Candice & Nadinne
Genre:Country, Country Pop, Country Rock
Candice and Nadinne have been compared to mother and daughter duo ‘The Judds’ with their powerful voices and sweet, pure harmonies. The girls have been making music as long as they can remember and have memories of standing in front of family members with any available 'microphone' in hand, usually a hairbrush, singing at the top of their lungs.
Identical twins, they were born in Melbourne VIC. At age 9 Candice and Nadinne moved to Adelaide South Australia and have lived there ever since. This was where their music career blossomed. By the age of 10, Candice and Nadinne had decided what they wanted to do in life, and that was anything to do with music. Singing before they were 5 years old, writing songs by age twelve and performing as a duet in both Primary and High School. Candice and Nadinne were involved in the school choirs from primary school through high school. At sixteen they were performing throughout various venues in Adelaide. At 17, were performing in country South Australia, Victoria and NSW.
‘Deborah Minter’ of Capital News talks about the girls first album in 2004 “CANDICE and NADINNE are eye-catching identical twins from Adelaide. Their sound reminds me most of SUSANNA HOFF (of pop group the BANGLES) but with pure harmonies in the style of VIKA and LINDA BULL. Title track ‘Just Another Day’ and ‘Works For Me’ are exceptional. ‘On Her Own’ was released in Canada and has already received high praise. Sweet ballad ‘Don’t Move’ and poignant Fallen are a soft counter balance to the angst-anthem ‘NOT!’ The girls also boast some fine emerging song writing talents.”
‘LOS ANGELES, California Jesse JJ James of Music Industry Newswire talks up Nadinne and Candice’ ‘Dream of You and Smile’ This is a song that was tracked by new artists Candice and Nadinne, twin sisters who are making news in Australia’s country music scene. The tune was composed by Doug Colosio key board/piano player for the great ‘Merle Haggard’, Greg Colosio, Scott Joss Fiddle Player for ‘ Merle Haggard’, Candice Austin, and Nadinne Riddell. “Candice and Nadinne get tremendous audience response whenever they sing this song,” G says, “and we’re all looking forward to their first tour of America.”
Winners in an International Song writing Competition held by S.C.A.L.A ( Songwriters Composers and Lyricists Assoc.) year 2000. Young Australians of the Year Minister for Youth Affairs Career Achievement Award 2001 and Young Australians of the Year AGFA Arts Award 2001.
They have appeared in numerous Country Music Festivals multi award winners in talent quests and song writing competitions 1998 – 2003.The girls were nominated in the top 5 for the Country Section in Music Oz Independent Artists.
They were in the top 5 in the Tasmanian and New Zealand Independent Artist Album Of The Year Awards for their debut album 'Just Another Day' 2004. ..
Their first single 'Don't Move' Video Clip released on Australian National Television on CMC (Country Music Channel) September 2004.
The girls perform regularly at private functions, Hotels, Bachelor and Spinster (BSB) Balls Country Music Clubs and charity functions. The twins have been very busy performing professionally at many different venues both public, private, corporate functions.
“There's nothing we’d rather do than create and share music with others”. Candice said. “I want our music to make an impact on people, and not just leave a simple tune replaying in their heads.” Our style in music is typically Modern Country, but can we can accommodate the more traditional country style when necessary.”
The girls most recent achievement is Winning 'Best International Country Song 2008' For their single 'I Dream of You and Smile' in competition held by the Canadian Exclusive Magazine, Toronto Canada!!
Candice & Nadinne have recently been over to Nashville to record their second album which was produced by Australia's own Musician/Producer Mark Moffatt. The album called 'Breaking it Down' will be released early 2010.
Candice & Nadinne have also just finished a video clip for their first single of the same title 'Breaking it Down' so keep checking in for news of its release. ..
