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It’s been 50 years, but get ready for the return of Lavender Country

It’s been 50 years, but get ready for the return of Lavender Country

American gay country music band Lavender Country formed in 1972, just a few years after the tipping point of the Stonewall Riots, and their debut album came out the following year. Formed in Seattle the band was lead by singer Patrick Haggerty, and included keyboardist Michael Carr, singer and fiddler Eve Morris and guitarist Robert […]

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Masked cowboy Orville Peck shares video for new song ‘C’mon Baby, Cry’

Masked cowboy Orville Peck shares video for new song ‘C’mon Baby, Cry’

Masked cowboy singer Orville Peck has shared the video for his new single C’mon Baby, Cry.  The song will feature on Peck’s forthcoming album Bronco which is due for release on 8th April. Leading up to the full release of the album Peck is releasing the tracks in chunks, with Chapter 1 featuring four new […]

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Kylie Minogue’s ‘Dancing’ embraces a country sound

Kylie Minogue’s new single Dancing is out today and she’s just announced her new album Golden will be available in April. The lead track has a definite country feel, a genre that Kylie’s hardly touched in her long career. She’s certainly embracing her Cowboy Style. Amazingly this is Kylie’s 72nd single since her music career […]

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Beccy Cole joins Adam Harvey for Great Country Songbook Tour Vol II

Beccy Cole joins Adam Harvey for Great Country Songbook Tour Vol II

Beccy Cole and Adam Harvey have individually and unquestionably remained at the forefront of Australian country music for almost two decades, each boasting an impressive list of awards, top selling albums and a loyal legion of fans. The combination of the two dynamic performers has already proven to be a hit with live audiences, having […]

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February CD Reviews

February CD Reviews

Belle and Sebastian Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance Nine albums and nineteen years into their recording career, Belle and Sebastian have surprisingly changed their sound and released an album filled with electronic disco sounds. The baby hasn’t been thrown out with the bathwater though, their classic twee folky sound and clever lyrics remain. Lead […]

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Southern Singer Kristy Lee Heads West

Southern Singer Kristy Lee Heads West

American singer Kristy Lee is heading to WA to play a series of shows in Perth and regional WA. We asked the singer about her music and her hometown in Alabama. Your sound is described as ‘Dirt Road Soul’, where did that description come from? I’m from a very small town in Alabama called Bay […]

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SBS Explores Gay Childhood in Rural Australia

SBS Explores Gay Childhood in Rural Australia

Tonight on SBS, current affairs program ‘The Feed’ will be taking on the topic of growing up gay in rural Australia. Australian Marriage Equality Deputy National Director Ivan Hinton (pictured above) will feature on the program as he revisits his home town to confront his childhood bully, Sam. “I was bullied as early as five […]

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