Aleyce Simmonds

Aleyce Simmonds

Aleyce Simmonds in 2016
Background information
Born (1986-12-06) 6 December 1986
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Origin Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Genres Country, Country pop, Country rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 2001-present
Labels

Capitol Records Nashville, Sony BMG,

Universal Music Australia
Associated acts Amber Lawrence
Christie Lamb
Dianna Corcoran
Paul Costa
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes
Dean Perrett
Tommy Emmanuel
Jeanie
Graeme Connors
Website www.aleyce.com

Aleyce Simmonds (born December 6, 1986 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales) is an Australian country music recording artist and singer/songwriter. Simmonds' accolades include the Telstra Road to Tamworth Winner in 2004. As a part of her prize Aleyce visited Nashville and recorded a very successful single, "Mighty Mighty Love". She also won Australian and National Duet of the year winner with Paul Costa for The Way You Make Me Feel in 2007.[2]

Aleyce received her 5th Golden Guitar (Country Music Awards of Australia) nomination in 2015, just two months after winning Female Artist of the Year at the Australian Independent Country Music Awards for 2014. In Oct 2015 - Aleyce was named Australian Independent Artist of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and awarded Best Country Single of the Year. [3]

Personal Life

Aleyce Simmonds was born on 6 December 1986 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales and moved when she was age 12 to Tamworth. At age 13, Aleyce entered her first talent quest and didn't succeed. Then at the age of 16 she entered the Country Capital Music Association's (CCMA) Talent Quest. She was voted the best overall Artist under the age of 16, Aleyce won $1,000 and with that she brought her first guitar.[4][5] She started writing songs and found she had a natural country sound, and by age 15 she was playing gigs in pubs around Tamworth. While Simmonds still tours constantly, She is currently living on her parents’ hundred-acre property outside of Tamworth, where she spends weekdays writing songs before hitting the road to tour on the weekends.[6]

Aleyce Simmonds is the host for BalconyTV Tamworth.[7] A online music show that features bands, musicians and other variety acts on balconies around the world.[8] Tamworth is the only city in Australia that is not a Capital City that has BalconyTV in association with the Tamworth Country Music Festival.[9]

Music Career

Simmonds released her debut album in 2011 and 4 subsequent radio singles and music videos for The Keeper, When I Say Too Much, The Healing Hands of Time and Bondwood Boat. All singles except Bondwood Boat achieved chart positions inside top 20.

Simmonds was nominated for three Golden Guitar awards at the Country Music awards of Australia, The Healing Hands of Time, written with the album's producer Rod McCormack (Beccy Cole, Adam Harvey, Amber Lawrence, Paul Kelly) being nominated for Female Artist of the Year and New Talent of the Year and Bondwood Boat written with Graeme Connors being nominated for Heritage Song of the year. She performed the song with Connors at the Golden Guitars.[10]

Simmonds was a finalist at the 2016 Golden Guitar Awards for APRA AMCOS Song of the Year with her song Joshua, about her stillborn baby brother.[11][12] Joshua was awarded the #1 spot on the 88.9FM Tamworth Country Music Top 20 charts for 2015. Aleyce also secured #12 with It Finds Us Anyway and #14 with The Greatest Companion on the local station's countdown.[13]

The Greatest Companion (The Radio Song) was inspired by being in the studio with Luke Bona on 2UE. It's about how important overnight radio is to so many people. Aleyce was blown away by the amazing callers Bona receives throughout the night and how important the radio is to them.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Singles

References

  1. ↑ "Aleyce-Simmonds-from-Tamwort". Traveling In. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tamworth's sweetheart – Aleyce Simmonds". Tamworth Country Life. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Aleyce Simmonds". Tamworth Country Music Festival. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Lee Kernaghan: The Stories, Aleyce Simmonds Part 1. YouTube. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Journey: Aleyce Simmonds". ABC New England North West. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Aleyce-Simmonds-from-Tamwort". Traveling In. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tamworth shines on the world". Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ "BalconyTV Tamworth". Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Tamworth to join global TV network". Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  10. ↑ "The Journey: Aleyce Simmonds". ABC New England North West. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  11. ↑ "APRA-AMCOS-Song-of-the-Yea". Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Aleyce-Simmonds-from-Tamwort". Traveling In. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Being Awarded #1 on Yearly Countdown". Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Aleyce Simmonds Inspiration for Greatest Companion". Retrieved June 26, 2016.
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