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Songversations Podcast

119 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Ever wonder how singers, songwriters, musicians approach their work and their craft?
Who and what inspires and drives them to compose, what music means to them, their dreams, their challenges, their struggles and wins, and the message they want to deliver?
Inviting artists from the music world, we want to give give you an intimate insight into the artists’ world behind the scenes.
This is what Songversations Podcast is about, a bi-weekly podcast about music and songwriting.
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Episode 114: Kate Westwood

November 19, 2022 06:35 - 1 hour - 75.9 MB

Our guest today is Kate Westwood, a Melbourne Australia based is an independent singer-songwriter in her own right, radio announcer and owner of music management entity, Westwood Management, founder of the Indie Musician Summit, Kate Westwood began her inspirational journey out of a wish that there was more help available for emerging artists. Founded in 2018 and working with a wide range of artists, all around Australia and the world in a broad range of genres and music niches, Westwood M...

Episode 113: The Mack Brothers

October 08, 2022 06:54 - 1 hour - 80.8 MB

Our guest today is a duo from Philadelphia, The Mack Brothers, who took the indie rock sound of the 2000s, the ego of 90s Brit Pop, and the honesty of today’s music to create their own blend of alternative rock. Real life siblings, John and Matthew, started writing music at the ages of 16 and 13, after putting out multiple records, sound tracking independent films, and touring the east coast with their former band “The 1940s,” John and Matthew decided that forming “The Mack Brothers” was th...

Episode 112: Grace Jean

September 16, 2022 07:50 - 45 minutes - 49.4 MB

We love to give space to new independent artists and our guest for this episode is We love to give space to new independent artists and our guest for this episode is Gracie Jean, an up and coming alt-country/folk independent artist, new to the music scene that has been playing around the Sydney area. She is releasing her first album “Romance is Bad” today the 16th of September 2022.

Episode 111: Madi Colville-Walker

July 31, 2022 07:26 - 58 minutes - 61.8 MB

Our guest today is Madi Colville-Walker, an exciting talent that defies musical boundaries and a proud Yorta Yorta indigenous woman who is taking the Australian music scene by storm. Madi is catching the attention of a number of major artists including Paul Kelly, Archie Roach, Fanny Lumsden and Darlinghurst. She was a finalist for the 2021 Music Victoria Archie Roach Award for Emerging New Talent and draws much of her inspiration from her Grandfather and Yorta Yorta elder, Archie Walker,...

Episode 110: Steve Lucas

July 23, 2022 11:48 - 1 hour - 91.6 MB

Our guest today is Steve Lucas a singer/songwriter, producer and the co-founder of the legendary Australian punk/rock band X. Grown up in Sydney Steve got his first guitar at 12 and after a single guitar lesson decided to teach himself how to play. In his career has shared stage with acts like Iggy Pop, The Cramps, The Stranglers, Dr Feel Good, Sonic Youth, Henry Rollins, Rob Lowe and many more. Steve has been an ambassador for Child Wise since 2012 and performed in Kathmandu alongsid...

Episode 109: Cush Ryder

July 18, 2022 01:58 - 1 hour - 79.1 MB

Our guest today is Cush Ryder, a singer/songwriter based in Melbourne, Australia. Cush’s love of music started at a very early age. After picking up a guitar, something clicked and his passion for entertaining people was born. He headed off overseas for what was meant to be a six month trip to see the world - but after what became 17 years abroad playing bars, pubs and music festivals from New York to Rio de Janeiro - Cush is now back home in Melbourne with a hot new band and ready to ...

Episode 108: Jamey Foxton

July 10, 2022 07:38 - 1 hour - 99.1 MB

Our guest today is Jamey Foxton. Jamey is I’m a film maker and sponsored skateboarder from Sydney Australia that arrived on the music scene seven months ago with his beautiful debut single “You Rang My Bell”, recorded at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis. Jamey is the result of a fascinating story weaving the life experience of a world class skateboarder and film producer turned music maker, whose golden tone truly sounds from a different era. His music has been described as “cinema...

Episode 107: Wesley Dean

July 03, 2022 07:19 - 1 hour - 109 MB

Wesley Dean, widely known as Wes Carr, is an Adelaide native singer songwriter that for more than a dozen years has been one of Australia’s best-known artists. Wesley’s journey began when he was 8 years old as a gifted vocalist that started by singing along to The Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson classics at a young age, before to became a fixture on Sydney's barroom stages as Wes Carr, before he could legally drink. Appearing on and winning the sixth season of Australian Idol made Wesley ...

