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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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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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33:02

Baeden Faint on his 'Hometown Fantasy'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/02/26

Baeden Faint was born in South Australia and currently calls the NSW town of Cobar home. He has just released his debut single, ‘Hometown Fantasy’.'This song is essentially me reminiscing on past relationships where it seemed everything was laid out. Ready for the white picket fence and kids,' says Faint. 'But also, that it was like having blinders on, as to whether it was a good thing or not. I wrote this song like a lot of other songs - with a bottle port, smoking alone late at night, with too

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44:36

Ashleigh Dallas tells her 'Secondhand Stories' first...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/02/25

Ashleigh Dallas is a five-time Golden Guitar winner who has released five studio albums, winning the Golden Guitar for Traditional Country Album of the Year for her latest album,In the Moment. She is also an ambassador for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.Dallas's latest single is 'Secondhand Stories', which was written during a DAG Songwriting Retreat withNatasha SoonchildandMargaret Anne King. 'This came from a morning we spent talking about what it’s like when you get out and see things,'says

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21:18

Kayla Mahon on new single 'Little Man' and album plans

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/02/21

Kayla Mahon is an artist from Gore on the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand who was the winner of the coveted 2000 and 2008 New Zealand Overall Gold Guitar Award. She was also one half of country music duo The Heartleys, releasing two albums. Last year she released the single ‘Love’s Got a Witness’ and now she has a new song, ‘Little Man’, both of them taken from her forthcoming album.'I hope this song encourages listeners to embrace motherhood, with all the challenges and moments you wouldn’t

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22:16

Mackenzie Lee on new single 'Let My Love Drown'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/02/18

Mackenzie Lee is an artist from the Hunter Valley of New South Wales who last year attended the Junior Academy of Country Music. She has released two EPs, one self-titled and the other entitled Sometimes I Wonder, and now has a new single, 'Let My Love Drown'.Lee was also the winner of the inaugural Macca's Golden Gig Talent Quest at the 2022 Tamworth Country Music Festival and the 2023 ICMA Patti McKinnon Encouragement Award and Today's Country 94one 'Brand New Star' award.At only 17 years of age

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23:06

Courtney Keil is All About You

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/02/13

Courtney Keil is an artist from the Central Coast of New South Wales who released her debut album, The Good Kind, last year and who has just had an action-packed Tamworth Country Music Festival. She has a brand new single, ‘All About You’, which is It is another toe-tapper to add to the collection of Courtney Keil ear worms along with ‘Hummingbird’ and ‘I Just Wanna Hold You’.'We set out to write an anthemic, feel-good song,' says Keil of 'All About You'.'As songwriters it’s often naturally easier

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31:18

Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham and their golden...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/02/11

Felicity Urquhart has recorded several albums and EPs as a solo artist and as a member of Bennett Bowtell and Urquhart, winning 13 Golden Guitars along the way. She was also the host ofSaturday Night Countryfor several years.Josh Cunningham is a founding member of The Waifs, who have released 10 albums over three decades and won multiple ARIA awards.Together Felicity and Josh released the albumThe Song Clubin 2021 and last year they releasedBirdsong, which has just won three Golden Guitar awards,

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41:32

Matt Joe Gow on new album The Woodshed Sessions

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/02/03

Matt Joe Gow is a New Zealand-born Melbourne resident who has released four albums, the most recent of which was last year’sBetween Tonight & Tomorrow, which won the Music Victoria award for Best Country Album, as did its predecessor,Break Rattle and Roll. Recently Joe Gow released a reprise version of the title song, and he’s also been collaborating with Kerryn Fields on a forthcoming album. However, in this new interview we talked about his new acoustic album,The Woodshed Sessions, recorded

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23:05

Al Carr and his Right Dereliction

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/21

Hailing from Melbourne, Al Carr is an alt-country singer and songwriter with rock leanings who played in bands in Sydney in the 1990s before he relocated south in 2006 and started his solo career thereafter. He released a self-titled EP in 2013 then albums in 2017 and 2021. His latest album isThe Right Dereliction.Says Carr of the album, 'Each song on this release is tinged with a sense of hopefulness whilst recounting stories, characters and personalities who are struggling through a moment in

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37:55

The Buckleys go Too Fast towards Tamworth

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/20

The Buckleys are a band of siblings Sarah, Molly and Lachlan from northern New South Wales who released their debut album Daydream in 2020 and the EP Take it as it Comes in 2022. Last year they released the single ‘Wondering’ and this year ‘Too Fast’.Says Sarah of the song, 'we really wanted to put a fresh, new, country twist on those 1960s romantic bops. I’m so obsessed with that era in music, especially with melody. It’s influenced me in a lot of ways. "TooFast"is about slowing down and enjoying

