A truly iconic moment for one of Australia’s most treasured musical legacies, today’s Google Doodle celebrates Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Slim Dusty, who is widely considered one of the most prolific country music artists of all time.
The Slim Dusty Foundation and Chandler Shaw Events regret to announce that due to the ongoing spectre of COVID-19 and its potential to restrict or cancel events, the Slim Dusty Kempsey Festival will not be proceeding in 2021.
We are thrilled to share today that APRA AMCOS has announced country music trailblazer Joy McKean OAM to be the 2021 recipient of the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. Finding a talent for writing songs as a young child, Joy has had a stellar career as a performer, songwriter and manager, spanning more than 70 […]
The 2021 Golden Guitar Finalists were announced this morning and Joy McKean has written 2 nominated songs!! Congratulations to Joy, Anne Kirkpatrick and Small Town Romance for ‘I Don’t Believe You’ (off the Slim & I Soundtrack) which is nominated for Vocal Collaboration of the Year. And to Joy and Dianne Lindsay for ‘Graveyard Hill’ […]
Victorians! Good news! SLIM & I I is playing in select cinemas from tomorrow. You’ll be able to catch it at Yarraville Sun, Bendigo Cinema, Camberwell Rivoli, Geelong Village, Karingal Cinema, Knox Village and Southland with more regional sites screening in weeks to come. Will keep you posted. Session times and tickets available at https://www.flicks.com.au/slimandimovie/ […]
A unique partnership opportunity was recognised today, with Kempsey Shire Council resolving to accept an offer to take over and re-open the Slim Dusty Centre for six months, while preparing a detailed business case that may see ownership of the Centre permanently transferred to Council. The Centre closed abruptly in March due to COVID-19, following […]
In support of the SLIM & I official documentary film (coming to cinemas September 10, 2020), we are pleased to announce the soundtrack will be released on September 4th, 2020. The soundtrack to SLIM & I, like the film, presents a refreshing approach to the story of Joy McKean and Slim Dusty. An eclectic mix […]
In celebration of Slim Dusty Day, for which today would have been Slim’s 90th birthday, EMI Music Australia is proud to announce the release of Odds & Sods, an exceptional new collection of hard to get vintage Slim Dusty recordings. This special set will be released on Friday August 4 2017 and is available for […]
On June 13th (1927) David Gordon Kirkpatrick was born. The world would come to know him as Slim Dusty and on the 13th June each year we increasingly now celebrate Slim Dusty Day as a tribute to the very real Aussie legacy he left behind 13 years ago. It’s a good thing Slim adopted “13” as […]
Release date June 10 Over his long career Slim Dusty sold hundreds-of-thousands of vinyl albums, so it is fitting to again see Slim riding the crest of the current vinyl revival wave. Following the success of last year’s The Den Tapes vinyl LP (and CD) release, on June 10 EMI /Universal Music will release Slim […]
To coincide with the long awaited opening of The Slim Dusty Centre and Museum in Kempsey in November, EMI Music is proud to announce the release of a new Slim Dusty album, The Den Tapes. Released on November 13th, the new album features all previously unreleased recordings by Australia’s legendary King of Country. These are […]
It might be surprising for Slim Dusty fans to learn that the number of Golden Guitars won by the legendary Australian, Slim Dusty, has increased from 37 to 38, despite the fact that Slim died some 12 years ago in 2003. In fact, neither Slim nor his music, has won another of the prized trophies […]
It’s all systems GO at the moment. With the Slim Dusty Centre in Kempsey officially opening in late October this year, every team member is stretched to the limit these days. The multi-media people are working on special effects to be included in the exhibition, the Kempsey cabinet makers are delivering show cases, the curator […]
The big news for all of us is that the Slim Dusty Centre & Museum up at Kempsey, Slim’s birthplace on the Macleay Valley Coast in NSW, is to officially open in October this year, 2015. It is all go, go, go at the moment as everyone works flat out to complete installation of the […]