Episode 106: Alan Fletcher

June 24, 2022 07:33 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB

Our guest today is Alan Fletcher. Alan is one of Australia’s most instantly recognisable and loved actors of stage, television and film and a musician. After 28 years of actin Alan Fletcher also lead singer of the band 'Waiting Room' in the early 2000, just released today Friday 24th June 2022 his anticipated new Americana EP studio album – ‘Dispatches’ Fletcher is also an ambassador for 'Blue September', a charity that raises awareness of all cancers that can affect men.

Episode 105: Dave Hole

June 17, 2022 06:46 - 1 hour - 101 MB

Our guest today is one of my personal guitar heroes, Dave Hole. Dave Hole is Australia’s premier internationally successful bluesman and highly acclaimed slide guitar virtuoso. He first burst onto the international scene in 1991 with, “Short Fuse Blues”, the first of his seven albums released on the prestigious Alligator records label.  He is widely regarded as one of the all time slide guitar greats whose playing is infused with the spirit of such legends as Elmore James, Duane Allman a...

Episode 104: Tom Curtain

June 11, 2022 08:51 - 59 minutes - 64.2 MB

Our Guest today is Tom Curtain. Tom is an entertainer, musician, horseman, businessman, entrepreneur and family-man living and working in the outback of Australia. Tom discovered his passion for song-writing while working in the stock-camp of Mt Sanford Station, 500kms south of Katherine, NT. What started as some fun singing around the campfire, lead to the release of his first award-winning album ‘Smack Bang’ in 2004. Following this, he split his time touring with some of Australia’s bi...

Episode 103: Sidney Mays

June 03, 2022 06:58 - 44 minutes - 49 MB

Our guest today is Sidney Mays, an emergent and very talented 24 year old alternative guitar player and songwriter from Nashville. Sidney grew up with music all around and become so infatuated with it that decided to learn guitar at a very early age and have been a persistent and reliable professional musician for the past 10 years. His First Ep “Escapism” was released in December 2021 and since then Sidney has released three more singles “Help me”, “Heal” and “Talk of the city

Episode 102: Ella Powell

May 27, 2022 10:54 - 54 minutes - 59.6 MB

Our guest today is Ella Powell.   A rising young artist Ella Powell has already made an impressive mark in the Australian Music Industry at the tender age of seventeen, creating a unique blend of Country, Pop and Folk. Ella’s passion for Country Pop was cemented after winning People's Choice Award at the prestigious Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2019.   In 2020, Ella’s sold-out headlining concert followed by the release of her debut single ‘Watching Over Me’ gained internat...

Episode 101: Kevin Sullivan

May 20, 2022 09:57 - 1 hour - 126 MB

Our guest today is Kevin Sullivan, an Australian country singer-songwriter based near Kiama in South coast of New  South Wales. Kevin has been a professional musician for five years and prior to that was a forensic crime scene detective. The exciting evolution of the NSW South Coast singer/songwriter with his music and sound is evidenced by his 20/21 Australian  SULLI-VAN tour, where despite the Covid pandemic, Kevin took his family on the road travelling 40,000 kilometres and performed ...

Episode 100: Various Artists

May 18, 2022 13:47 - 2 hours - 179 MB

This episode wants to be a celebrations of our first 99 Guest Artists, a compilations of moments with the first 99 guests we have had on the show. It’s a way to celebrate their wisdom, their friendship and their diversity. All the questions and answers are totally random and in no particular order. It’s a long episode, unedited, unpolished but we hope you will enjoy it. Thank you to all of you for listening, for your support and the love you sent in this first year, we couldn’t did it w...

Episode 99: Piperlain

May 06, 2022 04:27 - 1 hour - 75.5 MB

Our guest today is the duo Piperlain. Formed by singer/songwriters Benjamin Knight and Rebecca Voorn-Knight the duo combines the sounds of acoustic, indie alternative folk/rock/pop and electronica with emotive, passionate vocals. Originating from The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, their  sound is heavily influenced by music from the 90s has been described as “poetic” and “quirky” by The Grove Studios and “emotive” with “layers of depth” by Sony. Piperlain made the finals of the B&T Mad...

Episode 98: Junio Bones Band

April 28, 2022 11:02 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB

Our guest today is the Melbourne based indie rock band Junior Bones. Drawing influence from psych-rock, indie-pop, post-punk, and new wave, songwriter Ryan Temby draws you in with imagery and storytelling exploring themes of reflection,  experience, morality and existentialism. Temby’s long-time friend Paul Inglis (guitars/keys), Gavin Kerr (drums), Tom Bullock (bass) and John Baxter at Small Sanctuary Records are the members of Junior Bones. They release this year their first EP ‘ La...

