Kasey's Little Bird wins Country Album of the year at the ARIAS

The Chambers/Nicholson household will be putting another shelf up as Kasey’s ‘Little Bird’ album was awarded the ARIA last night for Country Album of The Year 2011.

Both Kasey and husband Shane Nicholson were nominated in this category for their respective solo albums. Kasey with ‘Little Bird’ and Shane for ‘Bad Machines. This is the first time a married couple have competed for the same award in the ARIA’s history. Kasey & Shane won the Country Album Of The Year for their duet album ‘Rattlin Bones’ in 2008.

When she accepted her ARIA for Best Country Album of 2011 – her 6th one of these and 10th career ARIA, Kasey told the audience that she and Shane had had a bet that if he or she won, that the other would get to sleep in while the other tended to their son and six week old daughter in the morning.

Kasey’s first ARIA award was back in 1996 for Best Country with her family ‘The Dead Ringer Band’. 3 years later she won for her first solo album ARIA’s for Best Country and Best Female for ‘The Captain’. In 2002 she won Best Country, Best Female and Album Of The Year for her ‘Barricades & Brickwalls’ album. In 2004 she won Best Country and Best Female for ‘Wayward Angel’ and in 2008 Kasey & Shane won Best Country for ‘Rattlin’ Bones’.

Kasey Chambers ‘Little Bird’ album was released in September 2010, debuting on the national album charts at #3, achieving gold status after 4 weeks and going on to win 4 Golden Guitars at the 2011 Tamworth Country Music Awards. Kasey’s second single from her ‘Little Bird’ album ‘Beautiful Mess’ was awarded the Grand Prize for the US based International Songwriting Competition of 2011. Kasey also won the ISC’s Americana Award for ‘Devil On Your Back’ and second prize for ISC Performance for ‘Little Bird’. All of Kasey’s ISC award winning songs are from the ‘Little Bird’ album.

Title track and first single lifted from the album ‘Little Bird’ was also awarded APRA Country Song Of The Year.

In August 2011, Kasey's autobiography 'A Little Bird Told Me' co-written with Jeff Apter was published by Harper Collins and is currently sitting on the top selling book lists nationally. To accompany the book, Kasey recorded and released an album of cover versions of songs that she loves and that have inspired her during the course of her life and recording career. The album titled 'Storybook' was released on September 23rd, 2011 through Liberation Music/Australia.

Kasey is taking a break from performing but will be doing select shows early 2012 including a show with The Dead Ringer Band up at Tamworth.



Weds Jan 25 The Dead Ringer Band 20thAnniversary Reunion Show
T.R.E.C.C. Greg Norman Drive, Tamworth
Box Office Phone:(02)67675300


Fri Jan 27 Kasey Chambers – Blazes Auditorium
West Tamworth Leagues Club, Philip St, West Tamworth
Show starts at 5pm
Tickets: (02)6765 7588 or www.wtlc.com.au