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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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21:40

New releases 23 March 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/23

**NB: I called the Vixens of Fall single ‘Sinkin’ Ships’ instead of ‘Sinkin’ Spirits’ but I’d already tried to record the episode so many times that I ran out of time to do it again!Songs covered - audio included:Brad Cox – ‘I’m a Boxer’The Buckleys - 'See Your Folks Again'Vixens of Fall - 'Sinkin' Spirits'Roger Knox - 'Prison Wall'Mentions:McCusker Gill - 'Holy Rose Hotel'Olivia Foy - 'Cruise Control'Listen to all the March new releases on the Sunburnt Country Music Spotify playlist.Follow Sunburnt

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2:09:09

Deep Dive: Nathan Lamont

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/21

A few weeks ago I interviewed Nathan Lamont, a three-time Star Maker Grand Finalist from Wagga Wagga, NSW whose popularity is growing both on streaming and as a performer, about his latest country-pop release, ‘Bigger Things’. I’ve interviewed Nathan a few times and it’s always been a great pleasure to talk to him – plus each time it seemed to be longer than the time before! Fluid conversation is never a given, but he’s always made it easy to interview him, hence why the chats get longer. However,

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27:28

Adele Oliver on Home and Heartbreak

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/18

I’ve spoken to Broome, WA artistAdele Oliverabout her singles‘Wiley Blue’and‘Angel’and each time found her thoughtful and interesting and offering a unique perspective on making music. This was no different with our latest chat, for her EPTo Home & Heartbreak, which collects previous releases and contains the new single ‘Home Tonight’.Oliver is currently away from home, touring Western Australia, and when I spoke to her she was about to play the Nannup Music Festival, and she was in the local

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33:08

KEZRA on her first country single ‘Another Life’

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/15

Melbourne artistKEZRAhas established a career in indie pop that has seen her releasing the EPFortressin 2023 and singles leading up to that, which all had airplay on triple j and community radio. She’s appeared inAtwood Magazine(USA),Backseat Mafia(UK/AUS),Pilerats,Music Feeds,The Music,The AU Review,Forte Mag,Eat This MusicandAAA Backstage, and her music videos have also seen support fromMTVUpload.KEZRA’s pop releases revealed her facility for writing great hooks as well as her fantastic voice –

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29:44

Up-and-coming artist Hayden Phillis on his new single...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/13

**LIsten to 'Lies' after the interview**My first encounter with emerging Sydney artistHayden Philliswas at the Junior Academy of Country Music in Tamworth, NSW, in July 2023. I was invited to talk to the students about interview skills and asked if I would interview a student, or students, on the spot. Hayden was the only student who volunteered! And he was great at it. It turned out that was his first interview, ever – because he told me so when I interviewed him again this year after the release

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37:22

Tori Darke and Jay Santilli get into Trouble

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/10

Tori DarkeandJay Santillihave their own, distinct careers in country music - Santilli with her moving, emotional songs that saw her become a 2024 Star Maker Grand Finalist, and Darke with her high-energy country pop that has seen her make an impression on The Voice and elsewhere. They now have a song together, ‘Trouble’, and it’s one that makes the most of their respective vocal talents and offers a party song with substance.Recently I spoke with them about how their friendship developed and how

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40:03

New releases 7 March 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/07

These are all the songs mentioned in the podcast with a link to YouTube to listen to the song/watch the video. For the full show notes, go to the Sunburnt Country Music website.Chloe Marks & The Mayhem – ‘Carolina’:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98dAX3c67IBen Mastwyk – ‘All the Songs I Wrote’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69cdGS7mo7cAbbie Ferris – ‘Don’t Cha Dare!’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX9-wzSW4i4Max Jackson – ‘Grass’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPXk7Swy_I0Dear Tommie – ‘A Man,

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36:54

Clancy Pye talks about Days Like This

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/06

**Listen to the end to hear the song 'Days Like This'**Thefirst time I interviewedCentral West NSW artistClancy Pyewe covered her extensive musical background, which began in childhood and involved playing in a family band – The Party Pyes (still one of the best band names ever!) – and gigging throughout her teenage years. It’s safe to say that Pye has been living and breathing music most of her life, and it shows in the songs she has released so far, including the hit‘Heaven Can’t Wait’.That song

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25:03

Gracie Jean on new EP Having & Longing

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/03/03

When Ifirst interviewedSydney folk/alt-country artistGracie Jean, it was in 2022 and she had released her debut album,Romance is Bad. Since then she’s had momentous changes in her life, including the death of her mother.Grief and how one survives it – and survives the what-ifs that come with it – is the bedrock of Gracie’s new EP,Having & Longing. As she is upfront about that – and I take my cues from the artists in terms of what they’re prepared to discuss – it seemed like the most appropriate

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44:17

Nathan Lamont moves on to Bigger Things

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/24

Nathan Lamontis from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales and since 2023 he has been releasing unforgettable country-pop songs, starting with ‘Drink You Up’. His latest single is ‘Bigger Things’, on which he worked with producers Msquared for the first tie. Its release comes after his first headline show at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January. That show was the culmination of years of having a dream about doing that very thing, and we talk about the significance of it to him.Lamont has been

