CMAA - Country Music Association of Australia

02/11/2026

Award-winning singer-songwriter and all-round Australian music legend Colin Buchanan has created his own unique ‘t-shirts’ to spread the news about AusMusic T-Shirt Day in aid of Support Act and highlighted just a few of his favourite Aussie artists and their classic albums! There’s even a little cameo by The Boss (he no doubt wants to be an Aussie artist, but calls the US home ;) ).

Colin is calling you all to be Support Act when you support Australian musicians and artists who need help due to various life events.

What do you do if you need to refresh your Australian music t-shirt collection? Support Act, has you covered. If you need a new AusMusic T-shirt, there are limited editions available here: https://shop.ausmusictshirtday.org.au/

https://www.facebook.com/colinbuchananmusic
https://www.facebook.com/SupportAct

Goanna Band
Flying Emus
The Bushwackers
Eric Bogle
John Schumann & The Vagabond Crew
Bruce Springsteen

To join the CMAA’s team and/or support the team, head on over: https://www.ausmusictshirtday.org.au/t/cmaa-country-music-association-of-australia

30/10/2026

It’s time for one our favourite annual fundraisers and the CMAA’s AusMusic T-Shirt team is back in 2026.

We will be posting videos and photos from artists and music workers speaking about the importance of Support Act .

The first cab off the rank is the chart-topping multi-award-winning Casey Barnes who encourages you all to get behind the charity, wear your favourite Australian artist t-shirts and show your support of Support Act!

Who will you be wearing on November 26 – AusMusic T-Shirt Day?

If you need a new AusMusic T-shirt, there are limited editions available here: https://shop.ausmusictshirtday.org.au/

To join the CMAA’s team and/or support the team, head on over: https://www.ausmusictshirtday.org.au/t/cmaa-country-music-association-of-australia

Spread the news and tell your mates – the more the merrier

29/10/2026

🎃 A little spooky, a whole lot of Aussie country!

Another Friday, another round of fresh releases to get stuck into. Your weekend soundtrack is looking pretty good! 🎶

Want the playlist? Hit the link in the comments!

And while we're turning up the volume, our thoughts are with everyone across Australia dealing with wild weather at the moment, Stay safe out there ❤️

Traditions (Album) – F***y Lumsden
Giving Me Nothing On Given Terrace (Album) - Waiting for Brenda
Sometimes Love Hurts - Tania Nichamin Music
Tallegalla Road - Brooke Seabrook Music
Ned - DEAN PERRETT MUSIC
Sweet Country Music - Allan Cameron Music
He Feels Like Home - Angie Brooks Music
Moneymaker - Jen Mize & The Rough N' Tumble
Grief Knows No Borders - Charlotte Le Lievre

Blood on the Moon (Album) - Tom Harrison Music
She's Alright – Salonistas
Like We Used To - Nathan Lamont
Small Town - Olive Mae Williams
Good Mates - JOHN O'DEA MUSIC
Sunday Drive - Clancy Pye
Back In The Tamworth Saddle - Greg Champion
Ghosts Of Graceland - Anne Fraser
Leaders (Single) - Tom Harrison Music

New Music Friday is a free service offered to current professional members of the CMAA. Please ensure your release reaches us BEFORE close of business on the Thursday prior to release - head to the Members Benefits page on our website to download information on how to submit! If you’re not a financial CMAA member, you can go online to either renew or join here: www.country.com.au/membership
** Please note - if your release is not received by our deadline, or is unfortunately missed, we will do our best to include the following week. Please accept our apologies, however, we are unable to change posts or do stand-alone promotions for any release.

