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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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31:55

Jasmine Sparkes on taking the musical journey down...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/18

The latest single from Central Coast NSW artistJasmine Sparkesis ‘Sparkes Road’ – based on a real Sparks Road that she travels often, the spelling has been altered slightly to reflect the metaphorical and literal journey Sparkes has taken through her musical life, which began with learning piano in childhood and takes in classical training and musical theatre.Growing up on the land, and still passionate about living in the country today, Sparkes balances her live schedule – travelling to and from

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25:20

Corey Colum on his long-awaited new album Patience

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/17

Corey Colum emerged into the Australian country music scene in 2009, when he won the Telstra Road to Tamworth competition. He released his debut self-titled album in 2012 – and then we didn’t hear from him for a good long while.Colum didn’t step away from music so much as releasing music. He’s still been very much playing, and writing. But he also had some other – rather important – things to do like raising a family, and just living life. Colum has a variety of skills in addition to his musical

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47:37

Lyn Bowtell on her magical, moving new album Paper Cut

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/15

It’s fair to say thatLyn Bowtellis a doyenne of Australian music, and not only because she’s the director of the Academy of Country Music, overseeing the Junior Academy each July and Senior Academy each January and everything in between – although that would be qualification enough. So it is that but it is also this: she has this glorious voice that can prompt tears and break hearts in one phrase, and she writes these songs that speak straight to whomever is listening, and when she delivers the

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44:36

Aleyce Simmonds on her Mighty Mighty Love of music...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/14

During this interview with Tamworth-based country music artistAleyce Simmondsyou’ll occasionally hear her talking to her young daughter, Georgia, who was nearby during the chat, and, towards the end, her husband. I could have edited out these lines, but for what reason? To pretend that Simmonds wasn’t at home, doing the interview near her garden, with the setting sun and birds nearby and her beloved child at her feet? This is life – it is her life – and she has gone through great challenges to build

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38:05

Michael Carpenter on The Start of Being

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/13

The first time I interviewed Sydney singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producerMichael Carpenter, I found out how he organises his time so well (hint: it’s a simple to-do list and actually remembering to look at it), although I also think he marries that organisation with a sense of living in constant creative flow. The output of his own music, whether that’s solo, with The April Family or with the Banks Brothers (with whom he’s won several Golden Guitars), would be enough to keep him

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37:24

Hazel on the new Hazel & the Thief album Wildflowers...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/12

Many musical artists immerse themselves in their work, embracing many facets of it, sometimes as singing or instrument teachers, or writing songs for other artists to perform, making videos or producing. Victorian artistHazel– who performs with her band, The Thief – runs a popular venue,The Pig & Whistle in Main Ridge, scheduling more than 100 shows a year, which in and of itself would be enough to keep her quite occupied! So she is a vital part of the live music community in Victoria and, by

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32:47

Kaitlyn Thomas on boots, guitars and ‘Mississippi Lies’

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/11

‘Everything is a song. Life is a song. Books are a song.’That’s what Victoria-born Queensland residentKaitlyn Thomastold me when I asked about her songwriting process in our recent chat about her latest single, ‘Mississippi Lies’, which she recorded with in-demand Gold Coast producer Jared Adlam. Thomas was talking about how she’d had the title of the song in a songbook for a while and brought it to life with other songwriters at a SHE Songwriting Retreat run by Lyn Bowtell. And to find out more

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36:09

Emily Joy on her life in music and new single ‘Give...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/11

While I enjoy interviewing artists for the second, third or fourth (sometimes more!) time, it’s always lovely to meet someone new and find out about their life in music.Emily Joyis a country-pop artist from Western Australia whom I knew had studied music extensively, but there’s only so much you can glean from research online – which is at least one of the reasons why it’s good to have these in-depth chats. In this interview, which was prompted by the release of her latest single ‘Give Me a Shot or

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26:40

Kaylee Bell on her powerful path to Cowboy Up

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/07

Early on in my interview with award-winning, chart-topping country music artistKaylee Bell, I discovered that she has a background in sport – this was not something I’d found in my research but I always like exploring this angle when it comes up with musical artists because to me, at least, there are commonalities in both pursuits. Both require an understanding that most of one’s time will be spent in preparation: practising, practising, practising for the moments of performance (sporting

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25:27

Brad Cox on the many facets of Endemic Intelligence...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/05

It can never be said that Jindabyne local now Queensland residentBrad Coxhas rested on his laurels. From his debut self-titled album, released in 2018, through second albumMy Mind’s Projectionin 2020 andAcresin 2023, he has evolved his sound while building his audience, often through touring his own shows and playing festivals. His voice is big, and so are the stories and themes in his songs.Cox has never been an artist who has lived by the maxim ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. It may be fair to

