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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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33:25

Interview with Ashleigh Dallas - March 2023

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/03/13

Last year Tamworth-based artist Ashleigh Dallas won two Golden Guitars, including one for Female Artist of the Year, and this year she took home the GG for Traditional Country Album of the Year for her fifth album, In the Moment. When I interviewed Dallas last year she mentioned she was working on new music, and she meant it: her new single 'Take a Minute' is not taken from In the Moment because it is the first single of her next project.I've interviewed Dallas several times over the past year and

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27:13

Interview with Josie Laver

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/03/10

Country music, as its name suggests, tends to have something to do with the country. In its modern form the singers and songwriters of country music may not live on the land but instead inhabit the genre by making storytelling the focus of their work, as stories have long been at the core of country music. Josie Laver is an artist from both strands. In her debut album, Ride This Lullaby, she tells stories that cover a range of experiences and emotions, and some of those are drawn from her

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21:24

Interview with Bud Rokesky

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/03/07

Every music lover has those moments when they hear an album for the first time and know it's going to be with them for a long time - and even when they're not playing it they're thinking about it. Outsider, the debut album from Queensland singer-songwriter Bud Rokesky, is likely to be that kind of album for many a music lover. Rokesky has a compelling singing voice, and that's part of it, but he is also expert at creating stories within songs that hook the listener in and won't let them go. It was,

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30:37

Interview with Ingrid Mae

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/03/05

In 2019 Sydney artist Ingrid Mae released the album Holy Smoke and she had plans to release a second album a little sooner than 2023 but, as we know, things happened in those intervening years. But great music is welcome at any time and Mae has greeted an album that is passionate and sassy, as well as serious in parts. It may be called Closing Time but no doubt it will open up Mae's music to new fans. In talking to Mae about the album it also became clear that she is an intensely creative person who

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20:42

Interview with Will Day, March 2023

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/03/03

Before the pandemic Queensland artist Will Day was regularly on the road, playing gigs in various states; since the world has started reopening he's found himself on festival stages, off the back of several successful singles, including the latest, 'Always a Girl'. It's always a pleasure to interview Will and this time we spoke about the new single and what he has coming up this year.More about Will Day: https://willday.com.au/Listen to Will Day on Apple Music: https://apple.co/3ZNoNd8Listen to Will

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24:12

Interview with Duncan Toombs

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/27

In between being one of the most in-demand musicians and music video makers in the country, Duncan Toombs found time to make his first album, Steel on Steel. It's a record of Toombs's life, the things that matter to him and those he holds close to his heart, as well as an opportunity for Toombs to demonstrate just why he's so popular with other artists, with his golden vocals and excellent musicianship. And country music fans agree: on release the album went to number 1 on the ARIA Australian

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25:54

Interview with Rory Phillips

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/26

Rory Phillips is from the Tumut region in New South Wales and first released music when he was barely double digits in age. The EP Cars and Guitars came out in 2017 and although Phillips and I disagreed about this, it makes for great listening. In 2020 he released the powerful single 'The Truth', which was a plea to adults to take the future seriously. His latest single, 'Because Boys', looks at what it's like to be a teenage boy now. It's clear that Phillips doesn't resile from writing songs about

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18:25

Interview with Courtney Keil, February 2023

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/25

Central Coast, NSW-based singer-songwriter Courtney Keil released her first single, 'I Just Wanna Hold You', in 2020 and despite the challenges of that time she garnered accolades and won fans for her uplifting country-pop sound. Several singles followed, each different to the last, and they demonstrated Keil's musical range. Now those singles, and new songs, are contained in Keil's debut album, The Good Kind. It's an album that entertains and also has meaning, by turns moving and upbeat, and we

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24:53

Interview with Jazmyn

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/21

Queensland artist Jazmyn is the living definition of 'multi-talented': under the banner Jazmyn Produces she makes music videos for other artists, she's a photographer, she works in branding and all sorts of other things. It seems logical, therefore, that she would expand into releasing music herself - and it's also surprising that it hasn't happened before, given how creative she is. Her debut single is 'Garden' and it is a joyous anthem of life and creation that affirms the path Jazmyn has taken

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23:19

Interview with SToReR

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/20

Sara Storer is the winner of 21 Golden Guitar awards; her latest album is 2019's Raindance. Her brother Greg has joined her onstage for years, and released his own album, Backwater, in 2010. As solo artists the siblings have quite different sounds, but what they have in common is excellence in songwriting and a commitment to bringing those songs to people. They now have a joint project, and an album: the eponymous SToReR. The last track on the album is 'This Music's For You' and all the way through