Episode 97: Sam Buckingham

April 22, 2022 12:16 - 1 hour - 81.8 MB

Our guest today is Sam Buckingham, a highly regarded, independent artist and songwriter based in Byron Bay, NSW Australia. Recently signing to Alberts Music for worldwide publishing, Sam has traveled to Nashville and New York on song-writing tours, played alongside artists such as Angus & Julia Stone, Washington, Lior, Matt Corby, Katie Noonan and Jordie Lane, and at renowned Australian festivals Peats Ridge, Blue Mountains Folk and Nannup. She has also written songs for The Voice 2012 ...

Episode 96: Sarah Leete

April 15, 2022 10:21 - 57 minutes - 61.7 MB

Our guest today is Sarah Leete. Sarah is a singer songwriter Raised on the beautiful Central Coast of NSW, Australia. Inspired by Cat Stevens, Patty Griffin and Neil Young, she started playing guitar in high school at age 13. After winning the Moree Superstar competition in 2015, she won a scholarship to the CMAA Academy of Country Music in Tamworth and won a financial grant from Create NSW. Sarah enlisted the help of Golden Guitar-winning songwriter Catherine Britt to produce her deb...

Episode 95: Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham

April 09, 2022 07:13 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

Are our guests today are well known in the music universe. Josh Cunningham (as a member of The Waifs), and Felicity Urquhart in her own right, have both enjoyed long, successful, and enduring musical careers. A collective haul of Golden Guitars, ARIA Awards, multi-platinum album sales and extensive touring over nearly three decades, supporting Australian acts as Troy Cassar-Daly, Slim Dusty, John Williamson, Kasey Chambers, Keith Urban, John Butler Trio, Paul Kelly, John Williamson, an...

Episode 94: Colin Buchanan

March 31, 2022 06:41 - 1 hour - 76.2 MB

Our guest for this episode is Colin Buchanan Born in Dublin in 1964, Colin Buchanan is a storyteller to a generation. He is a nine times Golden Guitar winner, both as an artist in his own right and as collaborator with the cream of Australian country music, penning hit songs for the likes of Slim Dusty, Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Harvey, Adam Brand, Beccy Cole, Amber Lawrence and a host of others, and his most substantial single contribution as co-writer remains his work with Lee Kernaghan....

Episode 93: Nick O'Mara

March 26, 2022 01:39 - 50 minutes - 55 MB

Our guest today is Nick O’Mara Nick O'Mara is a multi instrumentalist, singer and song writer from Melbourne. His songs are a mixture of acoustic, fingerpicking guitar with sonorities creating an atmospheric alt-country. Regarded as one of Melbourne’s most talented & intuitive guitar players and something of a master at creating mood and atmosphere. Nick O’Mara won hearts far and wide with his former band Raised By Eagles, and with his critically acclaimed pop-folk duo Amarillo with ...

Episode 92: Copperline

March 18, 2022 06:05 - 59 minutes - 65.9 MB

Copperline is a Sydney/Blue Mountains alt-country four-piece that have lived and breathed the highs and lows of the rock and low life, and that experience can’t help but find its way into their music. After decades touring as hired guns for Aus music royalty including Steve Kilby (the Church), Jeff Duff and Peter Fenton (Crow), they  launched their debut record Rusty Fords and Weatherboards (produced by Shane Nicholson) in 2018.  While the long COVID hibernation might have interrupted to...

Episode 91: Jerry Salley

March 11, 2022 02:43 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Our Guest today is Jerry Salley, is one of the most recognised and appreciated American country, bluegrass and gospel songwriters legends. Based in Nashville his songs have been recorded by artists like Sir Elton John, Reba McEntire, Wade Hayes, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Travis Tritt among other and has been referred to by Billboard Magazine as "One of Music Row's greatest veteran tunesmiths," and has had over 500 songs recorded (selling in excess of 18 million records worldwide) in his mult...

Episode 90: Raechel Withchurch

March 03, 2022 07:50 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

Our guest today is Raechel Whitchurch. Raechel is an incredibly talented Australian alt-country singer-songwriter who grew up in regional NSW performing in her family band The Lees. In April 2021, she released her debut album ‘Finally Clear’ on Compass Bros Records, featuring the hit singles ‘My Father’, ‘You Ain’t One of Us’, and ‘I Used To Think I Was An Outlaw’. It debuted at #1 on the ARIA Australian Country Album Charts and #3 on the AIR Independent Album Charts. It has also bee...

