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Christopher William "C.W." Stoneking (born 1974) is an Australian blues singer-songwriter, guitarist and banjo player. He has released three studio albums, ''King Hokum'' (March 2005), ''Jungle Blues'' (28 August 2008) and ''Gon' Boogaloo'' (17 October 2014), on his own King Hokum Records label. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009 ''Jungle Blues'' won Best Blues and Roots Album; he was also nominated for Best Male Artist, Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art. ''Gon' Boogaloo'' peaked at No. 17 on the ARIA Albums Chart. ==Biography== C.W. Stoneking was born in Katherine, Northern Territory, in 1974, the son of Billy Marshall Stoneking. In 2005 Stoneking recorded an album of original blues compositions titled ''King Hokum''. The album was received with great critical acclaim in the Australian media after its release in 2006. In 2006, Stoneking formed his backing band, the Primitive Horn Orchestra with whom he still performs. The current line-up is James Clark (tuba, double bass), Stephen Grant (cornet), Stu Barker (trombone), and Johnny Machin (drums). In 2006, radio presenter Tim Ritchie picked Stoneking's ''King Hokum'' as his album of the year on Radio National's Breakfast program.〔(Radio National Breakfast - 2 February 2007 - CW Stoneking )〕 Radio National also presented his February 2007 Australia-wide tour. ''King Hokum'' was nominated for the Best Blues/Roots Album in the ARIA Music Awards of 2007.〔ARIA Music Awards for C. W. Stoneking: * Search Results 'Stoneking': (【引用サイトリンク】 History: Search Results for 'Stoneking' ) * 2007 winners and nominees: * 2009 winners and nominees: (【引用サイトリンク】 Winners By Year 2009 ) 〕 It won the Best Independent Blues Release award in the 2007 AIR Awards (Australian Independent Record Industry Awards). On 20 October 2008 Stoneking released ''Jungle Blues'', his second album of original compositions, which peaked at No. 45 on the ARIA Albums Chart. ''Jungle Blues'' won Best Blues and Roots Album, and was nominated for Best Independent Release, Best Male Artist and Best Album Cover Art at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009.〔 At the fourth annual AIR Awards held on 22 November 2009, Stoneking was nominated for Best Independent Album, Best Independent Blues/ Roots Album, and Independent Artist of the Year, with ''Jungle Blues'' winning the award for Best Independent Blues/ Roots Album. ''Jungle Blues'' was also shortlisted in the 2008 Australian Music Prize. He appeared on 'Later... with Jools Holland' on 5 October 2010, playing " Jungle Blues" and "Jungle Lullaby". Stoneking's next album, ''Gon' Boogaloo'', appeared on 17 October 2014, which peaked at No. 17 on the ARIA Albums Chart.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「C. W. Stoneking」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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