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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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40:49

Sara Storer is Worth Your Love, and worth her weight...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/07/15

WhenSara Storerreleased her single‘Under DarwinStars’ last year it was lyrically within the pantheon of her work – wonderful details that created a world and a story told from the heart – and musically moved things along, as did its successor,‘Layers’.I spoke with Storer for both releases and in the ‘Layers’ interview she mentioned that some people thought she didn’t ‘want it’ enough – didn’t want a music career as much as others did – because she had taken time to raise her four boys and, well,

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28:46

Troy Kemp to set the Night on Fire with McAlister...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/07/14

While they’re not currently releasing new music, McAlister Kemp remain one of the most popular acts in Australian country music, renowned for their blend of high-energy country rock with great vocals from bothTroy Kempand Drew McAlister, and songs that touch on a range of subjects that people can relate to, meaning they take those songs into their own lives.So fans are abuzz with the news that the pair are to play a show on 22 January at the 2026 Tamworth Country Music Festival at one of the

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44:18

New releases 13 July 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/07/13

Every now and again - when I have time - I like to put together an episode with new tracks I'd like to bring to your attention, and embed those songs in this podcast episode. So I hope you enjoy listening to the following tracks:Roo Arcus – ‘Lonesome for the Lone Star State’Loren Ryan – ‘BOUNTY’Jay Santilli – ‘Rewind’The Kunins – ‘One Way Flight’Nathan May – ‘Darwin Son’Brooke Schubert – ‘What Next’The Pleasures – ‘Was it Something I Said?’Lyn Bowtell ft Kate Ballantyne and Karen O'Shea – ‘I Don’t

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48:11

INTERVIEW: Switching on with Sweet Talk and their...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/07/09

Sweet Talkare a six-piece band from Melbourne who combine passion for their craft with a phenomenal work ethic, mixed with camaraderie and curiosity, to create songs that aren’t definably one genre but which could be described, fundamentally, as highly entertaining. Their debut album,Switch On, is a vibe – a cool, entrancing vibe that draws listeners in and keeps them there.Lead guitarist Soren Walker and fellow guitarist David Turner are the co-founders, co-songwriters and heart of the band, and

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32:16

Amber Lawrence on ‘Comeback Queens’ and Deni dreams

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/07/08

Amber Lawrenceis one of the busiest Australian country music artists working today and the reason why could be summed up simply: she’s excellent at what she does. That would really simplify things, though, because the ‘excellent’ and ‘what she does’ parts have history and work and application and talent behind them.Since the start of her career, over twenty years ago, Lawrence has been a notable songwriter, combining story detail and emotion to create songs that resonate with all sorts of people

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32:55

Jenny Mitchell on the magic of her fourth album,...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/06/25

Where do you start with an artist likeJenny Mitchell? That is, how does one start writing about her? If I were to listen to all the tips and tricks for SEO and engagement and whatnot, I’d run this piece through AI and ask it to incorporate keywords. For a little while I tried to make this Sunburnt Country Music content SEO-friendly because that’s what a person is supposed to do these days, but it took longer than writing it the old-fashioned way and it wasn’t fun to do and it had no heart and what

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29:40

Katie Brooke on digging in and creating her second...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/06/22

When I spoke to northern New South Wales artistKatie Brookeabout her single ‘Can’t Fake That’ she described it as being inspired by some people who fall into the ‘big hat, no cattle’ category. Country born and raised, and now living back on the land after a few years spent in Tamworth, Brooke was in a position to assess both the size of hat and the amount of cattle, and she did it with a wry smile.Those bona fides, however, are still in effect and in evidence on her second album,Relentless, which

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29:01

Dynamic country-pop artist Jacynta’lee on new single...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/06/17

Jacynta’leeis a country-pop artist from Far North Queensland who released her debut single in 2021 and has released several songs since. In our recent interview, to chat about her latest single, ‘That’s Alright’, Jacynta’lee talked about working with in-demand Melbourne producing pair MSquared – Michael Delorenzis and Michael Paynter – on the track.The song was inspired, says Jacynta’lee,by a personal experience where someone commented on her tomboyish behaviour, leading her to write a song about

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37:49

Tanya Ransom on her Winter Song and upcoming album

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/06/15

Tanya Ransomis an alt-country artist from the west coast of Australia, with over 15 years of experience on the Australian touring circuit, two independent albums and an EP. She has a third album,The Significance of Time, due for release sometime soon – date tbc – and from it has the new single ‘Winter Song’.This interview was recorded in February, as Ransom was planning to release the album earlier in the year, but as is the way of things with releases – and life in general! – plans changed. So you

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40:56

INTERVIEW: Amber Kenny on her Beautiful Scars and...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/06/09

Amber Kenny is from the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, where she lives on a farm with her family, horses and cherished Maton guitar.I first saw Kenny perform in Tamworth during the 2024 Country Music Festival, appearing at the album launch for her 3 Birds & the Truth bandmateJo Caseley(the third Bird is Beth Lucas), and knew she had plans to release music, but nothing appeared for the rest of that year. The reason why is something Kenny raises early in our interview to talk about her new

