{"id":449,"date":"2021-07-30T15:19:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/?p=449"},"modified":"2021-07-30T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:19:30","slug":"gemma-louise-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/30\/gemma-louise-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemma Louise &#8211; Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gemma Louise is a young country singer from the outskirts of Clare, South Australia. Her second single, the LeAnn Rimes classic &#8216;Blue&#8217; showcases Gemma&#8217;s stunning vocals, Stuart French on guitars and bass, and Mick Albeck on fiddle \u2026 Real country music at its&#8217; best. The music video was filmed in Queensland, directed by Golden Guitar winner Michael McCartin.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Gemma was the recipient of the much sought-after &#8216;Len and Lorraine Wakefield Memorial Award&#8217;. This is a monetary scholarship from the Adelaide Country Music Club, which has enabled Gemma to pursue her music career.<\/p>\n<p>Cleaning up at the country music awards in South Australia, Gemma won multiple categories at the Barmera Country Music Festival, Burra Country Music Festival, Laura Country Music Festival &amp; The Aristocrats Talent Quest at The Tamworth Country Music Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Gemma Louise could sing from the time she could talk. It became apparent to her family from early on she was destined to pursue her passion for music. Gemma has a voice reminiscent of Patsy Clyne, the same rich warm texture, but with a contemporary edge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gemma is a remarkable young singer, and I&#8217;m sure she will achieve great success in her music, or whatever she chooses to pursue in life. It&#8217;s a pleasure to work with such a dedicated and talented young artist&#8221; &#8211; Lyn Bowtell, multiple Golden Guitar winner and Gemma&#8217;s mentor.<\/p>\n<p>At the tender age of 14, Gemma Louise gigs regularly, performs at talent quests, and juggles a busy school and farm life. Growing up on her family&#8217;s property in rural South Australia has taught her the value of a hard days&#8217; work and helped Gemma appreciate and value the land. She loves country music, riding horses, playing rugby union and football.<\/p>\n<p>Her debut single &#8216;Unanswered Prayers&#8217;, released in February 2020, spent ten consecutive weeks on the International Country Thunder Chart, including a stint at #1 and the music video has already received thousands of hits on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gemma Louise is a young country singer from the outskirts of Clare, South Australia. Her second single, the LeAnn Rimes classic &#8216;Blue&#8217; showcases Gemma&#8217;s stunning vocals, Stuart French on guitars and bass, and Mick Albeck on fiddle \u2026 Real country music at its&#8217; best. The music video was filmed in Queensland, directed by Golden Guitar &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/30\/gemma-louise-blue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gemma Louise &#8211; Blue&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radiosydney2.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}