23/10/2026

Fresh Aussie country isn’t slowing down anytime soon, so crank it up, find your new favourite, share the love and let the weekend soundtrack begin! 🎶

Hit the link for our New Music Friday playlist and get listening!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52nWn0EWLlaFxtqwfe1SuG?si=0e1b32bc54e6404d

Country Enough (Single) - Melanie Dyer
Directions (EP) - Piper Butcher
Little Fire - Briana Dinsdale
Youth – Dennis Comino Music Page
Where All The Good Dogs Go – Sammy White
Searching - Calida Sari Music
Who Took All The Houses - Brenda Lee Kelly
Sea Around The Shore - Tiffany Eckhardt
By The River - F***y Lumsden featuring Paul Kelly

Right Where I'm At (EP) - Jake Davey
One Of Those Saturday Nights - James Blundell with Lilly Brown
Truck Around - Bella Mackenzie feat. Billy Dylan
Balls - Peel River Ramblers
Daisies From Dirt (Album) - Melanie Dyer
Lotta Love - Matt Ward
Rhyolite - Stumblers

Songs Of The Canefields - Pete Cullen
Wildside (Single) - Jake Davey
Someone I Ain't - Liam Maihi
How It Ends - Mack Geiger Music
Saltbush Riviera - Tom West
Brute Force - Tom Clarke

New Music Friday is a free service offered to current professional members of the CMAA. Please ensure your release reaches us BEFORE close of business on the Thursday prior to release - head to the Members Benefits page on our website to download information on how to submit! If you’re not a financial CMAA member, you can go online to either renew or join here: www.country.com.au/membership
** Please note - if your release is not received by our deadline, or is unfortunately missed, we will do our best to include the following week. Please accept our apologies, however, we are unable to change posts or do stand-alone promotions for any release.

22/10/2026

Get your 🫵 applications in!

Don't delay!

🎶 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! 🇦🇺

We're searching for the next artist to join the Thornton Young Award journey!

🎸 Applications are now open!

Find out more 👇
https://lindsaywaddington.com/thorntonyoungaward

15/10/2026

This week’s New Music Friday list is ready for your weekend!

We’ve got a CMAA playlist now on the go to make your listening easier.
Hit play, see what catches you off guard, and get stuck into some fresh Aussie country! 🤠🎶

Listen Here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52nWn0EWLlaFxtqwfe1SuG?si=0e1b32bc54e6404d

The Weight - No Promises
Karma - Lucy Beveridge
God Knows - Jayne Denham
4 X 4 Is King - Lee Kernaghan
Found My Way - Miss Kate Elizabeth
Hurricane - Matt Boylan-Smith
Cut To The Chase - Wh***ey Jack

How Do I Stop Loving You - Merv Pinny
Migrane | Queeny Songs of Jesse Younan - Kris Mizzi
Easy To Love You - Glenn Levi
Don't Wanna Wake Up - Robbie Mortimer
Sail The Big Wide World - Lisa Richards World
Why Do I Bother With Boys - Tara Laurel Joy
When I'm Away From You - Michael Meeking Music
Maybe - Toria Richings

New Music Friday is a free service offered to current professional members of the CMAA. Please ensure your release reaches us BEFORE close of business on the Thursday prior to release - head to the Members Benefits page on our website to download information on how to submit! If you’re not a financial CMAA member, you can go online to either renew or join here: www.country.com.au/membership
** Please note - if your release is not received by our deadline, or is unfortunately missed, we will do our best to include the following week. Please accept our apologies, however, we are unable to change posts or do stand-alone promotions for any release.

13/10/2026

Tune in! Who’s excited?!

We’re so excited to announce the Toyota 55th Golden Guitar Awards Nominations will be revealed on TUESDAY November 17!!! 🥳🥳🥳

The event will be live streamed and hosted by MELODY MOKO

09/10/2026

🎧🔥 The New Music queue isn’t going to listen to itself!

