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Sunburnt Country Music

Sophie Hamley

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.

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29 episodes
a few times a week
Avg 32 min
English

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S5 · E67
Friday · 43 min
Sue Ray on her lifetime of music and her new single ‘Before the Rain’
The Toowoomba, Qld artist has amazing stories and glorious songs
S5 · E66
Wednesday · 42 min
Jen Mize on her sensational new album TILT with The Rough N’ Tumble
Making music with her band and mentoring other songwriters
S5 · E65
September 7 · 28 min
Chris Cobb on growing up with music and releasing his rich first album
From a childhood in Papua New Guinea to new album More Questions Than Answers
S5 · E64
September 6 · 27 min
Wade Forster on impressive new album The Aftermath and tour plans
The Queensland country star swiftly follows up Gooseneck Party with the nuanced new release
S5 · E63
August 27 · 27 min
Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley return with dynamite third album, Souls on Show
The powerhouse couple release a collection of songs that will linger long
S5 · E62
August 25 · 33 min
Andrew Swift on his new bluegrass direction and upcoming album
The chart-topping country star is also heading for Groundwater Country Music Festival in August
S5 · E61
August 23 · 36 min
From busking on Peel Street to New Zealand Gold Guitars – Zac Weeks’s big year
Tasmanian Zac Weeks talks songwriting with Matt Scullion, and new single ‘Long Neck Long Gone’.
S5 · E60
August 19 · 43 min
Madeline Leman on the long journey to her latest album Ripen on the Vine
The Victorian alt-folk songwriter on recording three years before releasing, and her life suffused with music.
S5 · E59
August 17 · 30 min
Georgia Scarlett and Joel Spence – two solo artists with one very good idea
The Queensland country-folk artists meet at a songwriting retreat and record what wise folks say – then turn it into a single.
S5 · E58
August 13 · 25 min
Jessie Robins on her debut single, ‘I Should’ve Known Better’
The country-pop artist on growing up in Katherine, NT as one of triplets and her musical life in Brisbane.
S5 · E57
August 5 · 44 min
Nashdale on their new music that was ten years in the making
One launched a plot to steal the other from a mate's band. That was 10 years ago. Now they have three singles, a Tamworth plan and 30 demos.
S5 · E56
July 27 · 31 min
Hayden Phillis on new single ‘Stick Poke Tattoos’ and his rich creative life
The three-time CMAA Academy graduate has recorded two albums recorded before the age of 20 and talks about his new single and other life in video games.
S5 · E55
July 25 · 32 min
Olive Mae on singing country songs and choosing freedom
She rode horses as a kid, taught herself guitar as a teenager, did 50 gigs in seven months and just booked her first Tamworth headline show.
S5 · E54
July 22 · 19 min
Ella Powell hates her clothes and loves the songs she’s making
The country pop artist on writing a song about not fitting in, evolving her sound since age 8, and why a debut album is on the horizon.
S5 · E53
July 19 · 42 min
Cookie from Rusty Pickups on their new album and unique band dynamic
The Darling Downs alt-country outfit release I Don’t Think About You at All and win fans across the ditch
S5 · E52
July 15 · 32 min
Melanie Dyer on ‘If Only She Knew’ and dreams coming true
The Nashville-based Australian singer-songwriter on writing for her twelve-year-old self and why authenticity is the only career advice that matters
S5 · E51
July 10 · 34 min
Brooke Seabrook on being a wordsmith and new single ‘Took My Town Away’
The Queensland balladeer and Thornton Young Award winner on bush poetry, her unreleased album and why she stopped telling herself she couldn’t do this.
S5 · E50
July 7 · 35 min
Kesha Nevé is … Better This Way
Making the most of life with ski fields, rodeos, a New Zealand sheep station, Australian Idol and a debut single.
S5 · E49
July 5 · 29 min
Ally Paterson on her Gold Rush single, ‘Dig’, and life on the land
The former Melbourne jazz singer turned Ballarat sheep farmer on how the land unlocked her songwriting.
S5 · E48
July 4 · 30 min
Jean Elliot on her epic EP Butcher, Lover, Runner
The Hawkesbury songwriter on building a fictional outlaw universe, studying ancient history and living near the Devil’s Wilderness.

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