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Edited by Stuart Cameron who writes for Up Country Magazine GORD BAMFORD IS HOTDISC NUMBER ONEIt's been an exciting few weeks with three songs battling it out neck-and-neck for the number one position in the Hotdisc chart, and for the first time ever all three had literally fractions of points in scores between them each Thursday. Gord Bamford, Peter Dula and The Rowers with Billy Ryan and twins Nick And Noah Murray have been consistently clear of their nearest rivals, and today Gord finally gets his nose in front to collect his first number one with his debut European single, "Highways And Heartaches". Dula drops to 3 while Nick and Noah are back up to the runner-up position. The Bellhops get the highest climber this week as they leap into the Top 10 with "You Only Call Me When You're Drunk" while Aubrey Lovejoy enjoys a fourth week at number 1 in the British and Irish Independent Top 10. The Hotdisc Top 20 programme presented by Jackie Storrar on CMR Nashville Radio will take a break till July 9th as Jackie is on holiday. It will return when she gets back from her world tour. Hotdisc Radio has been launched while Hotdisc Television will commence at the end of July. The Hotdisc charts are compiled from DJs and industry professionals' ratings of songs currently being promoted on the Rush Released CD. They are not airplay charts, as airplay charts cannot work in Europe as there are no terrestrial country stations in this area. The hundreds of country shows are likely to play a particular song only twice at most in a three month period, therefore rendering airplay charts insignificant in Europe. It works well in America where there are plenty of non-stop country stations but it cannot work here. The Hotdisc charts are therefore put together weekly using ratings supplied by DJs who give scores to every song on the last three months' editions of Rush Released. The scores are totalled up and averaged out per week to give an accurate guide to the songs which are being championed by the industry. The aim is to showcase the songs which the DJs and media people are pinpointing as top quality songs, which is a very useful exercise, particularly to all our clients and DJs as it is free of politics, hype and rigging and done on merit! For a look at the full chart listings click on the Charts button at the top of the page. RUSH RELEASED PROMO CD UPDATE The July Rush Released CD has been shipped. The tracks for the current July release are listed below with clickable links to the acts' websites. Premier slots are incredibly popular and we now feature all Premier acts on the front cover of our new full colour sleeves. Booking well in advance is advised to avoid disappointment. August and September Premier slots are sold out with only a very few left up to January 2010. JULY 2009 EDITION
Premier Cuts You can hear the
six Premier cuts by clicking here. SNEAK PEEK.. ACTS CONFIRMED FOR AUGUST RUSH RELEASED CD ... Premier Cuts: Suzanne Edwards, Neil Andrews, Sam Millar, Jefferson Ross, Martha Murray and track tbc from Savannah Records Plus: Merle Haggard, Cathy-Anne McClintock, Bobby Smith, Kim McLean, D K Davis, Mitchell John, Stella Parton, Lisa O''Kane NEWS IN BRIEF...Hotdisc Radio is up and running with clickable links to some of the best radio shows around the world available at the click of a button. These include the following: Mondays: 5pm Ries Verwijmeren, 7pm Marie Crichton, 7pm Lloyd Coles Tuesdays: 7pm Mick Smith, 7pm Sandy Watt, 8pm Bob Preedy, 11pm Jean-Luc Ducroux, 11pm Dave Smith Wednesdays: 8pm Ken McLeod, 8pm Helen MacPherson Thursdays: 7pm Bob Harris, 8pm Bernie Birch, 9pm David Callister Fridays: 1pm Barry Wass Saturdays: 9am Roy Waller, 5pm Jean Luc Ducroux, 6pm Jim Duncan, 6pm Bill Black, 7.30pm Ken MacLeod Sundays: 8am Jim Duncan, Noon Joe Fish, Noon Helen West, Noon Phil Walsh, 1pm Steve Cherelle, 2pm Campbell Elder, 2pm Stewart Fenwick, 2pm Tommy Truesdale, 3pm Ian Bell, 5pm Bill Black, 6pm Alec Benford, 6pm Kenny Johnson, 6pm Graham MacLeod, 6pm Paul West, 6pm Warren Smyth, 7pm Paul Braithwaite, 7pm Gordon Davies, 8pm Rod Archer, 8pm Brette Dominique, 9pm Alan Jones Hotdisc TV is due to go live on July 31st. It will be showcasing exclusive unplugged tracks by artists such as Stella Parton, Charlie Allen and Nicki Gillis, and star interviews. It will also become a hub for providing links to the best country music videos on the net including Hotdisc acts and