In a great show of camaraderie, Australian (or “Australasian” as Kiwi acts are in the mix too!) country stars have started supporting their fellow artists via the creation of the #covidcoverchallenge.
Both emerging and established stars appear to be taking part.
In fact, there have been over 1 million views of the videos across social channels already.
The social media exercise was kicked off last week by 2020 Golden Guitars co-host Caitlyn Shadbolt, who covered Jasmine Rae’s ‘Green Light,’ before challenging her to also cover a fellow Aussie artist’s song.
Within a couple of hours, Rae posted an acepella performance of The Wolfe Brothers’ latest single ‘Hey Brother,’ which we named as one of the Top 10 Country songs of 2019 late last year.
After Travis Collins and Adam Brand accepted and challenged respectively, the thread landed in the lap of Lee Kernaghan, who with wife Robby X and isolation day drinks in hand, covered the Morgan Evan’s hit ‘Day Drunk.’
Evans, who is currently in lockdown with wife Kelsea Ballerini in Nashville, then covered the Troy Cassar-Daley hit ‘Everything’s Going To Be Alright.’
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-L_NPwl410/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Emerging artists Andrew Swift and Abby Christo also started fresh threads which have engaged the likes of The McClymonts, Kaylee Bell, Missy Lancaster, Aleyce Simmonds, Rachael Fahim, Sinead Burgess and Melaine Dyer.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-Xv4m2DN8t/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
As a general rule, most artists are posting on both Facebook and Instagram.
And while many artists are giving a shoutout to Support Act, is no specific directive donate to any cause.
The whole exercise is simply about support local artists and their awesome tunes in these very unstable times.
No doubt the #covidcoverschallenge will continue into the coming days and weeks and showcase more unique interpretations of Australian country hits.
