TAMI WINS 'BEST FEMALE ARTIST 2010' AT THE NZ COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

An audience of enthusiastic country music fans filled the 1200 seat Founders Theatre in Hamilton this past weekend where Tami Neilson was awarded "Best Female Artist 2010" at the National Country Music Awards. The show included performances by Tami, Marian Burns, JamesRay and The Topp Twins, who were presented with the "Country Music Legend Award".

TAMI WINS 'BEST FEMALE ARTIST 2010' AT THE NZ COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

An audience of enthusiastic country music fans filled the 1200 seat Founders Theatre in Hamilton this past weekend where Tami Neilson was awarded "Best Female Artist 2010" at the National Country Music Awards. The show included performances by Tami, Marian Burns, JamesRay and The Topp Twins, who were presented with the "Country Music Legend Award".

TAMI WINS 'BEST FEMALE ARTIST 2010' AT THE NZ COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

An audience of enthusiastic country music fans filled the 1200 seat Founders Theatre in Hamilton this past weekend where Tami Neilson was awarded "Best Female Artist 2010" at the National Country Music Awards. The show included performances by Tami, Marian Burns, JamesRay and The Topp Twins, who were presented with the "Country Music Legend Award".

Tami wins "Best Female Artist 2010" at the NZ Country Music Awards

An audience of enthusiastic country music fans filled the 1200 seat Founders Theatre in Hamilton this past weekend where Tami Neilson was awarded "Best Female Artist 2010" at the National Country Music Awards. The show included performances by Tami, Marian Burns, JamesRay and The Topp Twins, who were presented with the "Country Music Legend Award".

TAMI COVER GIRL FOR SUNDAY MAGAZINE!

�Article by music critic Grant Smithies:

"Canada-born singer Tami Neilson has won Best Country Album at the New Zealand Music Awards for the last two years, and it’s easy to see why. Rather than choose sides between slick Nashville country-pop and a more fashionable alternative country sound, she keeps one cowboy-booted foot in each camp. Recorded in her brother’s kitchen using an old refrigerator box as a vocal booth, her latest album, The Kitchen Table Sessions, contains hectic bluegrass versions of Dave Dobbyn’s “Slice of Heaven” and Scribe’s “Not Many” alongside the kinds of glossy ballads you might hear at the annual Gold Guitar Awards in Gore. Throughout, Neilson sings her heart out, recalling a cross between Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline...

2010 COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Tami Neilson and Matt Langley Strike Country Gold

Tami Neilson has followed up her 2009 win by picking up the Recording Industry Association (RIANZ) Best Country Music Album while Matt Langley has taken out the APRA Best Country Song for 2010.

I always say that I've spent so much time and money over the years flying back and forth from Canada to NZ on Air New Zealand that I should have shares in the company...well, it looks like they're showing me some sweet airline love, choosing me as their Top Pick of the Month for their in-flight entertainment magazine "Kia Ora"! Woot woot! So, if any of you are flying Air NZ, please be sure to watch the safety video and note the exits, then recline your seat and tune in to some Red Dirt Angel.