Their first release for Festival Records is a three track single, DIMBOOLA, which scored Donna Fisk & Michael Cristian a finalist spot in the Tamworth 2000 Toyota Country Music Awards and won them Vocal Group/Duo, and won Donna Best Female Vocal of the year at the Victorian Country Music
Awards 2000. Alongside the title track is a dazzling original Christmas song, YOU ARE CHRISTMAS TO ME and a jointly written country ballad titled MAKE YOU MINE. Their debut album 'JOYRIDE' will followed in 2001.
Donna Fisk has had a rich and rewarding career to date that has seen her win five Southern Hemisphere Country Music Awards and the award for Best Female Entertainer at the Australian Country Music Awards. Donna was nominated for a MO Award; has been immortalised in the Hands of Fame Park in Tamworth; has done a Royal Command Performance; and has had several number one hits on the country music charts.
Michael Cristian is a highly acclaimed and respected ARIA Award winning performer and producer, producing multi-platinum albums for The Seekers and Judith Durham. Worked as Musical Director for The Seekers' last world tour performing sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium and London's Royal Albert Hail. A guitar virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist, Michael has shared the stage with some of the world's greatest entertainers.
Together as a duo, Donna Fisk & Michael Cristian are hard to beat!
In 1998 they achieved a Top 10 radio hit with their song 'Lara'. In the same year, they rocketed into the ARIA charts with their AFL anthem 'Rock 'n' Footy' which they ultimately performed to a sell-out crowd of 100,000 people at the MCG. They were also nominated for a Golden Guitar Award at the Australian Country Music Awards and won Best Vocal Group at the Victorian Country Music Awards.
listen to a Real Audio sample
of 'DIMBOOLA'
