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Needing no introduction, Kasey Chambers has had a lustrous career achieving many ‘firsts’ such as the first Australian country music artist to successfully cross over into the mainstream charts with a #1 single and album simultaneously, she is the most…

A native of Brisbane, singer/songwriter Shane Nicholson first gained public attention as the lead singer/guitarist for the rock band Pretty Violet Stain in the late 1990’s.  After winning the JJJ Unearthed competition, they released their debut album Parachutes and Gravity…

There’s much more to Bill Chambers than just being Kasey’s Dad.  The patriarch of the Chambers clan is considered by some to be Australia’s premier alt-country guitarist.  He can be a master of delicate picking on Dobro or Lap Steel…

Music has been a way of life for singer/songwriter musician Ashleigh Dallas.  Hailing from Tamworth NSW, she grew up on a healthy diet of Hank Williams, Slim Dusty and Johnny Cash.  Some of Ash’s earliest memories are of her grandfather…

Troy Cassar-Daley is undoubtedly one of the most loved and respected singer/songwriters in country music. His career spans 16 years, 21 Golden Guitar awards, 4 ARIA’s , 2 APRA awards and he has the honour of being the most awarded…

Frontman of Australian folk/rock band Weddings, Parties, Anything, Mick Thomas grew up in Geelong and spent his youth playing in bush bands until he made a move to Melbourne and spent a couple of years in the pub rock scene…