May 6, 2006: NEWS RELEASE

 

Connie Kis Andersen: Kiss My Cheek (NfS 103) enters Australian Top 30

 

It was only a little over 18 months ago that the Australian Country Music scene first noticed singer/songwriter, Connie Kis Andersen.

 

Andersen, well seasoned as a performer and known within the Perth music scene for her involvement at industry level, released her first country radio single It’s Too Late nationally through NFS 93, in September 2004.

 

This track from her debut E.P., Keeping It Simple, was a solid country number, strong enough for most country radio presenters to put it straight on to medium/light rotation – quite an achievement since at that time,  Andersen had no profile as a recording artist in the Eastern States.   

 

All subsequent releases have held their own, growing in attention and momentum in terms of radio airplay, culminating this week with the entry of her latest single; Kiss My Cheek (released through NfS 103) into the official Australian Country Tracks Top 30 at # 29.

 

I’ll Get Back About That, (released on NfS 96) was picked up and made available nationally in April 2006 on Gone Country Dance Hits 106 with the instructions for a new dance especially choreographed for it.

 

Gone Wishin’ the title track from her current album and released in the US in November 2005, is gaining attention.  Comments like, “The track is doing extremely well” from radio MDs such as Doug Wilson of WANB (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania), typifies the positive reception the song is getting in the US.    

  

 Fast forward 18 months and we can look back to see just a few extraordinary highlights for Andersen. They include;

 

·         Winning the Best Western Australian Female Country Vocalist 2006.

·         The recording of a full length album, Gone Wishin’ in Nashville during September 2005.  The album has since been picked up by Doubleday Book and Music Clubs and is featured in their catalogue of April 2006. 

·         Press  tour of Scandinavia and performances at Tamworth and Mildura Country Music Festivals, the Australian Festival in Nashville and of course, the WAMIs in her home state of WA.

 

These are all compelling indicators that this talented artist is worth some close attention when she visits Sydney late June 2006 to perform.  Details of gig dates will soon be confirmed.            

 

                                  

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Photo: John Elliot