also classic star tracks from the past. There will also be a British Country music channel. Brianie has just returned from America where she was one of several British artists representing the country at the CMA Fest in Nashville at the Global Show on June 9th. While out there the teenager sung four songs from her new album "Butterfly In A Hurricane" which was recorded in Nashville and released here on CMR Nashville Records. She was interviewed by many media people and appeared on the prestigious Fox News network. The next step for the 17 year old is to record another album and get on the road performing with her own band. Very sad to hear the news of the death of Murray Kash, one of the stalwarts of the British country music scene although he was in fact born in Toronto, Canada. He moved to the UK in 1955. The actor, broadcaster and festival compere packed so much into his 85 years and you can read all about his achievements at the following link - http://u.tv/News/Murray-Kash/ce24709a-c1c0-4691-83a8-3cd5e087aba7 CMR Nashville Radio has added one of America's most popular programmes to its roster. "Bluegrass Underground" will go to air in Europe every Thursday at 4pm and 10pm at www.cmrnashville.net - the programme gets its name because it comes live from a cavern deep underground which has amazing acoustics. It will feature some of the top pickers in the world. You can also hear it as one of our featured programmes on Hotdisc Radio from our home page at www.hotdisc.net Nick and Noah Murray are delighted with their number 1 song in the Hotdisc charts called "Sling Shot Buddies" and are very happy to record phone interviews with DJs in Europe... and it won't cost you a penny cos they'll call you back at a time to suit you. Just e mail djangoproms@btinternet.com to book your chat - they'd also love to hear from any promoters who'd like to tour them over here. British comedy singer and ace steelie, Slim Pickins, is in his 70s now and very much still going strong, but we were all surprised to hear that despite playing with some of America's top singers he's never actually played in Nashville. Slim dropped us a line to say that he had written a song which is now available to listen to at the following link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz-pqG9ibu0
Brigitte DeMayer is about to embark on a series of UK and European dates alongside Big Dog 3 fronted by guitarist Al Perkins. The Americana/country/folk singer has a new album out called "Red River Flower". Smart Choice Music are offering a limited number of places to an exclusive UK showcase event in London on Tuesday 7th July. For more info contact tuckbp@willis.com Finally Stuart Cameron and wife Jane would like to thank everyone who sent best wishes on the birth of their baby boy, Scott Merrill Stuart Cameron, who weighed in at 8 pounds 7 ounces on Saturday night. Both mother and baby are doing fine although Stuart says he may just take a little longer answering e mails over the coming months while priorities change dramatically! Any bonafide DJ who does not receive Hotdisc's Rush Released can now download all the tracks directly from our website. Simply apply with your details to sturadio@aol.com and we will issue you with your password to access our secure site. Note that the password changes with every issue and to stay on the list you must return the reaction sheet each month.
ADVERTISEMENT For the tenth year the Best Of British & Irish Country album is released. The project, which began in 1999, features songs from British and Irish acts which have all gained exposure in the past year on radio throughout Europe, and the artists on the album feature a mixture of acts who have been on the scene for a long time and new names appearing for the first time. The album costs £9.99 and is available direct from us (and we'll throw in an extra 4 CDs for free). You can also buy the complete 10-Disc set of Best Of British albums in the series (1999-2008) for an inclusive postage-free price of £40 - send a cheque made payable to Silver Heart Television and mail to Hotdisc, Stables Cottages, Eildon Hall, Melrose TD6 9HD, Scotland. Or you can pay directly by Paypal using our dedicated Paypal e mail address at hotdisclimited@aol.com.
The full line up for this year has been extended to 24 tracks and are
listed here:
1 TJ STUART & BRENDA MULGREW - Knocklayde Mountain 13 PAULA MacASKILL - I'll Never Find Another You |
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