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15:39

Sara Berki is In the Neon for Ridin’ Hearts

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/10/04

Sara Berkiis a country music artist from the greater Sydney area who impressed audiences from her very first single, ‘Fallin’ Off the Heartline’, and has kept releasing songs that not only consolidate those early impressions but shift her as an artist into new territory while also being identifiably her sound, as evidenced on her recent second EP,In the Neon.Berki performed at the inauguralRidin’ Heartsfestival in 2023 and this year she returns as the festival goes to Sydney Showgrounds at Homebush

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28:40

Jake Davey has ‘Got It All’ with new country pop hit

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/09/29

Jake Daveyis one of those multi-talented artists who must have an incredibly well-organised diary because he moves so regularly between making videos and producing music for other artists as well as writing and recording his own songs, and playing live. Two years ago, however, it seemed there was little prospect of any of that when Davey was given a diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome, which meant he was told he may not walk again or have children.‘I think everyone gets knocked down in life,’ he says

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40:42

Brad Christmas of Copperline on ‘Sleepwalking’...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/09/24

Copperlineare a four-piece alt-country band fronted by Brad Christmas, who is also an in-demand musician who has played with acts such as Boney M and Steve Kilbey in between writing songs and also writing books – his first book for young people,Saltwater Boy, has had award acclaim and Christmas is now at work on his second.Copperline’s new single, ‘Sleepwalking’, was produced by Shane Nicholson, with whom they have worked on their two albums thus far. Nicholson is now working out of a studio in

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33:47

Brooke Schubert on her powerful debut album, After...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/09/22

Brooke Schubertis a country rock artist living in Brisbane, Queensland. She is in a musical lineage that includes her great-grandmother, Iris Atkinson, who was the first woman in Australia to produce a vinyl recording, her aunt Karyn, an opera singer, and her mother, Susan, who performed at the first Gympie Muster and was also a professional golfer.Both music and sport have been prominent in Schubert’s life – she has represented Queensland in hockey and swimming, and has also been performing most of

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38:42

Tom Curtain hits the road with ‘Here’s to You’

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/09/14

Each time I interviewTom CurtainI learn something new, which is probably not surprising, given the scope of his life: running the Katherine Outback Experience in the dry season, at his home in the Northern Territory, then taking it literally on the road during the wet season, with horses and dogs and humans in tow. This is all while he writes, records and releases music, and is involved with organisations Dolly’s Dream and Farm Angels.The reason for this latest conversation was his latest single

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48:43

Mitchell Steele on his epic life and statement debut...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/09/09

The only time I have seenMitchell Steeleperform live was over a decade ago, upstairs at the Tudor Hotel in Tamworth during the Country Music Festival. Clearly it made an impression because I remember it clearly: the crowd in that hot room in January, his voice, the way he held our attention, and how he did not shy away from what was a very close audience connection in that space.He did not release music at that time. Occasionally I would wonder what had happened to him and if he would resurface in

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32:51

Bad Debts on their debut album Under Kalimna Skies

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/09/03

Something is in the water in the Victorian town of Castlemaine, in an artistic sense. That’s the impression I had from talking to Al Carr and Pete Daly, two of the four members of Castlemaine bandBad Debts. Carr, Daly and the two other members, Mitch Dillon and Al Stanley, are locals whose proximity has led to the creation of an endeavour that none of them was really seeking or expecting.As I found out when interviewing them about Bad Debts’ debut album,Under Kalimna Skies, Carr and Daly met because

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34:53

Christie Lamb tells the truth about new album Dare

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/08/31

If you’ve ever seenChristie Lambplay live you’ll know just how compelling a musical presence she is, with her powerful vocals and inherent musicality. She’s played in all sorts of places, from private events to arena tours, and each step of her career has seen her develop further as an artist. Her artistry has also been developed through tertiary studies, and music is now part of who she is.Lamb’s latest album,Dare, is the natural follow-up toTruthfrom 2022, and also an evolution in sound and

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37:46

Jason Resch: from pop song success to the country...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/08/25

Jason Reschwas introduced to Australian country music audiences as a member of country-pop four-piece Darlinghurst, who topped charts and won awards for their songs including ‘Pretty Doesn’t Make You Good’.Resch’s life in music started well before then, however: on a toy piano in childhood, as he told me during our interview, before he moved on to other instruments. He played in a band from the age of thirteen until he was seventeen, and that led directly to him leaving Australia to move to the

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33:29

Chloe Marks on her dynamic career and her latest...

Sunburnt Country Music ·

2025/08/18

Chloe Marksgrew up in Innisfail in Far North Queensland and she now lives in Brisbane. She has been releasing music in various guises since 2015 and now, as Chloe Marks & The Mayhem, she has released two singles this year. The latest is ‘Skip September’.It was clear during our interview that Marks is an artist who tends to say ‘yes’ to things – and also clear that those yeses have taken her to incredibly interesting places, including the life she has now, creating music and engaged in several

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