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Sunburnt Country Music

For over a decade Sophie Hamley has been interviewing Australian country music artists for her website, Sunburnt Country Music. Now new interviews will be made available in this podcast. Listen to Golden Guitar winners such as Amber Lawrence and Luke O"Shea, and many others, talk about their songs and songwriting, about performance and creativity and so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43:46

Lyn Bowtell and her bittersweet 'Paper Cut'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/19

**Listen to the end to hear the single 'Paper Cut'**There really aren’t enough superlatives to describe Lyn Bowtell as a singer, songwriter, performing artist, teacher, mentor and human. Anyone who has seen her perform live never forgets the experience of hearing her sing for the first time and every time. Nor do they forget how funny she is! Bowtell creates an experience for her audiences and everyone leaves her shows uplifted and entertained.Her recorded music also has that effect, as she moves

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52:36

Pete Denahy is Travellin' Still

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/17

Pete Denahyis an artist with many facets. Some know him mostly for his comedic songs, such as ‘Sort of Dunno Nothin’ and ‘Looking at My Phone’, which I tend to think of as succinct, lyrically elegant takes on communication and social interaction (or lack thereof) because they’re so well done that they seem like they could have been easy for him to write.Denahy also writes non-comedic songs and he’s just as good at those. And he is known as a preeminent fiddle player – he’s won three of his five

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25:35

Faith Williams: Queen of Hearts, and of debut EP...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/10

When I first heardQueen of Hearts, the debut EP from Central Coast, NSW singer-songwriterFaith Williams, I wondered why I hadn’t heard of her before. It was because not a single had been released before the EP, so at least I hadn’t missed anything – but it was such a surprise to listen to the first, and title, track and hear this voice in it: vulnerable and also strong, and singing stories that seemed like they may be about her, or maybe not, and that mystery was part of the intrigue.The EP was

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33:21

Andrew Swift has found Nothing Better

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/08

Victorian artist Andrew Swift won his first two Golden Guitars for his first album,Call Out for the Cavalry, and his most recent was in 2023 for Male Artist of the Year.Cavalrywas the first of his three albums to go to number 1 on the ARIA charts.Swift’s new single, ‘Nothing Better’, follows on from ‘Fumes and Fireworks’, which he released last year with Amber Lawrence, along with ‘This Is Us Here’ and ‘Hot Damn (It’s Been a Minute)’. It was writtenat the APRA Melbourne - Nashville SongHubssessions

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32:04

New releases 5 February 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/05

Well, my intention to release episodes of this 'new releases podcast' on a weekly basis went out the window immediately. So at least I'm setting low expectations! And I did come back for another episode.These are the singles released since the last episode that I reckon are worthy of closer attention - and you can listen to the songs within the episode.Faith Williams – ‘Queen of Hearts’ [NB explicit content - one word]Tom Curtain – ‘Just Give it a Crack’Katelann Maree – ‘Australia My Home’Jen Mize –

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45:35

The Seasons of Andrea Robertson

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/02

Andrea Robertsonis a singer-songwriter from the Geelong area in Victoria who released her latest album,Seasons, in 2024. She is also the founder ofAmericana on the Bellarine, a one-day festival which will be held on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, on 22 February this year.We had a wide-ranging chat about her development as an artist, which started when Robertson was very young, influenced by the musical environment she grew up in.‘I've just always loved singing,’ she says. ‘As a kid I was the

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13:52

James Johnston on new single 'Hell Boy' and Tamworth...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/01/22

From the first interview I did withJames Johnston, a little over three years ago, it was clear he had put in the time to learn his craft as a songwriter and a performer, writing dozens of songs before even recording one, and playing at any venue that would have him even if he was just playing to bar staff. It took years, and his patience meant that when he started releasing songs he knew who he was, what the songs were about, and who they were for.As a live performer he is the same, embodying

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31:24

New releases 19 January 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/01/19

Songs mentioned in this episode – with links to listen/watchLyn Bowtell – ‘Paper Cut’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YLu7Naws1EKasey Chambers ft Shane Nicholson – ‘The Divorce Song’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cafdtL4Sa88Jenny Mitchell – ‘Square & Plain’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-0mQyVOeEAleyce Simmonds – ‘Things I’ve Learned’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LccnUJp_2XwWade Forster with Max Jackson – ‘Denim’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JilD6V32_kAPiper Rodrigues –

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33:33

The Kunins on their enchanting new album Waiting for...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/01/05

**Stay tuned to the end to listen to 'Birdwatcher' from Waiting fror Lily**There’s something to be said for family harmonies. Anyone who has heard Fanny Lumsden sing live (or recorded) with her brother Tom, or who is rapt in the voices of The McClymonts, or a fan of The Buckleys, will appreciate that there’s a particular magic when family members sing together.Ken Kunin is an American musical artist who moved to Australia several years ago; he has several albums behind him as a solo artist and with

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36:39

PepperCreek Revival on their debut album and long...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/22

What happens when you combine the talents and experience of2022 Blues Music Victoria Hall of Fame inductee and award winning producer / bass player Barry Hills, three other award-winning musicians in the forms of Brian Fraser on lap steel, electric and acoustic guitars, vocals; Roland Kretschmer on electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, banjo, Dobro, ukulele, vocals; and drummer and vocalist Nick Carrafa, and multiple award-winning singer/songwriter Kelly Auty? This is, of course, a leading

