#MorningShow989 this week welcomes special guests local Melbourne singer/songwriters Daniel Shaw and Jayden McGrath – it’s a bumper 4 hour #MorningShow989 episode.
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#MorningShow989 this week spins a classic mix of Throwback Thursday along with the freshest new music around plus we head to Nashville in the USA to speak with country artists Fairground Saints.
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NOA is a Toronto-born, pop singer-songwriter who’s about to take the music industry by storm. NOA’s music blends vibrant, catchy melodies with resonant emotional themes — from relationships to female empowerment and self-realization. All the while, NOA’s artistic voice maintains a fun, lighthearted tone that helps lift her fans above …
THEAUSSIEWORD.COM meets up with US singer/songwriter Joseph Eid.
How and where did it all begin for you? What drew your interest to the music industry?
I was always writing poetry as a child and have kept a journal since the age of 6. There’s always been a desire to share my point of view and my writing. I found the best way to express all of that was through the craft of becoming a singer songwriter. It brings me a lot of joy. Continue reading
The new single ‘Flashback’ from Mathew V… “Writing this song was one of the hardest things I‘ve had to do in my life. I wrote this song about my experience with sexual violence/rape at seventeen years old, and how that situation has influenced and affected my life today. It was something that I always knew I had to process, and had always avoided. But with every new song I wrote, I still had this in my closet, this weight on my chest.”Continue reading
THEAUSSIEWORD.COM catches up with Australian singer/songwriter Calan Mai.
How and where did it all begin for you? What drew your interest to the music industry?
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. But when I was a kid I didn’t make the connection between music and writing: the idea that songs were constructed and could be about any subject matter. Once I began learning guitar at 13, it didn’t take long for me to start writing my own songs. The compulsion was always there, I just needed the musical knowledge. I’m drawn to songs because they are one of the most concise ways to tell a story.Continue reading
Melbourne based singer songwriter – Harrison Storm releases the official video for his latest single ‘Run,’ with Australian actor Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Sea Patrol, Puberty Blues, Heartbreak High) taking on the lead role.
Shot in the beautiful spot that is Stanwell Park and Coledale, NSW, the video follows the story of a man mourning with the loss of his father through flashbacks which feature fellow Australian actor Brendan Moar (Dry Spell Gardening – Foxtel, Coast Australia). The story is one of coming to terms with loss and looking to the future when things may seem bleak. Themes of loss and moving on are explored throughout.
Run was Directed and Produced by Anna Phillips & Jamie Croft with Sam Brumby looking after both Editing and acting as Director of Photography.
“When Harrison’s team came to me with this story it immediately bought the song to life for me. This story is about the aftermath of losing someone in your life that was the glue that held it all together. It’s about a family connection with the ocean, and the strong bond that a father and son share. Jeremy Lindsay Taylor delivers an honest, raw and captivating performance that is the perfect combination of strength and vulnerability.” – Director Anna Phillips
‘Run’ has had strong momentum since its release on Feb 22nd with the track already gaining 300 thousand combined streams across Spotify & Apple Music.
After touring nationally in 2017, Country Music performers Natalie Pearson and Brook Chivell have teamed up to release a catchy feel-good duet ‘I Wonder What You Kiss Like’. Penned by country music favourites Kaylee Bell and The Wolfe Brothers and produced by Adrian Hannan, the song tells the story of a young couple who want to make their first kiss perfect but keep getting interrupted. Will they, won’t they? Continue reading
Multi-platinum selling pop super-group New Kids On The Block have dropped a tongue-in-cheek new music video for their brand new track, ‘Boys In The Band’. Continue reading
Amy Shark has released the video and digital bundle for her latest single, ‘Mess Her Up’, available to purchase/stream/watch now. ‘Mess Her Up’, is the latest single to be taken from the ARIA award winner’s #1 debut album, LOVE MONSTER, the highest selling Australian Artist album of 2018.Continue reading
Morgan Bain talks in the measured, precise manner of someone who’s having to work hard to tame the myriad of thoughts whizzing around his head. Guided by a condition called synesthesia, a neurological issue whereby Bain ‘hears’ colour, his search for answers resonates through his latest single “Blood”.Continue reading
THEAUSSIEWORD.COM – Special Interview with Stacey Jackson.
