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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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25:21

Route 33 on their summer anthem, 'Summer You'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/12/19

Jock Barnes and Trent McArdle both grew up in South-east Queensland and met through sport. One afternoon a decade ago they jammed together, and as Route 33 they have played together ever since. They’ve released two albums: The Switch in 2017 and Coro Drive in 2019.They now have a new single, ‘Summer You’, a pop-country anthem that was produced by Matthew Copley. It marks a new songwriting era for the pair, who wrote the song together, and they have plenty of plans for the future, as I discovered

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20:17

Shyanne Irwin is where she wants to be

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/12/16

Shyanne Irwin is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who grew up in the Hunter region of New South Wales and currently lives in Newcastle. She released the album Out of This Town last year and has a brand new single, ‘Where I Want to Be’.'Last year was my first year of living away from home and studying at uni, so this song has all the feelings of loneliness and sadness of moving away,' says Irwin. 'It’s all about leaving behind familiar faces and the memories of a small town to pursue my

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40:19

Jo Caseley and the heart in her Heartstrings

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/12/14

Jo Caseley is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from the Southern Highlands of New South Wales who recently released her moving third album, High on Heartstrings. It’s been a big year because she also attended the Academy of Country Music in Tamworth at the start of the year.In this interview Caseley talks honestly about the challenges of finding time for a creative life amidst marriage, motherhood, running a household and running a business. She also talks about the songs she hasn't

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24:29

Zac Cross on new single 'Too Far Gone'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/12/10

Zac Cross Band are a four-piece from Rockhampton in Queensland with members Zac Cross (lead vocals, guitar), Lachlan Plant (lead guitar, backing vocals), Joe O'Shaughnessy (bass) and Bailey Connor (percussion). They released the EP Times Like These last year and have an album in the works.Their new single is ‘Too Far Gone’, which was initiated by Connor. 'Bailey was constantly sending me lyrics,’ recalls Cross. 'They all had a similar sentiment in that feeling of missing someone. The feeling just

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31:00

Les Thomas on new album All My Friends are Superstars

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/12/10

Les Thomas is a Naarm/Melbourne born and based singer and songwriter whose his first album, Survivor’s Tale, was released in 2013. His latest album, All My Friends are Superstars, was released this year. His songs are thoughtful, compassionate and vivid evocations of daily life, and they are just as impactful performed live as on the record.Thomas also runs the website Unpaved, which documents the music scene in his home town, and has a background in journalism. When we spoke recently he had lots of

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19:20

Katie Brooke uplifts with 'Too Far Down'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/12/04

Katie Brooke grew up on the land and - after time away, including some years in Tamworth - has returned to live on the land in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales. She released a self-titled EP in 2020 and her debut album, Sticks, Stones and Stories, last year. She now has a really lovely new single, ‘Too Far Down’, which is actually a song about standing up for oneself.'“Too Far Down" is a vulnerable song,'Brooke says.'It speaks of comparison and the temptation to stray from your path,

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26:24

Denvah on doing a lot with 'Do Without'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/11/26

Denvah is a singer and songwriter from central Queensland who has had a big 2023 and the year isn’t over yet. She was the winner of the 2023 Gympie Music Muster Talent Search, a 2023 Toyota Star Maker Grand Finalist and has just been named the winner of the Groundwater Kix Start competition. She released an EP in 2020 and there have been other singles since. Her latest is ‘Do Without’.The song is, says Denvah, 'the result of me stopping and comprehending all that had happened, almost as if the song

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33:47

James Johnston on being Raised Like That

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/11/19

James Johnston’s debut albumRAISED LIKE THATmade history as Australia’s largest debut country album. It has reached #1 on the ARIA Top 20AustralianAlbums (All Genres) and the #1 on the ARIA Top 20AustralianCountry Albums.Johnston has spent over 115 consecutive weeks in the Top 20 of the Country Hot 50 National airplay chart, amassed over 55 million global streams, delivered six #1 airplay hits, received two Golden Guitar awards (from six nominations) and played many festivals.I first interviewed

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23:16

Corey Legge on 'Friday Nights', European tour and new...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/11/15

Originally from Bega in New South Wales, Corey Legge now lives in Wollongong. He’s a prolific songwriter, releasing three albums in quick succession and now anticipating a fourth, produced by Nash Chambers. Legge's latest single is ‘Friday Nights’.It would be easy to say Legge is a prolific songwriter, given his output, but it's probably more correct to say that he's a committed one, because that word more accurately reflects his consistency and work ethic, balancing other work with his music, never

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38:21

Shara Rose on four-chord songs, stagecraft and so...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/11/12

Shara Rose is a singer, songwriter and professional dancer, so music is in all aspects of her life. Originally from Perth, she now lives in New South Wales. This year she’s been on tour with Jason Owen and Tania Kernaghan, and she’s been releasing singles, ‘Coming Home’ and the latest, ‘Four Chord Song’.Shara and I had a long conversation because she has many interesting and insightful things to say, apart stagecraft and performance, songwriting and music in general. We also spoke at length about

