January 2014 – Sunburnt Country Music

Sarah Head is Nothin’ But Love in Tamworth

Gold Coast singer-songwriter Sarah Head was a grand finalist in last year’s Toyota Star Maker. This year she returns to

Melinda Schneider is too young, really, to be a ‘legend’ but that is what she is – a performer since

Following the release of their wonderful album Wiley Ways, Hat Fitz and Cara took an unscheduled detour when Cara was

Catherine Traicos’s music is hard to define in terms of genre – she has had some country music influences, though,

Memphis singer-songwriter Faith Evans Ruch has the sort of voice that doesn’t come around very often: deep, mellifluous and knowing,

Make that my picks of the gigs … These are the artists I’m most looking forward to seeing at this

Rising country music star Tori Darke has quite a bit happening at the 2014 Tamworth Country Music Festival, including her

Tasmanian band the Wolfe Brothers probably couldn’t have had a bigger 2013 if they’d tried. They released their debut album,

Jason Owen – who first won fans as the runner-up in the 2012 season of The X-Factor – will play

Over the past handful of years, it has become obvious that Australian country music and its subgenres are home to