IMPORTANT NEWS :)
Aly's latest song "Time For A Change" has been chosen to be used as a theme song for use in the World Charity Bank Lottery with a first prize of 10 million Euro. This will be an ongoing lottery with 70% of its profits going to charities aiding poverty stricken countries.
"Time for a Change" will be used as the sole theme song for the lottery and will be released as Aly's next single.
The Time for a change radio single will launch 9th of September 2009.
& the World Bank Charity Lottery will launch ticket sales on the 12th of October, 2009.
READ THE WORLD CHARITY BANK LOTTERY MEDIA RELEASE HERE
Front Page of the Nelson Mail June 4th, 2009
Photo courtesy of the Nelson Mail - Photographer Colin Smith
"Aly Cook is New Zealand's most powerful voice's in adult comtemporary music! She is also one of the finest songwriters I've come across with a live act that will win fans the world over."
ABOUT ALY COOK
By Glyn MacLean, Manager multi platinum singer YULIA.
A CELEBRATED TALENT IN NZ
Aly Cook is one of New Zealand's most successful self managed independent artists. Aly has built a worldwide network of devoted fans purely on the strength of her musical talent and her vibrant "can do" personality.
Her NZ accolades include Nomination for Juice TV Dance video of the Year 2001 with DNE for "Be There". Nomination for New Zealand APRA Country Song of the Year 2005 with "I Wonder" & finalist in the MLT Songwriting Awards 2007 with "Grow".
A PIONEERING WOMAN
The consummate underdog, Aly is "the every man's pioneering woman". She is a larger than life pioneering personality in the lithe frame of a beauty queen.
Aly feeds her passion for the wild by raring and training horses on her Nelson lifestyle block in the heart of New Zealand's most beautiful country. She has however a well developed acumen for management, promotions and marketing and has built her career just as she has her farm land, through hard graft, skill and dedication.
Aly brings this pioneering spirit and passion to her music and It comes through in her singing presenting a voice of rare feminine power unusual to a laid back NZ. She has a voice that slaps you across the face, wakes you up and kisses you all the same time. It's audio viagra and red bull to the senses.
Women of power like this aren't just rare to New Zealand, they are rare everywhere. Sometimes we need a voice that shakes us and wakes us. She reminds me most of Melissa Etheridge whose small frame shocked us with an uncommonly powerful vocal.
I'm excited that Aly is sharing her voice with the world. I'm more excited however that this voice carries a great big spirit behind it, one that reminds us it's ok to aspire whoever we are, wherever we are. That's a voice that we all need to hear
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2007 Halogaland Country Music Festival - NORWAY July 19, 20, 21 2007
Aly Cook New Zealand singer songwriter performs under the kiwi flag on the Island of Grytoy near Harstad in Northern Norway. Delivering her country folk rock style with a fantastic Norwegian backing band in very cold temperatures, an icy 9 degrees..
Pictured above from Left to Right. Anna Eline Eneberg on fiddle & backing vocals, Geir Høyvik lead guitar, Ole Dragland on Drums, Aly Cook, Jørgen Enoksen on Bass Guitar & Kai Finstad on pedal steel.
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