But eventually politicians mustered courage to stand up to Mr Slim.
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"Today the vast majority of the Gambian people have now mustered courage and are speaking out openly against a government," Darboe said.
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Formed in 2010, Mustered Courage quickly signed to Laughing Outlaw Records whose founder, Stuart Coupe, stated "I've always wanted a band as good as Old Crow Medicine Show on the label and I reckon I've found them." Laughing Outlaw released the band's debut self-titled album in 2011. Mustered Courage won the band a MusicOz Trophy in the Country category at the 2012 Australian Independent Music Awards.
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The tour culminated with 10 performances at the International Bluegrass Music Association World of Bluegrass. Mustered Courage followed up the 2014 tour with several shows in America in 2015 including performances at the John Hartford Memorial Festival, Wintergrass, and the iconic Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
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Mustered Courage was also nominated for Alternative Country Album of the Year, Group or Duo of the Year, and Bluegrass Recording of the Year at the 44th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia in 2016. In 2018, the band independently released their fourth studio album titled 'We Played With Fire'.
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In 2013 Mustered Courage joined Waleed Aly in The Drawing Room on ABC Radio National where he described them as "Australia's hottest bluegrass band." Powerlines was nominated for Alternative Country Album of the Year; while the album's lone instrumental track, "Allegheny," was nominated for Instrumental of the Year at the 42nd CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia in 2014.
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Mustered Courage are a progressive bluegrass and Americana based band from Melbourne, Australia. The band's music combines elements of bluegrass, country, rock, jazz, and jam band with extended improvisational solo breaks. Mustered Courage's third album, White Lies & Melodies, was nominated for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015. The band's song "Candle Creek" won the Golden Guitar Awards for Instrumental of the Year at the 43rd CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia in 2015.
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With the success of Powerlines, Mustered Courage signed to the newly formed Lost Highway Records Australia under parent label Universal Music Australia. Lost Highway released the band's third album White Lies & Melodies in Australia on 28 August 2015. The album is critically acclaimed, receiving very favourable reviews in several publications including 3.5/4 stars in Rolling Stone Australia and 4.5/5 stars in The Brag. The first single, "Honesty," reached No. 1 on the Country Music Channel Top 50 Countdown on 17 September 2015.
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Although Catherine II's death spelled the end of his career, Nicholas mustered courage and rushed to the Gatchina Palace, where her son Paul was residing. He hoped to become the first to congratulate Paul on his prospective accession to the throne. On hearing the news of his arrival, Paul refused to see the courtier. He had heard the rumor that the Zubovs persuaded the Empress to sign a testament transferring the throne to her grandson Alexander and was afraid that Zubov had come to arrest him.
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In September 2013, Mustered Courage was invited by the Americana Music Association to perform at their annual Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The band left Nashville having signed with American management and making connections to Travianna Records who went on to release Powerlines in the US in 2014. The American version of Powerlines includes a duet with fellow Australian Kasey Chambers called "Rosa" that is not on the Australian release. The band returned to the US in 2014 to support Powerlines by performing nearly 60 shows in 90 days across 43 states.
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