Cooper’s Run
Performing at Tauherenikau’s 2025 Music in the Country, Cambridge-based country rock duo, Cooper’s Run has been named New Zealand’s number one country music act twice over.
Michael and Ashley began performing as a duo in September of 2008. They started out working clubs and private parties around northern New Zealand, their home. In October, just one month later, they were named the winners of the Rising Star Award at the Variety Artist Club Annual Awards Show.
From that moment on, demand for their music has sky-rocketed, and they’ve been working non-stop in New Zealand, Australia and USA. Avid and skilled songwriters, these two also got the nod as New Zealand Country Music Song Writers of the Year. Coopers Run were the very first Kiwi’s to appear on the Country Music Association’s Global Artist Party in Nashville Tennessee! The event was viewed by over 40 million people, and they were backed by legendary singer/songwriter Pam Tillis’s band.
During the trip to the United States, Coopers Run met producer Jeff Huskins. Huskins was immediately convinced of the star quality of these young people. Rarely does the entire package walk in your door. They simply have it whatever it is. That very same night, sessions were scheduled using the finest engineers and musicians in Nashville, and the results are phenomenal! Make no mistake Coopers Run will be a major force in the music industry. There’s no limit to their potential, and the record companies that have heard the project are completely knocked out.
Upon arriving home from their United States trip they were booked to open for Glen Campbell’s NZ tour. In April 2011 Cooper’s Run was hand selected by management to support Grammy award winning Nashville band Lady Antebellum for their first NZ show. Coopers Run have appeared on the Johnny High Country Music Revue, the springboard for such superstars LeAnn Rimes, Steve Holy, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Morris, Linda Davis, Box Car Willie, and John Anderson. In 2010 Coopers Run were crowned NZ Country Duo/Group of the year at the National Country Music awards. Coopers Run completed a six month contract with Carnival Cruise Lines based in Florida and servicing the Eastern and Western Caribbean, Mexico and Grand Bahamas’.
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