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42:15

Lullaby of a Breaking Heart: Rose Zita Falko's...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/21

**Listen to the end to hear the song 'Lullaby of a Breaking Heart'After releasing the EPOriginal Sonin 2018, Victorian artistRose Zita Falkofound herself in an enforced break from recording and releasing music due to the pandemic and all the upheaval it wrought. In 2022 she released the single ‘The Plan’ (which is a heartbreaker itself) and actually had another song up her sleeve – but it has only come into the world now.‘Lullaby of a Broken Heart’ is an exceptional piece of work – as its title

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30:36

Explore Jack Nolan's latest album, Songs for Hemingway

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/20

Jack Nolanis a Sydney singer and songwriter who has a storied music career which began in the 1990s – back when Sydney had a plethora of live venues around the city and audiences to go with them – has included six solo albums and one LP with The Kelly Gang in 2004.Nolan’s latest album isSongs for Hemingway, which includes the single ‘Mother of All Storms’, which had itspremiereon Sunburnt Country Music earlier this year. It’s a tour de force of a song and the album delivered on its promise. The

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37:49

New album 'Home Fires': A deep dive with Small Town...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/18

Thefirst time I interviewedFlora Smith and James Arneman, the members ofSmall Town Romance, I learnt a lot about their respective musical backgrounds and we also spoke about making music videos, which is Arneman’s specialty. Partners in life as well as music, the pair both grew up around instruments and performance. In Arneman’s case it was as part of an Australian country music dynasty, as the son of Anne Kirkpatrick and grandson of Joy McKean and Slim Dusty. Smith’s path was different but no less

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23:22

Brittany Elise: ‘Hi, It’s Me’, all the way from...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/16

Although I’veinterviewedBrittany Elisebefore, we didn’t meet in person until September this year and it was in Nashville, where the native Queenslander has been spending time writing, recording and performing. It was not only lovely to meet her but she was so generous with her insider tips about the best places to find live music in the city that is full of options for that.From her first album, 2019’sSomething More, Brittany established that she’s a country music artist with melodic sensibilities

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31:16

Rising star Chloe Styler on ‘Little Lady’ and her big...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/14

One of the benefits of being able to interview an artist more than once is that I can not only hear from them about the new things they’re up to but start to see connections between things they might have been doing a while ago and where that activity and those ideas have led them.Gold Coast rising starChloe Stylerhas had a big year, taking home Breakout Artist of the Yearat theGold Coast Music Awards, charting in the CountryTown Hot 50 airplay charts and appearing in CMT’s Top 10, along with

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30:36

Billie Rose: Slaying ghosts, making killer songs

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/11

Over the past couple of years Queensland artistBillie Rosehas been releasing alluring, swirling, sometimes mystical singles including ‘Can’t Bring Back the Dead’ and ‘Black Dress’. Her latest is ‘Slaying Ghosts’ and it’s also the name of the EP that captures those single releases and marks the conclusion of that creative chapter in her life.Themes unintentionally emerged amongst the tracks, give that the others are ‘Heartbreak Subway Train’ and ‘Label Me a Killer’ – themes of darkness and death (as

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34:28

Shara Rose: Finding her way and landing on her feet

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/08

Shara Roseis an all round entertainer who is not only a singer and songwriter, but a dancer as well. And as a result of all those skills, she is in demand, touring with Jason Owen, and Tania Kernaghan, and opening for Tones and I. She has also been releasing heartfelt country pop songs and the latest is ‘Finding My Way’.As she says in our interview, Shara was determined to release four songs this year, and she has done that, the other three being ‘Purpose in the Process’, ‘Falling’ and ‘Heart on Her

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38:23

Tammy Moxon on her new single ‘What Am I To Do’

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/06

Some songs arrive quickly; others take years to gestate, waiting for the songwriter to find the right moment to bring them fully to life. For her latest album,Fighting Chance, Townsville artistTammy Moxonwrote several new songs, but in the case of her new single, ‘What Am I To Do’, she discovered a song she wrote a decade before, in the wake of her first break-up, in some old notebooks.As we discuss in this new interview, the song was quite different then. Under the stewardship of producer Shane

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45:56

Sibling duo Mak & Shar on their latest single...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/12/04

After releasing their singles ‘Best Thing’ and ‘Leap of Faith’ earlier this year, brothersMak & Sharhave done what they most love to do: made new music, and this time, with new single ‘Untamed Heart’, they are paying tribute to their late father, who died when they were young.‘Dad was a performer,’ they say. ‘He played Dodger in Lionel Bart'sOliverwhen he was younger, on the West End of London, which is really, really cool. So he was a performer and a musician and he played guitar. And I

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33:47

Country music icon Sara Storer on her powerful new...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/11/26

Here’s the thing about 22-time Golden Guitar winnerSara Storer: she is both a country music icon – and she has been since she released her debut album,Buffalo Bill, in 2000 and impressed audiences with her unique stories and clear-eyed view of humanity – and she’s an artist who is constantly in search of the next turn in the creative road, not so much restless with what she’s achieved but curious about what else is out there to be captured in song (or, as is the case for her now, in paintings)

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