One of the newest recording artists in the LBS stable is the Monto-born Ashley Cook. The Central Queenslander grew up on his parent’s Mulgildie farm listening to Slim Dusty and Buddy Williams ballads. When his parents bought a property near Biloela, Ashley started playing guitar and joined the Country Music Club competing at local festivals. He left school at fourteen to take up a butcher’s apprenticeship and even before he had his license he worked with local country bands playing rhythm, lead and bass guitar with a bit of a stint on drums.

​Like a lot of bush ballad artists Ashley worked on the land. In his case as a farmhand for a few years at Goos’ property after completing his apprenticeship. Today Ashley operates one of the biggest dragline in Australia at Callide Mine near Biloela where he now lives with his wife Toni and their children Kimberley, Scott and Chloe on a cattle property south of Thangool.

Five talented guys from Newcastle, Australia got together in early 2011 to form The Viper Creek Band. They believed that country music in Australia was ready for an exciting new sound and began writing songs, rehearsing, playing live and building a loyal fan base.
Fast forward to 2014 and they were one of the most talked about acts at that year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival. Their highly anticipated debut album ‘KICKIN UP DUST’ debuted at number #2 on the ARIA Australian Country albums chart.

This is Lindsay and Peggy's first album together and took over three years to complete. The 14 selected tracks came via a Facebook request for fans to submit their favorite Gospel track. The response was "wonderful" says Peggy and the final list came from those fan favorites.
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Note that this the first complete instrumental album to make Album of the Week since it first commenced in 2007 some 9 plus years...