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20:52

John Spence on new single 'Burning Sky'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/11/06

John Spence was a member of the 1990s band The Fargone Beauties, which turned rock songs into bluegrass songs and whose members included James Gillard of The Flood. Since then John has worked behind the scenes in the music industry but he's now back behind the microphone with the songs 'Burning Sky' and '(Everybody Wants to be a) Winner'.'Burning Sky' is the story of young friends who undertake an adventure to the far west in search of mining work.'The idea was to dedicate a year or so of hard

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23:31

Kayla Mahon is a witness to love

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/11/04

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. This year she has been working on a new solo album and from it comes the new single ‘Love’s Got a Witness’.'This song was inspired by one of my best friends who was out dating,' says Mahon. 'My friend had met someone pretty special and she wasn’t sure what

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33:03

Nathan Lamont on 'Drink You Up'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/10/30

Nathan Lamont grew up around Wagga Wagga in New South Wales and has been a performerfor several years, appearing ontelevision show The Voicetwice, as well as twice being a Toyota Star Maker Grand Finalist, and for good reason: Lamont is a wonderful singer. He has now released a country-pop single, 'Drink You Up’.The Wiradjuri man forged his musical path from a young age, despite some obstacles, including going in and out of foster care. It was his stepmother Millie who brought him into country

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27:05

Jimbo Stokes and his 'Same Damn Walls'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/10/28

Jimbo Stokes grew up on the land near Tamworth in New South Wales and spent the first part of his working life in the corporate world in Sydney before moving back to the New England region, where he now works in the arts. He released his exceptional debut single, 'Atlas', last year then followed it with 'Headed Country'.His latest single is 'Same Damn Walls', which - like his first two singles - has elements of his personal story in it and was produced by Rod McCormack. All three singles have shown

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18:46

Kiara Rodrigues on new single 'Ain't Your Rehab'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/10/22

Kiara Rodrigues grew up in Far North Queensland and she now lives in New South Wales. Over the past few months she’s released the singles ‘High School Reunion’ and ‘Message in a Bottle’. Her latest single is the powerful ‘Ain’t Your Rehab’.Says Rodrigues: 'I wrote this song thinking about how sometimes we go into relationships thinking we can fix someone and put them back together again. That can often come at the price of our own wellbeing, and its inevitably unachievable.'We talked about the new

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48:55

Mikhail Laxton on his impressive debut album

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/10/21

Mikhail Laxton is a singer-songwriter from theKuKu Yalanji tribe in Mossman, Far North Queensland,who now calls the province of Ontario in Canada home. Laxton's music has influences ofAmericana, country, folk rock and bluesand all of those are present on his excellent self-titled debut album. There's a range of stories and moods on this album; what the songs have in common is that they're irresistible.Laxton and I had a wide-ranging conversation when we spoke recently, talking about how songwriting

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20:02

Josie on her new single, 'Freight Man'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/10/17

North Queensland artist Josie released her debut single, ‘Down Here’, earlier this year and it’s had over 140 000 streams already. Her latest single is ‘Freight Man’, which she wrote with multiple Golden Guitar winner Travis Collins. The song is a tribute to her truck-driving father, and it was recorded with producers MSquared.'"Freight Man" struck a chord with them, they knew it had to be one of the songs we recorded,' says Josie. 'The vocal recording for this song was way different to "Down Here",

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30:14

Sweet Talk and their 'Warm Love'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/10/16

Sweet Talk are a six-piece band from Melbourne who released an EP last year and now have a brand new single, ‘Warm Love’. Two of the six members are brothers Tane and Soren Walker, who talked to me about the formation of the band and about the song - and also about their musical bond. It is immediately evident how much regard they have for each other as humans and musicians, and that set the tone for the rest of the interview. At the risk of sounding outrageously twee, their affection for each other

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49:02

Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields and the art and flow of...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/10/14

Matt Joe Gow and Kerryn Fields are compatriots from Aotearoa New Zealand who both live in Melbourne. As individuals they have both released albums, Joe Gow with his fourth album, Between Tonight & Tomorrow released earlier this year, Fields with her second album, Water, in 2021. Now they are collaborators, releasing the single ‘Your Heart of Gold’ earlier this year and with a new single, ‘Love Ya Like I Can’, and an accompanying tour (dates below).For two strong individual performers with their

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43:11

Jeremy Edwards and his Ghosts

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/10/09

Jeremy Edwards is a singer and songwriter from Thirroul in New South Wales who has performed with his band, Dust Radio, as well as releasing music under his own name. Ghosts is his latest album and it is a collection of songs that are poignant, sometimes bittersweet and ultimately hopeful.Edwards made Ghosts with a cohort of friends and collaborators. '2021-22 was a prolific time for me regarding writing and collaboration,' he says. 'Being able to create through this period was such a gift and was

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