1:20 pm today

Tami Neilson on joining Willie Nelson's tribe

From Music 101, 1:20 pm today

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Tami Neilson, the Canadian born/ NZ-based country singer, has broken new ground for Kiwi country music - she has been welcomed into Willie Nelson’s tribe. 

Last year we heard the beautiful duet she sang with Willie ‘Beyond the Stars’, and that song is now part of a collection of Willie Nelson covers that Tami recorded in Willie’s studio in Texas. 

It’s a dream come true, but I feel like we’ve been saying that a lot lately about Tami, who is about to play country music's greatest stage - the Grand Ole Opry and later the iconic Dollywood.

Neilson sings Nelson was released just yesterday.

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