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26:13

Interview with Melody Moko

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/19

Melody Moko released her first album, The Wreckage, in 2017 and followed with Two Kids and a Radio in 2021, winning a Golden Guitar for Best New Talent to go with the fans she had already made supporting artists like Fanny Lumsden then headlining her own shows. Through those two albums Moko established herself as a songwriter with gravitas and a captivating singer. Her third album, Suburban Dream, has just been released and it continues Moko's commitment to being an unflinching examiner of her own

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26:27

Interview with Lyn Bowtell

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/14

Lyn Bowtell is one of the most beloved artists in Australian music, let alone Australian country music, and that is with very good reason: she is an exceptional artist, collaborator, mentor and leader within the industry. Those who have been captivated by her voice will forever be fans, and those who have been taught by her or had access to her knowledge and experience can only benefit from them. Bowtell won her tenth Golden Guitar award this year when her latest album, Wiser, was named Best

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21:57

Interview with Amber McIntosh

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/13

Cairns, Queensland artist Amber McIntosh has released several powerful country pop singles over the past couple of years, starting with 'Painted Me Grey'. The latest is 'Wasted'. The song was inspired by Patsy Cline's iconic 'Crazy' and its title takes on two meanings in the lyrics. McIntosh's voice is full of regret and positivity all at once, and it's an intriguing mix, so it was great to have the opportunity to talk to her about the song and her musical background.Amber McIntosh on Instagram:

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23:07

Interview with Jamie Lindsay, February 2023

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/12

Although Central Coast, NSW singer-songwriter Jamie Lindsay grew up listening to country music, there was a time in his life when he veered away from it, thinking it was no longer the right music for him. Over the past few years, though, he has embraced his musical origins and now honours them with his new single, 'The is Who I Am'. Lindsay is always interesting to talk to about the many facets of being an independent artist and producer, and this interview was no exception.More about Jamie Lindsay:

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21:53

Interview with Alan Fletcher, February 2023

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/11

In June last year Alan Fletcher released the EP Dispatches not long after he'd enjoyed playing his first shows at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, supported by his producers Lachlan Bryan and Damian Cafarella. It was the association with Bryan and Cafarella which led, somewhat organically, to the creation of Fletcher's new album, The Point, and those two men, with other members of The Wildes, will support Fletcher on his upcoming UK tour. When Fletcher released Dispatches he thought his days

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27:48

Interview with Cassidy-Rae, February 2023

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/07

Sydney-based singer-songwriter Cassidy-Rae has started the year with her next chapter: that is, the single 'The Next Chapter'. As with her previous singles, 'The Next Chapter' strikes the balance of being entertaining and thoughtful. Cassidy-Rae has just returned from a busy Tamworth Country Music Festival and we spoke about that, as well as her plans for the chapters beyond this one. And even though I've interviewed Cassidy-Rae several times now, it's always fun finding out what she's up to!More

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21:34

Interview with Charlie Fittler

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/02/06

One of the many great things about the Tamworth Country Music Festival is that it affords festival goers the chance to discover new artists of all ages, either busking or playing their own gigs or at someone else's. That's how I first saw the now 19-year-old Charlie Fittler when he was quite a few years younger than that, and I was impressed by his talent and also how much he clearly enjoyed playing music. Having released one single a few years ago, Fittler is now on the cusp of releasing his debut

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29:15

Interview with Max Jackson

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2023/01/29

Around three years ago Max Jackson released her debut album, Life of the Party, which was an outstanding collection of country-pop songs, and she has now released a new EP, Out Here. What happened in the interim was that Jackson won the 2022 Toyota Star Maker competition, announced during the delayed Tamworth Country Music Festival in April last year. Since then Jackson has, as the title of her lead single from the EP suggests, runnin', making the most of the opportunities that have come her way

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22:02

Interview with Kerryn Fields

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2022/12/17

Melbourne-based, Aotearoa New Zealand-raised Kerryn Fields recently released the single and video 'Until You' - it's a love song that is also an example of the joy to be found on the album it comes from, Water. As the album's title suggests, Fields is interested in the elements - earth, water, fire, air, ether - and while her songs are not necessarily focused on them she certainly incorporates them in such a way that the album is infused with the natural world and her delight in it, even as it

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18:04

Interview with Loren Ryan

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2022/12/13

At the Toyota Star Marker Grand Final at this year's Tamworth Country Music Festival in April, Loren Ryan took the stage as one of the ten finalists. She's local to the Tamworth area so the very loud cheers could have been for that when she took the stage - but after she finished the reception was undoubtedly for her performance, which was impressive and impassioned. Ryan did not win that night but she has achieved something few artists do in being selected again as a Grand Finalist, so she'll

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