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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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24:50

Shanleigh Rose on 'Ricochet', Sisyphus and songwriting

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/06/12

Shanleigh Rose is a singer-songwriter from Queensland's Sunshine Coast who has released several catchy country-pop singles and won the 2023 Gympie Muster Junior Talent Search as well as being a Top 10 Finalist in the Groundwater Country Music Festival KIX Start Competition.Last year Rose attended the Junior Academy of Country Music and the Dag Sheep Station Songwriting Retreat, and in this interview she talks about both as well as her musical background, influences, songwriting process and that new

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46:39

Andy Golledge: On tour and in brilliant form

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/06/10

The first I knew of Andy Golledge was seeing him in the 2019 SBS series Robbie Hood. He had the role of Robbie’s dad and he played guitar and sang, and his music was an integral part of the show, which remains one of my favourite anythings and always will (and it’s still available to stream on SBS).At the time I couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard of Golledge, but research revealed that he hadn’t released recorded music. Thankfully, in early 2020 he released the EP Namoi. But then, of course, everything

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27:17

Adam Harvey on new single 'It's Gettin' Late',...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/06/10

Adam Harvey is the winner of 9 Golden Guitars and untold numbers of fans, with over half a million albums sold across several albums, includingThe Great Country Songbookswith Troy Cassar-Daley and Beccy Cole, and he will have a new album out later in the year.In this interview Harvey touches on the story behind his catchy new single ‘It’s Gettin’ Late’, written with hit songwriter David Lee Murphy; it turns out it was inspired by a neighbour who may not have been able to take a hint …Harvey recalls

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30:17

Abigail Wighton on her new EP, soon, and tour

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/06/04

Abigail Wighton is a folk-influenced singer-songwriter from Sydney who released the EP interwoven in 2019. In recent months she has released the singles ‘letter’ and ‘if you let me’ from her new EP soon. She’s also supported Fanny Lumsden at her Sydney show and played in the National Folk Festival.In our recent interview Wighton talked about her musical journey, from an unlikely start writing songs for the funerals of her pet mice to studying music at university and releasing her debut EP Interwoven

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30:48

Tammy Moxon on her heartfelt new album, Fighting Chance

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/06/02

Tammy Moxon lives in Townsville, Far North Queensland, where she performs live regularly. She released the album Drive Me Sane in 2019 and has been steadily releasing singles leading up to her latest album, Fighting Chance, which was recorded with producer Shane Nicholson in just three days, in and around lockdown travel restrictions.As on Drive Me Sane, Moxon shows herself to be a thoughtful songwriter who is prepared to be vulnerable not to unburden herself but to share something with the

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32:52

Brooke Taylor finds that There's Magic in Mistakes

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/27

**Mild language warning**Brooke Taylor is an alt-country singer, songwriter and guitarist from Melbourne who released her debut album It’s the Little Things in 2020. Her second album, There’s Magic in Mistakes, is not long out in the world. It is by turns pragmatic and joyful, wry and compassionate, and at its core is Taylor's inherent ability to entertain and be present in her music.As I found out when Taylor and I spoke recently, several songs on the album came together quickly, and others emerged

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34:03

Mak & Shar are onto the Best Thing

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/25

Mak & Shar are brothers from Mudgee in New South Wales who released their debut single together in 2022 - but this was far from their first release as they were members of the band Brothers3 and as such played 12 Tamworth Country Music Festivals and appeared on X Factor in 2016. They released the single ‘Leap of Faith’ earlier this year and now have a new single, ‘Best Thing’ (watch the music videohere).During our recent interview the brothers talked about their writing and recording process -

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26:06

Katie Brooke can't fake that

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/20

released a self-titled EP in 2020 and her debut album, Sticks, Stones and Stories, in 2022. Late last year she released the single ‘Too Far Down’ and her latest single is ‘Can’t Fake That’.‘Can’t Fake That’ is Brooke’s tribute to women of the land, with a lighthearted feeling that was achieved by Brooke and her producer, Rusty Crook, by deciding to re-record the song after realising their first version wasn’t quite right.Brooke lives on the land and draws inspiration from it; she also makes it clear

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37:01

Jayne Denham and his dynamite Moonshine

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/19

Jayne Denham was nominated for a Golden Guitar in 2022 for her last album, Wanted, and she returns now with Moonshine, which is an irrepressible force of an album that features Jayne’s amazing vocal power.Whereas Wanted had a spaghetti western theme, Denham chose the Prohibition era as the creative inspiration for Moonshine. Working with her Nashville-based producer Brian White, she carefully selected songs that would not only work individually but contribute to the whole vision of the album. These

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29:40

Jay Santilli takes the 'Long Way Home'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/13

Melbourne singer and songwriter Jay Santilli has been immersed in music since childhood, listening to classic country artists on the radio growing up, begging her parents for a keyboard at age 10 and learning saxophone then guitar. She formed a band with friends and would go on to take part in such competitions as the (now-defunct) Telstra Road to Tamworth contest. This year she was a Grand Finalist in the Toyota Star Maker competition.The path to being a musician has not, however, been

