Australian country music

Australian country music is a part of the music of Australia. It comes from American country music, as well as British and Irish folk music and the work of traditional Australian poets like Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson. Australian country music often uses guitars, banjos, fiddles and harmonicas and has songs about things like: outback life, stockmen, truckers and outlaws, romance, political protest and the "beauty and the terror" of the Australian bush. Famous musicians include: Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Olivia Newton-John, John Williamson, Keith Urban, Lee Kernaghan and Kasey Chambers. Others singers influenced by it include Nick Cave and Paul Kelly. Popular songs include Waltzing Matilda (1895), Pub With No Beer (1957), Lights on the Hill (1973),  I Honestly Love You (1974), True Blue (1981), and Not Pretty Enough (2002).

Musicians and music groups

Musicians
 Paul Costa
 8 Ball Aitken
 Johnny Ashcroft
 Sherrie Austin
 James Blundell
 Adam Brand
 Catherine Britt
 Kev Carmody
 Kelly Cooper
 Troy Cassar-Daley
 Kasey Chambers
 Graeme Connors
 Tracy Coster
 Smoky Dawson
 Shea Fisher
 Steve Forde
 Adam Harvey
 Wayne Horsburgh
 Jedd Hughes
 Gina Jeffries
 Gay Kayler
 Lee Kernaghan
 Anne Kirkpatrick
 The Legarde Twins
 Reg Lindsay
 Jimmy Little
 Joy McKean
 Chad Morgan
 Olivia Newton-John
 Shane Nicholson
 Jamie O'Neal
 Jasmine Rae
 Archie Roach
 Mary Schneider
 Slim Dusty
 Sara Storer
 Keith Urban
 John Williamson
Barry Thornton ( Guitarist - Slim Dusty)

Musical groups
 The Bushwackers
 Carter & Carter
 The Distance
 The Donovans
 The Flood
 The McClymonts
 The Robertson Brothers
 The Sunny Cowgirls
 Women in Docs
 Caroline
 Karma County
 Redgum
 Deep Creek

References

Other websites
 Country Music Association of Australia
 Vintage Country Music 
  Country Music Channel Australia 
  REAL Country - Australian country music interviews

Category:Country music
Category:Australian music
Category:Folk music