November 2017 – Sunburnt Country Music

Single release: ‘Pity Me’ by Paula Standing

This new song from South Australian artist Paula Standing evokes dusty roads, broken dreams, love gone wrong and revenge about

As more proof of my theory that some of the most interesting country music is coming out of Los Angeles,

Brisbanite (Brisvegan? Where are we landing on that these days?) Anais is 17 years old and has already had a

New Zealand/Australian singer-songwriter Vanessa Delaine has released Wild & Free, a country-blues album that had its beginnings in the end

Emily Markham is from the South Coast of New South Wales, and played to audiences there recently when she opened

The amount of music I’m being sent these days is far outstripping my ability to keep up – but instead

Josh Taerk is a Canadian singer-songwriter who was playing a show in his home town, Toronto, when he was spotted

When Perth native Natalie Pearson released her EP Long Time Coming, it went straight to number 2 on the Australian

The core of this Montreal band is, fairly obviously, the Barr Brothers, Brad and Andrew, who are joined by harpist

Hayley Jensen started in country music but took a detour via Australian Idol before returning to country and embracing it with