Episode 90: Raechel Whitchurch

March 03, 2022 07:50 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

Our guest today is Raechel Whitchurch. Raechel is an incredibly talented Australian alt-country singer-songwriter who grew up in regional NSW performing in her family band The Lees. In April 2021, she released her debut album ‘Finally Clear’ on Compass Bros Records, featuring the hit singles ‘My Father’, ‘You Ain’t One of Us’, and ‘I Used To Think I Was An Outlaw’. It debuted at #1 on the ARIA Australian Country Album Charts and #3 on the AIR Independent Album Charts. It has also bee...

Episode 89: Hello Jane

February 25, 2022 07:11 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB

Our Guest today is Hello Jane. Hello Jane is a Queensland based emerging singer/songwriter that travels the country with her guitar and a unique blend of folk storytelling, pop melody, with a splash of country. In 2021 she performed alongside Golden Guitar Winner, Melody Moko  award-winning songwriter Karl S. Williams, and Golden Guitar nominated songwriter, Camille Trail at sold out shows across her hometown, and will bring in 2022 with a brand new single, ‘Never Alone’. Co-written wi...

Episode 88: Bill Chambers

February 18, 2022 06:59 - 1 hour - 71.2 MB

  Our Guest for this episode is Bill Chambers, an Australian multi-instrumentalist country musician & producer that has been for decades a prominent figure of the music industry both in Australia and internationally. Bill Chambers grew up in a small town in South Australia fascinated by American music. As a teenager he played any stringed instrument he could get his hands on. While his children were still toddlers, Chambers moved with his family into the Australian outback for few years....

Episode 87 - Julian Taylor

February 10, 2022 07:30 - 49 minutes - 54.3 MB

For this episode I was lucky enough to have as guest an incredible Canadian folk artist singer/songwriter, Julian Taylor. Julian Taylor is a Toronto based singer/songwriter and winner of the Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2021 as Solo Artist of the Year for his album ‘The Ridge’. Born of West Indian and Mohawk descent, Taylor was raised in Toronto by his grandmother in a predominantly white environment that left him feeling out of touch with his Indigenous and Black roots. Growing up Jul...

Episode 86: Ray Jones

February 03, 2022 06:08 - 1 hour - 89.8 MB

Our guest today is Ray Jones. Ray is an established singer songwriter from the quiet Western Australia coastal hamlet of Myalup Beach. Influenced by the country Americana and folk movement Ray turns his song writing to deeply personal life experiences and hard-hitting social issues. Ray has been songwriting and recording over the past couple of years with Bill Chambers that recorded and produced Rays debut album Sleeping Rough which was released February 2020. In recent times Ray has...

Episode 85: Connor Frost

January 27, 2022 04:28 - 1 hour - 98.5 MB

Our guest today is Connor Frost. Connor is a Musician and Educator, hailing from just outside New York City. He has toured extensively both as a solo act and with his band, Dizzy Bats, throughout the US, as well as internationally, and has self-released eight albums over the last decade. In 2017 he officially started his education company, FrostForward Learning, which reached an all-time total enrollment of sixty-five students by fall 2019. At the end of 2019, Connor launched his...

Episode 84: The Wonderful Nobodies

January 21, 2022 05:35 - 1 hour - 67.7 MB

Our guest today are The Wonderful Nobodies (Seth Taylor, Lacy Green, and Aaron Williams) a Nashville-based trio of singers, songwriters, and multi-instrumentalists hailing from the Appalachian region of Virginia and North Carolina. Individually, they've written hundreds of songs and have played on stages from the Grand Ole Opry to Carnegie Hall. However, it was a Friday night jam that made a band out of the long-time friends.  Aaron and Seth have been roommates for a couple years and ...

Episode 83: Jack Lorry

January 19, 2022 06:52 - 59 minutes - 50.9 MB

Our guest today is Jack Lorry. Hailing from sunny Queensland, Jack Lorry has been singing country and western songs inspired by the rural Australian life for years and by countless country road-trips.  His music varies from traditional country through to western swing and ventures into up-tempo bluegrass numbers.  Jack’s music has been featured on TV on the CMT Australia Channel as well as on various Country Music radio stations, as well as helping him make the finals in his first att...

