkly region of
Australia’s Northern Territory, was born to be a cowgirl – but a
fall from a horse resulting in a broken collarbone, led her to
take a new path – university – to study more about the field she’d
been working in. Harmony is now with the Department of Primary
Industries, advising graziers on feeding and breeding programs and
husbandry practices. When she’s not surrounded by Mitchell grass,
cattle and graziers, Harmony concentrates on her other love –
songwriting. A prolific writer, Harmony first received recognition
for her work at the 2006 Tamworth Country Music Festival, when The
Next Big Thing was named winner of the Tamworth Songwriters’
Association’s country songwriting contest (amateur section). This
was the same year Harmony graduated from the CMAA Australian
College of Country Music. In June of that year Harmony won the
Adelaide River songwriting contest with another stunning original,
Big News. Heartened by those achievements, Harmony entered Herm
Kovac’s Ramrod Studios in Sydney later that year and began
recording her debut EP of four original songs, with that CD
launched at the 2007 Tamworth Country Music Festival. One of those
songs, Tailwind, was written just before she began recording and
her producer felt it was too good a song not to put down on
record. Just as well, as that was the song that won Harmony the
ISC country category – and is the subject of her first video clip,
which has been submitted to the Country Music Channel. Tailwind
entered the Country Tracks Chart with a bullet and is now sitting
at #27 – but with a good gust behind it, the single should soon
make its way towards the top 10. Keep your eyes and your ears out
for Harmony James. She’s certainly a girl on the move.
Don’t forget to visit
www.harmonyjames.com
to keep up with all of Harmony’s latest news and achievements
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