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19:59

Troy Cassar-Daley: Between the Fires

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/11

When reviewing Troy Cassar-Daley’s last album,The World Today(2021), I compared him to Orpheus, going to the Underworld in search of his wife, Eurydice, who had been taken there by Hades. But after going into the darkness to find what he was looking for then turning back at the point of rescue only to see Eurydice disappear – as the myth has it – Cassar-Daley as Orpheus turned his face forwards and stepped into the light, as complicated as the path ahead was.‘Troy Cassar-Daley has long been a beacon

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34:21

Hana & Jessie-Lee's Bad Habits say what they mean

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/06

Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits are a Melbourne duo who released their debut album, Southlands, in 2017 and have just released their latest album, the gloriously entertaining and thought-provoking Say What You Mean.The longtime friends and collaborators started their performing life in punk bands over a decade ago in their hometown of Adelaide before forming Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits, with Hana on vocals and Jessie-Lee on guitar, in 2014. The catalyst was a batch of country-tinged songs

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36:26

Tori Forsyth on her mesmerising new album All We Have...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/05

Tori Forsyth released her Golden Guitar-nominated debut album Dawn of the Dark in 2018 then followed it up with rock album Provlépseis in 2021. She now has a new country music album, All We Have is Who We Are.The album was created after Forsyth decided that if she didn’t love the process of making music, she’d walk away. Around the same time the pandemic led to her once more living on the land, where she found herself grounded, both literally and creatively. The combination freed her to make an

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1:02:30

Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields release their stunning...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/02

The Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields project falls into the category of ‘high risk’: two artists with solo careers that have seen them win audiences, acclaim and awards, with potentially nothing to gain from a collaboration. After all, if something ain’t broke, why fix it?What they have fixed on, though, is interesting and compelling work that draws on their individual talents and strengths to make something new and different to what they have created individually. What was apparent on their

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28:05

Jade Gibson on finding love 'Down the Road'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/05/01

Jade Gibson is a singer and songwriter from Victoria who was a Grand Finalist in Toyota Star Maker in 2022 and has played at several large festivals. In 2019 her debut EP The Great Unknown went to number 1 on the iTunes Country chart and she has released several successful singles since. Her brand new single is ‘Down the Road’.The song holds special meaning for Gibson as it's her first song inspired by her partner of five years, whom she met when she was 21 even though they grew up 20 minutes apart

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30:02

Kylie Gale on new single 'Nobody Knows Me Like You'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/30

Kylie Gale is a singer-songwriter from New South Wales who released the EPUpsidein 2021. While working as a teacher and raising four children, Gale has carved out time to nurture her songwriting craft. This dedication led to the 2021 release of her debut EPUpside.Gale’s musical talents first emerged in primary school, where she began guitar lessons. However, it wasn’t until high school when her music teacher encouraged her to take voice lessons that she discovered her love of singing. As her

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41:57

Valley Road talk about their outstanding debut album

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/29

Rebecca Jane Howell and Marty Mckenna are friends from Central Victoria who have been singing together for over a decade. Rebecca honed her instinct for harmony through years spent in the Australian Girls Choir and Marty grew up singing to the sheep on his family farm, with his dad, where he still tends the flock to this day.As Valley Road the duo released their wonderful self-titled debut album towards the end of last year. It was produced by Rod McCormack after Valley Road were awarded the

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28:03

Cassidy-Rae on 'Fangirl', fangirling and four-hour shows

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/28

Known for her powerful vocals and catchy melodies, Cassidy-Rae recently returned to Australian shores after a stint performing four-hour shows on cruise ships - shows at which she had her own fangirls. She's also very much a fangirl of other artists, so she is perfectly qualified to write and release her latest single, 'Fangirl'.During our recent interview, Cassidy-Rae offers a glimpse into her high-energy performances and the immersive nature of her shows as well as her creative process, which

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22:54

Emma Donovan on landmark new album Til My Song is Done

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/27

Emma Donovan is well known to Australian audiences from her bands Emma Donovan and The Putbacks (which I managed to call The Pushbacks in the introduction to this interview) as well as the Stiff Gins, and from the Black Arm Band. Her music ranges from soul to reggae to R&B and gospel, yet country music has been there from the start and she now has a new countryalbum,Til My Song is Done. The album is broad in scope, and underscored by love and change. Donovan's voice is a wonder, piercing the

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36:17

Jacob Vincent on his powerful new single 'What Would...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/22

Brisbane-based singer-songwriter Jacob Vincent has just released his new single 'What Would I Say', just in time for Anzac Day, and the first single from his upcoming debut album, produced by Shane Nicholson and due for release in 2025. The song had its genesis at the DAG Songwriting Retreat in Nundle, NSW, where Vincent met poet Colin Defries. It pays tribute to diggers and their service, with a new take on this subject.Vincent grew up in a musical family in Tasmania - with his grandfather a member

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