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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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26:00

Watch Your Step around Piper Rodrigues

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/21

Piper Rodrigues started 2024 as a Toyota Star Maker Grand Finalist, in thewake of releasing her popular 2023 single 'Exit Wound'. Originally from Newcastle, NSW, she now calls Brisbane home and her latest single is 'Watch Your Step', co-written with Hayley Marsten.Rodrigues was bitten by the music bug early on, taking singing lessons from age 7 and performing for her mother's hair salon clients as a child. She wrote her first song at age 13 and really hit her stride at 15 when she started teaching

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22:14

Bud Rokesky on his far-reaching new Volumes project

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/20

Bud Rokesky is a singer and songwriter from Queensland who released his wonderful debut album, Outsider, last year. Since then he’s been on the road quite a bit, playing support slots for C.W. Stoneking,Deacon Blue,Meg Washington,Tim Rogersand Matt Corbyas well as appearing at Gympie Music Muster,Woodford,Dashville Skyline,Groundwater, Queenscliff Music Festival,Tamworth Country Music Festival,Port Fairy Folk Festival,andOut On The Weekend.As powerful as Rokesky is on recordings, he is a live

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22:33

Chloe Swannell on her new single 'Unchained'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/17

Chloe Swannell is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Oberon in the central west of New South Wales who released her first single, ‘Strange Love’, last year. She has just released her second, ‘Unchained’.In our recent interview Swannell tells the story behind 'Unchained' and talks about working with producer Tarquin Halls-Corbett, her songwriting process, her musical background - she plays guitar, bass, drums and banjo - and teaching music for ten years. She also reveals which sort

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26:10

Josie opens the doors to 'Our Place'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/15

Josie is a country music dynamo from Far North Queensland who kicked off the year with a busy Tamworth Country Music Festival. She has released the very popular singles ‘Down Here’ and ‘Freight Man’. Her latest single is ‘Our Place’.'If anyone has been to a party at my parents' place, you’d know we don’t muck around when it comes to having a bit of fun, cooking up mean feeds, and letting your hair down no matter the occasion,' says Josie.'Dad cookin’ up a storm is no word of a lie,' she says,

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26:49

Jemma Beech goes in search of a Four Leaf Clover

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/10

Jemma Beech lives in the Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales, and has released the albumThat’s Just Me along with several cracking singles, including ‘You Fool’ and ‘If I Can’t Wear Boots’. She was also a Grand Finalist in this year's Toyota Star Maker competition.Beech's latest single is ‘Four Leaf Clover’, which was inspired by a trip she made to her ancestral homeland, Ireland. Surrounded by music and stories, Beech was inspired to create a song that signals a shift in direction from her

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25:05

Olive Mae hits the road to 'Wait & See'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/08

Olive Mae is a folk/country singer-songwriter from the south-west of Western Australia who released her debut single, ‘Give Me Something’, in 2022. Last year she released the single 'Hit the Road' and her latest single is ‘Wait & See’ - both of them will appear on her EP due for release later this year.Mae has been a musician for most of her life, learning instruments from a young age and playing in a band in adulthood before taking a break to raise her children. She's now back writing and

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33:18

Sara Storer on enchanting new single 'Under Darwin...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/07

Sara Storer has won 22 Golden Guitar awards, her most recent being this year for the song ‘Dust Kids’ released with her brother Greg as Storer, from their self-titled album. On her own Storer has released five studio albums, all of which have been fan and award favourites. Her brand new song is ‘Under Darwin Stars’ and Sara is working towards a new album.Storer is far too young to be called a legend yet there is something legendary about her songwriting and her success with it. The qualities that

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31:51

Robbie Mortimer on dynamic new single 'Blow the...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/02

Robbie Mortimer grew up in the central west of New South Wales as one of five brothers in a sporting family. He would go on to be a professional sportsman before returning to his home area and becoming a teacher and mentor, all while creating music. His first album, the pop-leaning200 Years Too Late, was released in 2021. He has a brand new song, ‘Blow the Speakers’, and it’s as hi-octane as it sounds.Mortimer and producer Jared Adlam captured the energy of Mortimer's live sound in the song, and if

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22:29

Cass Hopetoun on new music, motherhood and 'To Be a...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/04/01

Cass Hopetoun released her debut album,Not Your Typical Bride, in 2022 and was nominated for the Golden Guitar for Best New Talent, which was her second nomination for that category. In fact, she’s had three Golden Guitar nominations in total.Since releasing the album Hopetoun has become a mother and, with husband Blake Dantier, released the single ‘Some Things Never Get Old’. Her latest single is ‘To Be a Lady’, written with Dantier and Sarah Buckley, and produced by Dantier. On Not Your Typical

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28:08

Ryan Mead gets Tangled Up in Wranglers

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/31

Ryan Mead is a singer-songwriter from the Sutherland Shire in Sydney who may be 18 years of age but he’s already racked up a few musical credits, including the Talent Development Project last year. He has just released his debut single, ‘Tangled Up in Wranglers’, and a warning: the song is kinda addictive, so once you start listening you may find yourself hitting 'play' a few more times.Mead's first instrument was drums, which he's been playing from a young age, before he added guitar and voice to