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38:45

James Keith on his new music, new outlook and big plans

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/06/01

‘You’ve just got to love what you do and really believe in what you’re doing for yourself, and if you do that, that’s where your fulfilment comes from.’Sydney-based, Orange-raised country-rock artistJames Keithsays that at a certain point in our latest interview, and it was clear that it wasn’t just words to him, especially as we talked in detail about the changes he’s made in his life over recent months. Keith is by no means a practitioner of toxic positivity – he’s come to this view of life by

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25:16

Country-pop artist Bianca Joulianou on heartfelt new...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/05/26

Bianca Joulianouis an artist from Sydney who released her first single, ‘Fool’, in 2022. Since then she has been performing live, sharing stages with artists such as Dylan Wright and Shannon Noll. She has a new single, ‘Gambling Man’, which contains a story close to her life and heart.Joulianou began performing about five years ago, at a small pub in western Sydney, after teaching herself guitar to accompany her singing. Despite not coming from a musical family, their father's love for country music

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34:33

New frontiers for country duo Sons of Atticus

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/05/21

So here’s the truth about being an amateur music journo with a demanding full-time job: sometimes I just don’t have time to publish things when I should. With all the best will in the world, I don’t have time to make the assets, create the video file, create the audio file, write the accompanying text and do the clips, then publish across several platforms so that I can publish the interview close to recording date.This is why my interview withSons of Atticusis coming to you after they’ve released

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57:50

Chloe Styler: Crafting authentic music and visuals in...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/05/15

When Gold Coast country-pop artist Chloe Styler released her debut single, ‘When Your Light Burns’, in 2018, I was so taken with it that Iwrote a piece about it. That year Styler was agrand finalist in the 39th Annual Toyota Star Maker competition. She had already attended the Junior and Senior Academy of Country Music, so the trajectory to Star Maker was not surprising – the Academy is a professional development organisation with few peers in Australian music. So the quality of that first single

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44:44

Delilah Rose on songs, spirituality and ‘Sophia’

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/05/08

I’m fairly sure that Brisbane-based country-rock-blues artistDelilah Roseis incapable of being uninteresting. We have spoken before – around the time of the release of her album Moxie – and she was clearly passionate about not only making art but connecting with others who are doing the same. And, indeed, about creating a community for that – which is what led her to start The Song Café in Brisbane, which is still going strong at The Cave Inn in Woolloongabba each month and features four songwriters

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32:13

Family trees & country keys: Savanah Solomon's...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/05/05

Savanah Solomon’s first musical foray was as the frontwoman for country-rock band Savanah and the Strays; the band released an album which saw them become finalists in the West Australian Country Music Awards. After four years Solomon went solo, releasing the EPWhere the River Meets the Seain 2023.Solomon then took a break from music and she has now returned in style, with the single ‘Magnolias’, which was inspired partly by the movieSteel Magnolias(which stars Dolly Parton, amongst others) and by

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40:40

New releases - 4 May 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/05/04

Tracks mentioned in this episode:Kirsty Lee Akers – ‘Marlboro Man’Two-time Golden Guitar winner Kirsty Lee Akers returns with ‘Marlboro Man’, co-written in Nashville with Hall of Fame songwriter Byron Hill. The track explores the bittersweet nature of falling for someone who ultimately doesn't stay. Kirsty produced the song alongside Paul Bain, with background vocals by Melody Pool. Her previous release was ‘Girls Are Why the West is Wild’.Ruby Shay – ‘Our Blue Home’Central Coast NSW artist Ruby

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42:01

Scarlet’s Way show their hand with ‘House of Cards’

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/04/30

Perth duoScarlet’s Way– whose members are Katey Gabel (vocals) and Shayne Savic (guitar) – are one of the busiest acts in music, not just in their home town but, as I found out during our recent interview, on the high seas too! Not to mention at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, where they spent several days this year performing as well as cementing connections made at previous festivals.Their travel came in handy for their latest EP,Scarlet’s Way 3, as they wrote the songs while driving across

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34:58

Turning pain into melody: Chloe Swannell's unexpected...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/04/28

When I saw on the Instagram page of Central West NSW artistChloe Swannellthat she was playing a bass – something that I hadn’t noticed her playing before – I decided to ask her about it when we had an interview for her latest single, ‘Loves’ a Lil’ Bit’. There was no way to know the story that would unfold about what led to her learning that instrument in what has to be record time, nor the other stories that would come from asking her about it.In short: Swannell has had – and continues to have – a

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47:02

Soul-stirring stories: Ruby Shay's powerhouse voice...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/04/24

Ruby Shayis an artist from the Central Coast of New South Wales who was impressive out of the gate when she released her debut single, ‘Sinner’, in late 2023. Since then she’s kept impressing, and her new albumHitch a Rideis a moving collection of songs about life and how we forge our way through it.I first interviewed Shay at the time of the release of ‘Sinner’ and she was so interesting to talk to. Her singing voice is a great embodiment of her personality: rich, layered, direct, uncompromising in

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