Aly Cook Kimberley

Aly Cook Kimberley

Nelson based Recording Artist Aly Cook is on the eve of event managing the Trafalgar Events 2 day seafood festival -Snapafest' this weekend in Nelson and a week later orchestrating the A league football match featuring the -Wellington Phoenix' and the -Central Coast Mariners', all whilst promoting her latest single -Kimberley' which has jumped into the #3 position on the Australian Top 40 Country Tracks Chart and is making waves globally.  This is pretty much how Aly Cook's life rolls and now Aly is announced as a finalist for NEXT New Zealand Woman of the Year 2016 in the Arts & Culture section. She joins 29 other amazing New Zealand Women who are finalists in 6 categories..  The finalists in the Arts and Culture section include TV writer Rachel Lang, Ballet Dancer Hannah O'Neill, Choreographer Billie Jordan, Writer Producer Lisa Taouma and Singer Songwriter Aly Cook.

Meet the Finalists for NEXT New Zealand Woman of the Year 2016 here http://www.womensweekly.co.nz/career/next-woman-of-the-year

Aly has enjoyed a dream week with -Kimberley' not only bulleting to #3 on the Australian Top 40 Country Tracks Chart, but Kimberley also entering the Tasmanian Country Chart and winning the Europe-based Talentcast -Song of the Week', which leads to increased Airplay on EDE Fm in the Netherlands.

In this month's NEXT magazine Aly is described as a self-starter with no record company backing her, who has crowd-funded both of her albums, with her latest album yielding five Top 20 singles thus far on the Australian Top 40 Country Tracks Chart including 2 number #1 Hits.  Being a spirited humanitarian, Aly assisted with the setting up of APRA scholarships which has taken two Kiwi writers to a song writing seminar in Australia to work with top Australian country music writers. Her passion for causes has seen her volunteer her services to the -Uncle Jimmy Thumbs Up Program' working with indigenous children in Aboriginal communities and to writing the theme song for -Forever Changed' – a global awareness campaign for informed treatment choice in the fight against cancer.

Aly's nominationfor NEXT Woman of The Year has come as no surprise to those who have witnessed her passion, tenacity and sheer persistence.

Aly has expressed…. 'I am humbled and honoured to be amongst women of such calibre who are achieving so much in their fields and I am thrilled that a song that means so much to me, about a very special part of Australia that is close to my heart, is doing so well"