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29:43

Tony Kennelly on new single 'Sunday in the Sun'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/26

Tony Kennelly is an artist from picturesque Port Macquarie on the mid north coast of NSW who has released two albums, Hittin’ the Wall and Battlegrounds. He has a new single, ‘Sunday in the Sun’, which is just right for helping us hold on to summer days even as we have passed the equinox.Kennelly has been performing live for many years, including a busy stint in Sydney in his younger years when he was working by day and gigging by night. He has some great stories to tell, including the one about the

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36:45

Kerryn Fields - folk singer, magician, empress

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/25

Kerryn Fields is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Aotearoa New Zealand, now living on our shores. She won the Music Victoria Best Folk Work award in 2022 for her second album, Water, which followed acclaim for her first album, Rascal. In recent months she's released two singles with Matt Joe Gow, ahead of an album release.Fields's latest solo release is the EP The Folk Singer, which she released around the time she travelled to the USA to perform at Folk Alliance. The EP features

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37:09

Nathan Lamont on 'Skin to Skin', Star Maker,...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/24

Last year Wagga Wagga, NSW resident Nathan Lamont released his debut single ‘Drink You Up’, then he was named a Grand Finalist in this year’s Toyota Star Maker competition, the second time he’s been a grand finalist. He recently appeared on the single ‘My Favourite Summer’ with Loren Ryan and has a new single of his own, ‘Skin to Skin’.At this year's Tamworth Country Music Festival, Lamont shared a stage with Ryan at the latter's headline show at Moonshiner's and demonstrated just why his star is on

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23:05

Jake Whittaker on latest single 'Shoey'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/20

Jake Whittaker hails from south-east Queensland. Earlier this year he appeared in the Tamworth Country Music Festival as a Grand Finalist in the Star Maker competition,and no doubt getting up to other things. He has released several singles to date. Thefourth and latest is 'Shoey'.'Shoey' was written with Gavin Carfoot and produced by Whittaker's regular produced, Jared Adlam.'I’m partial to a goodshoey,' Whittaker admits. 'Audiences can be guaranteed of at least one at every gig, and I’ve never

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40:41

The rough and tumble and might and majesty of Jen Mize

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/19

Jen Mize moved to Australia from the United States a few years ago and that has been to Australia’s benefit, as this extraordinary performer has released two solo albums and one in collaboration with Mark Sholtez, called Twilight on the Trail.Last year she released an eponymous album with her relatively new band, the eight-piece Jen Mize and the Rough n’ Tumble. Their latest single is ‘Hail Mary’.Mize is a complete artist, steeped in musicality from a young age, able to bring her acuity and

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23:22

Kora Naughton returns with 'Head in the Sand'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/18

New South Wales singer-songwriter KoraNaughtonreleased her first album,Nineteen, at 19 years of age and since then she has been a Toyota Star Maker Grand Finalist and released three more singles, the latest of which is the very catchy 'Head in theSand'. Indeed, Naughton has quite a knack for writing catchy songs, which we talked about recently.Naughton released 'Head in the Sand' after a period away from releasing music, after recognising that she was burning out due to various demands, as well as

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18:58

Keely Ellen on her debut single, 'Red Head'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/17

Keely Ellen is a singer and songwriter from Bundaberg in Queensland who has just released her debut single, ‘Red Head’, written with Nashville-based Australian artist Katrina Burgoyne. She attended the Junior Academy of Country Music and has performed at various festivals including Tamworth and Lighthouse Country Music festivals, and she is still only 17 years of age.When we spoke recently I found out how Keely came to write 'Red Head' and all about her musical life since childhood.For more about

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22:32

Jake Davey and his 'Second Chance'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/12

Jake Davey is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from the mid north coast of New South Wales who has released several country pop singles since 2019 and played many festivals. He was a Grand Finalist in Toyota Star Maker in 2022.Davey has several other jobs as well, including producer and videographer. But everything he did come to a halt several months ago when he suffered a spinal cord injury. He thought he may not walk again, yet he was onstage, performing, during the recent Tamworth

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35:48

Clancy Pye on new single 'Drink About' and album plans

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/03/02

Clancy Pye is a singer and songwriter from the central west of New South Wales who has twice been a Toyota Star Maker Grand Finalist. She released an EP in 2020 and the single ‘Feels Like Home’ last year. Her latest single is ‘Drink About’.'When I was writing this song, it was the idea of catching up with someone youhaven't seen in a while and having a lot to talk aboutandinevitably,a lot ofthings to drink about,' says Pye of the inspiration behind the song.When we spoke recently it became clear

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22:19

Finnian Johnson is Doing Well

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/02/28

Finnian Johnson was a Grand Finalist in the 2023 Toyota Star Maker competition and in the 2023 NAB Talent Search at the Gympie Music Muster. He reached the top 12 in season 11 of TV show The Voice, and he’s also been touring the country. Last year he released the singles ‘July’ and ‘Dishonest’. His latest single is ‘I’m Doing Well’.'“I’m Doing Well" is the most special song I’ve ever written, coming straight from my heart for anyone to connect with,' says Johnson of the song he wrote with Golden

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