ALY COOK'S COUNTRY STORM IS HEADING ACROSS THE TASMAN IN THE DIRECTION OF TAMWORTH

New Zealand is not really famous for creating and nurturing country music stars and country music in general, although it has been a fairly productive place for giving rise to new new rock, pop and even folk talent in the past there has always been a miserable amount of the rock moulded type of country music in NZ which Australia is just overflowing with presently. 

Like Lee Kernaghan and Troy Cassar-Daley country, a bit rocky and a bit bluesy but still
genuine country. 

The output from females is even more lame when it comes to New Zealand music in general compared to the blokes, no sexism intended. 

But the persistent and talented Aly Cook is trying to brake down the australasian country music barrier with a new album which was recorded in NZ and the US and is full of rootsy songs tinged with an amalgam of pop, folk and traditional country. 

I find it so easy to make the comparison between Aly and Australia's Beccy Cole, both are anything but polished and airbrushed but in stark contrast tend to win you over with their boisterous unrefinededness and sheer passion to belt out a riveting vocal in a brazen sort of manner. 

Aly like Beccy also knows how to tone it down quite a few notches and go into a slowed down diva mode depending on the occasion or what song she wants to record at any one moment. 

COUNTRY STORM does sound like one of Aly's more traditional country song's if you ask me, at least out of the ones I have had a chance to hear, it has an upbeat and well choreographed video clip to go with it which was half recorded in the US and half in New Zealand, and I love the choice of dresses that the lovely Aly chose to wear for this clip as well (laugh). 

Ally is going to Tamworth this year, if you're
down there in two weeks time do check her out when she is playing a gig in the country
music capital of Australasia.