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37:27

Aleyce Simmonds on things she's learned

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/23

**Listen to the end to hear the single 'Things I've Learned'Aleyce Simmondswas the first Australian artist I interviewed when I started what became Sunburnt Country Music in late 2011. Back then it was called Jolene The Country Music Blog because I didn’t know what else to call it and I also thought no one would read it anyway, so the name didn’t matter.The blog became a regular thing for me after I was very ill in July 2011 – and if you want to hear that story you can listen to the latest episode

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43:34

New releases 22 February 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/21

Below you'll find links to the videos for songs mentioned in this podcast. For the cumulative February New Releases playlist - which contains these songs and more - go to Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5uoiJET1DCVyTnVVE5pKKn?si=b0fa79e66f9d4724Nathan Lamont – ‘Bigger Things’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6uCIi84t7AThe Wolfe Brothers & Lee Kernaghan – ‘Country Is Coming to Town’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc1nowUJejsAmy Sheppard – ‘Mr

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43:46

Lyn Bowtell and her bittersweet 'Paper Cut'

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/19

**Listen to the end to hear the single 'Paper Cut'**There really aren’t enough superlatives to describe Lyn Bowtell as a singer, songwriter, performing artist, teacher, mentor and human. Anyone who has seen her perform live never forgets the experience of hearing her sing for the first time and every time. Nor do they forget how funny she is! Bowtell creates an experience for her audiences and everyone leaves her shows uplifted and entertained.Her recorded music also has that effect, as she moves

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52:36

Pete Denahy is Travellin' Still

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/17

Pete Denahyis an artist with many facets. Some know him mostly for his comedic songs, such as ‘Sort of Dunno Nothin’ and ‘Looking at My Phone’, which I tend to think of as succinct, lyrically elegant takes on communication and social interaction (or lack thereof) because they’re so well done that they seem like they could have been easy for him to write.Denahy also writes non-comedic songs and he’s just as good at those. And he is known as a preeminent fiddle player – he’s won three of his five

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25:35

Faith Williams: Queen of Hearts, and of debut EP...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/10

When I first heardQueen of Hearts, the debut EP from Central Coast, NSW singer-songwriterFaith Williams, I wondered why I hadn’t heard of her before. It was because not a single had been released before the EP, so at least I hadn’t missed anything – but it was such a surprise to listen to the first, and title, track and hear this voice in it: vulnerable and also strong, and singing stories that seemed like they may be about her, or maybe not, and that mystery was part of the intrigue.The EP was

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33:21

Andrew Swift has found Nothing Better

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/08

Victorian artist Andrew Swift won his first two Golden Guitars for his first album,Call Out for the Cavalry, and his most recent was in 2023 for Male Artist of the Year.Cavalrywas the first of his three albums to go to number 1 on the ARIA charts.Swift’s new single, ‘Nothing Better’, follows on from ‘Fumes and Fireworks’, which he released last year with Amber Lawrence, along with ‘This Is Us Here’ and ‘Hot Damn (It’s Been a Minute)’. It was writtenat the APRA Melbourne - Nashville SongHubssessions

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32:04

New releases 5 February 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/05

Well, my intention to release episodes of this 'new releases podcast' on a weekly basis went out the window immediately. So at least I'm setting low expectations! And I did come back for another episode.These are the singles released since the last episode that I reckon are worthy of closer attention - and you can listen to the songs within the episode.Faith Williams – ‘Queen of Hearts’ [NB explicit content - one word]Tom Curtain – ‘Just Give it a Crack’Katelann Maree – ‘Australia My Home’Jen Mize –

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45:35

The Seasons of Andrea Robertson

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/02/02

Andrea Robertsonis a singer-songwriter from the Geelong area in Victoria who released her latest album,Seasons, in 2024. She is also the founder ofAmericana on the Bellarine, a one-day festival which will be held on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, on 22 February this year.We had a wide-ranging chat about her development as an artist, which started when Robertson was very young, influenced by the musical environment she grew up in.‘I've just always loved singing,’ she says. ‘As a kid I was the

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13:52

James Johnston on new single 'Hell Boy' and Tamworth...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/01/22

From the first interview I did withJames Johnston, a little over three years ago, it was clear he had put in the time to learn his craft as a songwriter and a performer, writing dozens of songs before even recording one, and playing at any venue that would have him even if he was just playing to bar staff. It took years, and his patience meant that when he started releasing songs he knew who he was, what the songs were about, and who they were for.As a live performer he is the same, embodying

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31:24

New releases 19 January 2025

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/01/19

Songs mentioned in this episode – with links to listen/watchLyn Bowtell – ‘Paper Cut’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YLu7Naws1EKasey Chambers ft Shane Nicholson – ‘The Divorce Song’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cafdtL4Sa88Jenny Mitchell – ‘Square & Plain’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-0mQyVOeEAleyce Simmonds – ‘Things I’ve Learned’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LccnUJp_2XwWade Forster with Max Jackson – ‘Denim’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JilD6V32_kAPiper Rodrigues –

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