Entertainment
24 March, 2025
Country soul in city’s CBD
SIX-TIME Golden Guitar Award winner Melinda Schneider is coming to CPAC to celebrate the talent, songwriting and empowering sounds of the women that have cemented country music this March.
As part of the Morning Melodies cycle, songstress Melinda Schneider is returning to Cairns to pay tribute to the iconic voices of some of country’s most remarkable women, like Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Linda Ronstadt, Loretta Lynn and more in ‘Women of Country’ – a country showcase for the ages on March 31.
Ms Schneider is back in Cairns after one year and bringing her remarkable vocals to, not only bring these iconic songs to life, but also share stories on these women and their music and put some of her own hits into the mix, plus a showcase of her upcoming album.
“I’m looking forward to coming up again. It’s always good to visit North Queensland, it feels familiar to me and I’m really looking forward to bringing this show because I know there’s a lot of country music fans in Cairns,” she said.
“This show was inspired by an album I released called ‘Great Women of Country’ which I did with Beccy Cole and I thought we could do some shows on the Morning Melodies circuit with it because people love these songs. They’re songs of women, of female empowerment, classics by Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Dusty Springfield, Loretta Lynn, Olivia Newton John, all of these iconic female country artists.
“Lots of great stories will go along with the songs and there’ll be lots of songs that I know people will sing along to.
“These have all been very strong women and the ones who have also written their own songs I can really relate to, like Dolly Parton, she’s incredibly talented as a songwriter, as a woman and an artist. They’re women I admire.
“I was lucky enough to work with Olivia Newton John. She recorded one of my songs called ‘Courageous’ back in 2008, so I have some lovely stories about her.”
Ms Schneider invited people to come to the show to disconnect.
“It’s a pretty dark time in the world at the moment, so if you want to get away from the bad news, you can come to the show and have a laugh, have a sing and hopefully I can bring you some joy,” she said.
As part of the Morning Melodies format, the show begins at 11am at CPAC on March 31.
To buy tickets, visit https://bit.ly/3D1S7Xw