Episode 82: Ben Smith

January 14, 2022 10:05 - 55 minutes - 41.1 MB

Our guest today is Ben Smith. Ben is best known for his work performing live and in studio with the Hall of Fame rock band HEART from 1994 to 2017 and is one of the most respected and talented rock musicians in the world. In addition to HEART, led by Ann and Nancy Wilson, Ben has worked live and in studio with countless other gifted artists including Taj Mahal, Cyndi Lauper, Lovemongers, Pete Droge, Don Gilmore, Tracy Nelson, BoyMeetsGirl, Deniece Williams, Peter Frampton, P.F. Sloan, C...

Episode 82: Matt Scullion

January 12, 2022 09:05 - 52 minutes - 42.5 MB

Our guest today is Matt Scullion an Australiana Folk singer songwriter that is known in the industry as a songwriter to the stars having his songs recorded by the likes of Lee and Tania Kernaghan, Sara Storer, Adam Harvey, Jayne Denham, Amber Lawrence and Cold Chisel to name but a few with 22 of those going to the NO 1 spot on the country music charts. Songwriting has always been a passion of Matts Growing up in the small south coast country town of Ulladulla Matt joined his first band ...

Episode 80: Hayley Marsten

January 07, 2022 06:33 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

Hayley Marsten is a Golden Guitar-nominated Queensland country-pop singer songwriter. Her album 'Spectacular Heartbreak', Published in 2019, received national airplay all around Australia and over half a million streams on Spotify. In early 2020, “Spectacular Heartbreak” was nominated for Alt-Country Album of the Year at the Golden Guitars Awards and its title track was nominated for Country Song of the Year at the Queensland Music Awards, both prominent awards music awards in Australian...

Episode 79: Jodi Martin

January 04, 2022 00:40 - 1 hour - 91.7 MB

Our guest today is Jody Martin one of Australia’s most talented singer songwriters. Jodi Martin began spontaneously composing songs at the age of three and at four, her mum, a schoolteacher, had taken notice of Jodi’s compositions and suggested Jodi record the songs on her cassette machine. At the age of sixteen Jodi met Kasey and Nash Chambers and the Dead Ringer Band at the Victor Harbour Country Music Festival. Nash asked Jodi to send him a recording of her songs, which culminated i...

Episode 78: Katie Brooke

December 31, 2021 02:24 - 46 minutes - 50.8 MB

Our guest today is Katie Brooke, a very talented Australian independent singer songwriter that is rapidly building a loyal following and that has spent the past twelve years making her mark in the Country Music industry, continuously gigging throughout NSW and QLD, as well as supporting artists and bands such as Shannon Noll and The Black Sorrows. Katie has had the opportunity to perform alongside Australian Country Music icons such as James Blundell, Adam Harvey and Gina Jeffreys, as wel...

Episode 77: James Johnston

December 28, 2021 05:15 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Songversations Podcast, a journey to the heart and soul of songwriting and music. Our guest today is Queensland based singer songwriter James Johnston.   His debut hit, ‘RAISED LIKE THAT’ took off like wildfire connecting with audiences around the globe. It became the fastest single by an Australian based country artist to hit the million streams’ milestone and, to date, has over 4 million streams with no sign of slowing down taking the number o...

Episode 76: Hanna x Madge

December 23, 2021 07:27 - 51 minutes - 38.3 MB

Our guest today is Hanna x Madge, a Nashville based indie pop duo comprised of sisters Hanna and Madge Ross.   Musically Influenced by Ed, Taylor Swift and Joni Mitchell, Hanna x Madge combine witty storytelling and catchy melodies to produce their singular sonic magic. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, music found the Ross sisters at an early age.  Madge began learning the piano at age 6 while Hanna picked up her grandfather’s guitar in middle school.  Hanna x Madge have played hundred...

Episode 75: Talon David

December 21, 2021 05:46 - 48 minutes - 37.8 MB

Our Guest today is Talon David Talon grew up in a musical household just outside of Nashville, TN. Her parents, retired performers themselves, introduced her to a vast array of musical styles including Journey, the Eagles, the Beatles, Cindi Lauper, Barbra Streisand, and the original Broadway cast album of "Wicked". During her high school senior year, she got a call that she had won the GRAMMY Foundation’s Teens Make Music Contest with her song “Deep Snow” and got to attend the GRAMMY Awa...

Episode 74: Al Gammie

December 17, 2021 07:58 - 1 hour - 49.7 MB

Our guest today is Al Gammie, a singer songwriter form Melbourne, Australia. Relatively new to the music world his distinct, emotive, and raw voice is product of his many years fronting mostly heavy rock bands. Making himself heard over Marshall amps set to 11 and thunderous drums developed a natural power and robustness in his voice making it a point of difference as he now enters the Americana/folk and country arena.   Through a difficult time in his personal life and dealing with de...

