Anne Kirkpatrick
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Anne Kirkpatrick is an Australia
n country music
singer. She is the daughter of country singers Slim Dusty
and Joy McKean
.
Kirkpatrick has released thirteen albums. She won Golden Guitar Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival
in 1979, 1991, and twice in 1992. She also won an ARIA Award for Best Australian Country Record in 1991.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer. She is the daughter of country singers Slim Dusty
Slim Dusty
David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush...
and Joy McKean
Joy McKean
Joy McKean OAM, born 1930, is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and wife of the late Slim Dusty. Known as the "grand lady" of Australian country music, McKean is recognised as one of Australia's leading song writers and bush balladeers and wrote several of Dusty's most popular...
.
Kirkpatrick has released thirteen albums. She won Golden Guitar Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival
Tamworth Country Music Festival
The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia and is a celebration of Australian country music culture and heritage. The festival lasts for two weeks during late January and during this period the city of Tamworth comes alive, with...
in 1979, 1991, and twice in 1992. She also won an ARIA Award for Best Australian Country Record in 1991.