Jodi Vaughan & Brendan Dugan release first duet single in 40 years

Jodi Vaughan is an Australian born artist who went to New Zealand at 21 years of age and signed to EMI. She featured weekly on New Zealand Television screens along with Brendan Dugan, as part of TVNZ’s ‘That’s Country’ show for 8 years, and they both became household names. Singing together as a duet regularly, their names became synonymous with each other from weekly screenings of ‘That’s Country’ on TVNZ to Royal Variety performances, touring the country on sell out tours with Gray Bartlett, Hamilton County Bluegrass band and many others & touring the USA. In 1982 CBS (Sony) released their most successful album as recording artists, the duet album Fairweather Friends which went platinum in NZ. Both Jodi and Brendan are now in their 70’s but still both out performing in May they both performed at The Bay of Island Country Rock festival.

This year marks 40 years since the release of Fairweather Friends as Jodi releases her 10th studio album For the Love of Country which took the #1 Spot in its opening week on the Official NZ Album Charts in May and #1 on the IMNZ Chart. (40 years to the week of Fairweather Friends taking its highest chart position.

For the Love of Country is Tasman Records second artist release following on from the band America’s Gerry Beckley with Keeping The Light On, a solo album release from Gerry Beckley, licensed by Tasman Records in Australia & New Zealand.

Tasman Records label’s theme is the bringing of new works from Legacy artists, this time they deliver a new release from a top NZ Country Music Legacy artist Jodi Vaughan and Brendan Dugan – a duet from New Zealand’s most loved country duo after 4 decades.

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For the Love of Country is the 10th Studio album from this NZ Queen of Country music. The album is packed full of original works from Jodi with her traditional country upbeat flavour. Some of the tracks have been released as independent singles, without being on an album previously, and have graced the top of the Australian Country Songs Airplay Chart including Aussie Proud, 4 Legged Angel and It’s Not Always Love.

Jodi’s album is now available on all digital stores here, or with Mail Order, personally signed and delivered to your door CDs anywhere in the world from the Key2 Store here.