How and where did it all begin for you? What drew your interest to the music industry?
I worked on a charity album, with a charity called Music for Youth where 30-40 kids from across the UK came to record instruments on my record & one of the tracks got remixed and suddenly I’m sitting next to Lady Gaga & The scissor sisters on the charts. I then got calls from amazing producers to write an original album and on one of the tracks I needed a rapper. I thought I would revisit one of the talented kids from the charity but one thing led to another and I ended up collaborating with Snoop Dogg! I have been very fortunate to get that opportunity & it opened a lot of doors for me!
Hot on the heels of unveiling the first taste of his exciting new global multi-EP project with feel good single ‘After The Sun’, Kim Churchill today unveils the song’s official clip, alongside the release date of the project’s first EP titled ‘I AM’ and a slew of national and international tour dates.Continue reading
theaussieword.com special interview with Colin Lillie.
Give us an introduction. How did it all begin? What had you first interested in music? It all began the day I woke up in the dry Todd riverbed being kicked in the stomach by an old Aboriginal woman and told to move on. I had been missing for three days on an alcohol and drug fuelled bender. It was at this I point I realised change needed to happen. All my thought allowed me to do was cast my mind back to how music was my only real escape from a traumatic childhood. Music was the doorway to the possibilities of so many different beginnings. I always wanted to be an entertainer of sorts from the times when I’d sneak my mothers’ vinyls and listen to my dads’ cassette collection. Flicking through family and friends record collections. Discovering adventures, tails, poetry, love and passion through songs and the realisation that if you are meant to be on a particular path the universe will find a way to bring you back to your true north. (Very hippie I know but that’s the truth) Music has been my one true freedom. Continue reading
Riding the wave of success with a string of highly successful singles in 2018, the monumental ride continues for Golden Guitar Finalist Casey Barnes with the release of a brand new single ‘Better Days’ and the announcement that he will be touring the US in the first quarter of 2019.
‘Better Days’ taken from Casey’s career defining #1 album ‘The Good Life’ (which has to date been streamed over 2 million times on Spotify) is due for release on Friday 15th February. A positive song, showcasing Barnes’ now familiar catchy hooks and anthemic melodies tells the tale about living in the moment and appreciating the life we have in the present and not reflecting on the past.Continue reading
Brand new Mark Wilkinson, Thought You’d Be Around taken from the upcoming new album Blue Eyed Girls. Watch for Mark Wilkinson performing live in Melbourne on March 16 at The Spotted Mallard. Continue reading
theaussieword.com special interview with alternative/indie UK singer/songwriter Nathan Ball.
How and where did it all begin for you? What drew your interest to the music industry? I’d always been obsessed with music as a kid, my main memories of music in my childhood were driving in the car with my parents. There was always a bit of Van Morrison or T-Rex on the stereo. Music didn’t run in the family though, none of my family are musical, so it was just through interest at school that I picked up a guitar and started singing. I pretty much wrote songs from that day onwards.
What motivates or influences you in your quest to make great music? I like making music that makes you feel something and tugs on the heartstrings, so there is always alot of emotion in my music, whether that be the lyrics or the vocal melody, alot of thought goes into the feeling and the vibe of the song. Seeing people connect with those songs during the live show is the most amazing feeling. I often see people with their eyes closed or having a little cry during the set and it means the world that people connect with the songs so strongly.Continue reading
theaussieword.com goes one on one with local Melbourne singer/songwriter Daniel Shaw.
How and where did it all begin for you? What drew your interest to the music industry?
Music all started for me when I was 6 years old. My Dad started me and my sister off on the piano, and she eventually stopped playing but I continued. I then got classical lessons once my Dad could no longer help me. When I was 8 I started combining singing with piano, and this was really when I started looking up to Billy Joel and Elton John as musical idols. My Dad saw that I was passionate about becoming a global success like them, and he helped me start street performing in Melbourne every weekend. My interest in the music industry really developed after going to a Billy Joel concert in 2008. I remember dreaming about how one day I would also tour the world making music and performing globally.Continue reading