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32:22

Delilah Rose brings her Moxie to The Song Cafe

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/17

Delilah Rose is an artist originally from Western Australia, now resident in Queensland, who released the album Moxie in 2022; the latest - and last - single from the album is 'Jack's House'. As Delilah Rose and the Gunslingers she released the EP Good Grief! in 2018. She is also the host of The Song Café and of Australian Songwriting Retreats.The next instalment of The Song Café takes place at The Cave Inn in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba on 25 January 2024 at 7 p.m. and is a First Nations

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23:28

Darlinghurst are Unapologetic in their powerful new...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/17

Darlinghurst is a Golden Guitar Award-winning act from Melbourne. Originally a four piece, it was announced in December 2023 that they were moving forward into 2024 as a duo comprising original members Cassie Leopold and Pagan Newman, and they have a great new single, ‘Unapologetic’.'"Unapologetic"’s message is this – by all means, listen to other people’s opinions, but don’t disregard your own. Don’t be afraid to disappoint if you don’t meet others’ expectations,' Leopold has said of the track

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31:30

The Sunshine State of Good Will Remedy

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/15

Good Will Remedy are a four-piece alt-country band from Brisbane with members Will Lebihan, Mitch Reid, Dave Newman and Rob Penman. They have released six albums and played over 1000 shows since 2018. The latest is Sunshine State.The title of the new album is'more a state of mind than location,' says songwriter, singer and bassist Will Lebihan.'The title track is an anthem to all things good and positive - oh and Queensland of course!'Lebihan wrote most of these songs during and following the COVID

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32:23

The musical world of Michael Carpenter

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/13

Michael Carpenter is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who has several musical projects on the go at any one time. Michael Carpenter and the Banks Brothers have released 3 albums and an EP and have two nominations in the 2024 Golden Guitar awards. Michael Carpenter and the CRC (Country Rock Collective) have released three singles. And that is, really, just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to Carpenter's work.This interview was a great opportunity to find out how

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33:35

The Lyrical Life of Graeme Connors

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/10

Graeme Connors has been a musical artist for over 40 years and released 20 albums, as well as winning a few awards along the way. He has not only written songs for his own recordings but for other artists as well, including the late Slim Dusty. Those songs are now collected in a new book, My Lyrical Life.Connors has had - and continues to have - such an interesting musical life that there was much to ask him about, and his perspective on songwriting and his role as a songwriter was fascinating. We

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35:07

Henry Wagons: singer, songwriter, dynamo

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/08

*mild language warning*Henry Wagons is known to many as the host of Tower of Song on Double J and to many others as the head honcho of the band Wagonsas well as a solo artist. His latest album isSouth of Everywhereand it was recently nominated for an ARIA award.Wagons is also one of the most dynamic live performersanywhere, of any time - never not completely entertaining, regardless of song or venue, small audience or large. When I interviewed him not long before Christmas it was a great opportunity

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25:57

Kingswood and the world of G.C. Townes

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/07

Melbourne four-piece band Kingswood - whose members are Alexander Laska, Fergus Linacre, Josh Koop and Jack Davies - released the country-rock album Home early in 2023 then followed it with bluegrass album The Tale of G.C. Townes. In and around these releases they played over 100 shows across Australia, and they are heading to the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2024 (details below along with other dates).Just before Christmas I spoke to founding member Fergus Linacre about the

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37:28

Bonnie Kellett and her 'Bare Feet' in summer

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2024/01/03

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and fiddle player Bonnie Kellett is one of the busiest live performers in Australia, between solo performances and touring with Amber Lawrence. But in 2023 she also found time to release her debut album, Hidden Spirit, and a completely new single, ‘Bare Feet’.Having seen Kellett play several times in 2023, with Amber Lawrence and under her own steam, and when we spoke late last year I was keen to find out more about her and discovered just how rich her background in

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31:25

Ruby Shay on her fascinating, winding path to 'Sinner'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/12/27

When 'Sinner', the debut single from Central Coast (NSW) artist Ruby Shay - featuring her band The Red Horse - was released in October 2023 it was immediately clear that Shay is an artist with power and presence. Her voice is rich and captivating, layered with so much emotion and compassion that it was obvious in that song she had much to say and one song was never going to contain it all.Having now heard her second single, 'When They Call Me', due for release in early 2024, it's clear that

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