Another Friday, another round of fresh Aussie country hitting our playlists. Your weekend soundtrack? Sorted. 🤠🎶

And Now – You can LISTEN HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52nWn0EWLlaFxtqwfe1SuG?si=0e1b32bc54e6404d

Buffalo - Dear Tommie
FGL (Me & You) - Max Jackson
One Tree Plain - Belinda Brooks
10-4 – Josie
B**r & Broken - Katie Jayne
Happy - Ryan Martin John Music
Nothing Can Prepare Me For Losing You - Andrew McSweeney and the Wishing Horse

I Call It Magic When I’m With You (Album) – James Keith
Paynesville Seafoods - Possum
The Nightclub Singer - Victoria Crosby Music
Nightwire (Album) - DINGO MUSIC
Gone Too Soon - Rach Louise Music
Green Eyes - Amberley Maryellen
Keep On Keepin On - Jo Page

Dancing On A Fault Line - Dennis Comino Music Page
Midnight Serenade (EP) – Misty Harlowe
Fourteen Years - Riverina - The Little Riverina Band
Self Preservation (Album) - Tori Forsyth
Bleed It Dry (Single) – DINGO MUSIC
I Want You To Want Me - Michelle Murrell Music
Into The Dark - Darktown River
Stringybark - The Bushwackers featuring Tommy Emmanuel

New Music Friday is a free service offered to current professional members of the CMAA. Please ensure your release reaches us BEFORE close of business on the Thursday prior to release - head to the Members Benefits page on our website to download information on how to submit! If you’re not a financial CMAA member, you can go online to either renew or join here: www.country.com.au/membership
** Please note - if your release is not received by our deadline, or is unfortunately missed, we will do our best to include the following week. Please accept our apologies, however, we are unable to change posts or do stand-alone promotions for any release.

01/10/2026

Okay now THIS is a New Music Friday 👀🔥

The release queue has officially gone feral, with more fresh Aussie country than we know what to do with 🎶

AND! Golden Guitar nominations entries are now closed, so let the listening commence🎧

Give Me A Story (Album) - Kevin Sullivan Music
Firebox - Ross Webb
Wear The Hat - Jarrad Wrigley Music
Sugar Bird Lady - Kerri Perrett Music
Amen (Single) - Jayne Denham
The Art Of Letting Go - Luke O'Shea
Ember - Nadine Cockrem
I'm Gonna Marry That Girl – The Silverline
Junee – Frecko

Give Me A Story (Single) - Kevin Sullivan Music & Stuart Joel Nuggett
A Girl Changes Everything - The Viper Creek Band
Diggers – 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜
It’s A Circus - Lindsay Waddington Music, Brendan Radford Music & Friends
Love Moves Fast In A Small Town (Single) - Lucie Tiger
One Mistake - Mark Campbell and the Ravens
Sighin' Of The Times (Album) - Michael Larkings Music
Hello Freedom - Gayle O'Neil feat Michael Carpenter - Record Producer

Out Of Here - Duncan Toombs Music
The Boys In The Band - Jimmy Bear
Redline - Billy Gudgeon
Holdin' The Fort - Jeff Brown
Mud N Dust (Single) - Don Rogers Music
Flame - Trevor Knight Australian Entertainer
In The Moonlight Tonight - Emmy Ryan
The Greatest Game Of All (Championship Remix) - Phill.JD

Hold The Door (Wide Open) Single - Piper Rodrigues
Butterfly Dance - Lisa ByrneMusic
No Free Rides Today - Johnny Shilo
Freedom Road - Norma O'hara Murphy
Never Really Over - Homegrown
Small Town Scandal (Album) - Lucie Tiger
Call It A Day (Album) - Zac & George
The Greatest Game Of All (Sunburnt Mix Extended Version) - Phill.JD
Good Kind Of Trouble - Jess Crossman

New Music Friday is a free service offered to current professional members of the CMAA. Please ensure your release reaches us BEFORE close of business on the Thursday prior to release - head to the Members Benefits page on our website to download information on how to submit! If you’re not a financial CMAA member, you can go online to either renew or join here: www.country.com.au/membership
** Please note - if your release is not received by our deadline, or is unfortunately missed, we will do our best to include the following week. Please accept our apologies, however, we are unable to change posts or do stand-alone promotions for any release.