Here are the 25 most-played new and reissued CD’s from Australian Blues//roots artists in the month of August 2012.
This Month //(Place Last Month)//Artist//Release//(Label)
1//(12)//THE BLACK SORROWS//Crooked Little Thoughts//(JazzHead Records)
2//(17)//LUKE ESCOMBE & THE CORPORATION//Mantown//(Dri-Clean Only Records)
3//(3)//BLUES MOUNTAIN//Jesse Valach Presents Blues Mountain//(Independent)
4//(2)//BLUESVILLE STATION//Step On The Gas//(Rough Rider Records)
5//(25)//MIA DYSON//The Moment//(Black Door Records)
6//(-)//HAT FITZ & CARA ROBINSON//Wiley Ways//(Independent)
7//(6)//MISSISSIPPI SHAKEDOWN//5th//(Independent)
8//(-)//KEITH HALL & PAT DOW WITH SPECTACULAR FEETS//This Kind Of Blue//Independent //(Rainbow Recording)
9//(7)//THE VIOLENT LOVES//Willie’s Blues//FTB Productions //(Independent)
10//(1)//VARIOUS//Tony Cini’s Blues Explosion Volume 3//(Bad Penny Records)
11//(4)//DUKESY & THE HAZZARDS//Ain’t Coming Back To You//(Independent)
12//(5)//JONNO ZILBER //Johnny Who//(Independent)
13//(13)//STEVE SKINNER//Feel Like I Belong//(Independent)
14//(-)//ASA BROOMHALL//Jangle House//(Love Wagon Records)
15//(19)//MARK EASTON//Grind//(Plastic Donut Records)
16//(11)//VARIOUS//The Blues Train – Train Trax Vol 3//(Train Trax)
17//(14)//DALLAS FRASCA//Soundpainter//(Spank Betty)
18//(10)//PJ O’BRIEN//Jefferson Blues//Independent//(Only Blues Music)
19//(18)//ALI PENNEY & THE MONEY MAKERS//Wait A Minute//(Independent)
20//(8)//WARD’S XPRESS//Five Lanes (Ep)//(Independent)
21//(16)//RAY BEADLE//Spellbound//Ray Beadle Music//(Independent)
22//15//THE MOJO WEBB BAND//The Cat//Emdub Records//(Black Market Music)
23//(-)//DARREN JACK//Better Place//(Independent)
24//(-)//GEOFF ACHISON & ADRIAN KEATING//Classically Blue Live @ The Basement//(Jupiter 2 Records)
25//(-)//LANIE LANE//To The Horses//Ivy League Records//(Mushroom Group Promotions)
This month’s chart compiled from playlists contributed by:
Alive 90.5 – Baulkham Hills, NSW – Ross Fear
ArtSound FM 92.7 Canberra, ACT – Peter Crossing
BayFM 99.9 – Byron Bay, NSW – Anthony Moulay / Ken Hughes / Les Taylor
Cairns FM 89.1 – Cairns, Qld – Irene Barrett
Hawkesbury Radio 89.9 FM, Windsor – Cathy Vaughan
RPPFM 98.7, Mornington, VIC – Ray Reid
Salty Dog Blues N Roots – Port Douglas FM, Kansas City Online Radio – Dennis “Salty Dog” Trevarthen
Star FM – St Helens, Tasmania – Dave Barker
Three D Radio 93.7 FM Adelaide, SA – Mick Young
2EAR FM 107.5 & 102.9 Moruya, NSW – Tony Jaggers
2NUR FM 103.7 – Newcastle, NSW – Chris Green
2RDJ FM 88.1 Burwood, NSW – Hugo Pfandler
2RRR 88.5 – Ryde, NSW – Colin Briscoe
3NRG 99.3 FM, Sunbury,Vic – Barry (Baz) Maxwell
3NRG 99.3 FM, Sunbury,Vic – Pete “Amigo” Williams
3WAY 103.7 -Warrnambool, Vic – Garry Dalton
3WAY 103.7 -Warrnambool, Vic – Martin Dunstan
4ZZZ 102.1 – Brisbane, Qld – Mark Doherty
4NSA FM 101.3 – Noosa Community Radio. Noosa Junction, QLD – Gerry Blain
5EFM – Victor Harbor, SA – Geoff Pegler
5GTR FM 100.1 – Mt. Gambier, SA – John Marshall
5GTR FM 100.1 – Mt. Gambier, SA – Dougie Baker
88.3 Southern FM, Mentone, VIC – Mick “Fatman” Todd
Fraser Coast FM107.5 Torquay, QLD – Trevor Franklin
89.7 FM – Twin Cities FM Perth, WA – Derek Cromb
89.7 FM – Twin Cities FM Perth, WA – Duncan Smith
98.9FM Brisbane, Qld – Shaun Bindley
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