Episode 73: Ashleigh Dallas

December 14, 2021 09:43 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

Our guest today is Ashleigh Dallas. 3rd Generation in a Country Music Family Dynasty and multiple Golden Guitar Winner Ashleigh Dallas was born in Australia’s Country Music Capital Tamworth NSW. Ashleigh grew up listening to the musical sounds of her family – Roll of Renown recipient and Golden Guitar Winner Rex Dallas, and Golden Guitar winner, producer, multi instrumentalist father Brett Dallas.  With four studio albums under her belt, and her award winning album “Lighthouse” which d...

Episode 72: Stewart Barton

December 10, 2021 03:19 - 56 minutes - 46.2 MB

In this episode we are happy to introduce you to Stewart Barton, a young talented - singer, songwriter and guitarist from Camberra that has already made a huge impression on the music community in Camberra and wider Australian music community.​ Stewart drawn influences from many Country and Rock artists such as Keith Urban, INXS, Brooks & Dunn, Bruce Springsteen, Brian Adams & Luke Combs.  Stewart signed with Country Rocks Records to start his recording career, and has released his debut...

Episode 71: Katelann Maree

November 23, 2021 08:17 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

Our guest today is Katelann Maree “Different Kind Of High” maybe Katelann Maree’s debut EP but she was born into a country music-loving family. Her mum Sharon Grealy is also a singer/songwriter and her grandfather Jimmy Grealy, remembered for his fingerpicking playing style, was the inspiration behind the EP’s first single, ‘Grandad’s Guitar’ From the age of seven, when Jimmy’s guitar was handed down to Katelann, she’s been singing and performing at festivals across QLD and NSW.  In 2...

Episode 70: Diamonds & Whiskey

November 19, 2021 09:27 - 1 hour - 80 MB

Our guest today is Jennifer Lauren leader of the award-winning band Diamonds & Whisky. North Carolina native Jennifer Lauren is a multi‐talented musician, vocalist, and songwriter. Starting with piano at age 4 and discovering her vocal abilities at age 8, she began her early days exploring traditional hymns and receiving classical training as a first soprano. Taking influences from a multitude of artists and genres, such as Dolly Parton, Heart, Tori Amos, Rob Thomas, and even Eminem, ...

Episode 69: Adam Harvey

November 15, 2021 06:52 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Our guest today is Adam Harvey. Adam Harvey is an Australian country artist that started musically learning country classics on the guitar as a small boy. With a career spanning over twenty years, half a million album sales, gold and platinum albums, and eight CMAA Golden Guitar awards, Adam Harvey is one of Australia’s most popular and enduring recording artists. Adam Harvey was presented with the CMA Global Country Artist Award in 2007 and has been awarded a Centenary Medal for his c...

Episode 68: Piper Butcher

November 11, 2021 07:54 - 57 minutes - 63.7 MB

Our guest today is Piper Butcher, a 16-year-olds singer-songwriter from Newcastle NSW that she has no doubts about what she wants to do – make music. Highly motivated, resilient, wise with influences from the likes of Lukas Nelson, Chris Stapleton, and Stevie Nicks Piper has been already supporting acts such as Diesel, Kasey Chambers, Richard Clapton, Thirsty Merc, Josh Pyke, Andrew Swift & Gretta Ziller among many other Piper was born with a cleft palate and, in January, she had to under...

Episode 67: Natalie Henry

November 09, 2021 07:18 - 53 minutes - 41.1 MB

Our guest today is Natalie Henry a singer-songwriter from Newcastle NSW Australia. Henry commenced her music career in 2015 at the age of 34. She and her then husband Brock released Cold Love as The Wayward Henry in 2016. Just after releasing the album the couple split and in 2018 Natalie released her debut solo album Apple & Pride addressing her marriage breakdown and emotional renewal. In 2021, Henry signed with Catherine Britt’s Beverly Hillbilly Records and last September released h...

Episode 66: Della Harris

November 05, 2021 07:24 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB

Our guest today is Della Harris. Born in the heart of rural Victoria Australia – Della Harris – is a singer, songwriter, and storyteller. Her stories come from real life – highlighting the joys to heartbreak – and it’s that alone that makes her songs so authentic and relatable. Della has been performing and touring most of her life, but it was only in recent years that her passion and desire to tell her own stories lead her into her own original music career. While still a relatively ne...