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Anne McCue is an Australian alternative country singer-songwriter and guitarist currently living in the United States. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of Country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Early life and education

McCue grew up in Campbelltown, an area southwest of Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney with a degree in Film Production and Film Studies. For the local government area, see City of Campbelltown. Campbelltown is a Suburb in south-western Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The University of Technology Sydney ( UTS) is a University in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Anne McCue 8 July 2004 - Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney Australia
Anne McCue 8 July 2004 - Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney Australia

Music career

McCue's first band was known as Vertigo. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

In 1988, McCue moved to Melbourne, Australia and took guitar lessons from Bruce Clarke. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For people with similar names see Bruce Clark. Bruce Clarke OAM (b Answering an ad in the local press, she joined all-female rock band Girl Monstar as lead guitarist (1988-1993). Girl Monstar were an all female rock band from Melbourne Australia (1988-1993 The band eventually received an ARIA nomination for best independent act. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA is a Trade group representing the Australian recording industry

Following her stint with Girl Monstar, she played acoustically around Melbourne, later performing in Vietnam for a year before returning to Melbourne to record her Laughing EP (1996). Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Laughing was the first release by Australian Alternative country musician Anne McCue. She then joined Australian female trio Eden AKA, who signed to Columbia Records in the USA. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company They released a self-titled album and performed in Canada and the USA at the Lilith Fair in 1998 and 1999. Lilith Fair was a Concert tour and traveling Music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led

McCue's first solo album, Amazing Ordinary Things, was released in 1999 in Canada and Japan, and she toured with a number of well-known musicians, including an international tour with Lucinda Williams, who would often introduce McCue as "my new favorite artist. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and Country music singer and songwriter . . and an amazing guitarist". Williams later included McCue on an 'Artist's Choice' compilation alongside Paul Westerberg and Leonard Cohen. Paul Westerberg (born December 31 1959 is an American Musician, best known as the former lead singer and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter

McCue's success on the Lucinda Williams tour prompted the release of a live album, Live: Ballad of an Outlaw Woman, recorded at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California, and her first Messenger Records release, Roll. Live Ballad of an Outlaw Woman is the second album by Australian Alternative country musician Anne McCue. For the San Francisco neighborhood see Fillmore District. For other venues named Fillmore see Fillmore#Music venues. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city

Roll also received numerous critical accollades, with Los Angeles Weekly stating that the Australian performer had more "all-American authenticity than a dozen Martina McBrides" and Entertainment Weekly drawing comparisons to Lucinda Williams and Canadian alt-country singer Kathleen Edwards. LA Weekly is a free weekly Tabloid -sized Newspaper (a so-called " Alternative weekly " in Los Angeles California Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas, USA) is an American country-pop Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc Kathleen Edwards (born July 11, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter. Bob Harris from the BBC went as far as to call it his album of the year, and she toured internationally to promote the album. "Whispering" Bob Harris (born Robert Brinley Harris in Northampton, England on 11 April 1946) is a

McCue released her album Koala Motel on Messenger Records in 2006. She completed an international tour to promote the album. She relocated from Los Angeles to Nashville and in August of 2007, took part in the Broad Festival which toured major Australian cities including the Sydney Opera House.

Her song "Stupid" (ROLL) is included in the Time Life Collection, "4 Decades Of Folk Rock. "

Solo discography

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