Felicity Urquhart is woven into the thread of Australian country music, as an acclaimed, awarded and beloved singer and songwriter; as the host of ABC Radio’s ‘Saturday Night Country’, and as a member of the extraordinary outfit that is Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart. She is the winner of seven Golden Guitars as a solo artist (and BBU have won three), and has several albums to her name; she has also been nominated for an ARIA and won the CMA International Broadcaster award.
Between broadcasting, BBU and parenting, however, it has been a while since Urquhart released an LP (there was an EP about three years ago, produced for her Tamworth show), so there will be many people looking forward to Frozen Rabbit on 26 April 2019. In the meantime, we can enjoy ‘Chain of Joy’, the first single. Co-written with the wonderful Kim Richey, the song is a lovely ode to the many joys to be found in daily life. Urquhart has always been able to balance light and dark beautifully, so this is not a song so sweet that it will set your teeth on edge – in Urquhart’s nuanced, honeyed voice, it seems to suggest that these daily joys can be hard won and should be appreciated.
And while everything BBU does is a delight, it is wonderful to have new music by Urquhart alone, with the promise of more to come.
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[…] singing. It’s appropriate, therefore, that the first single from her new album was ‘Chain of Joy’ – and with the album, Frozen Rabbit, about to be released, it’s an honour to have had […]