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Dwight Yoakam 'Brighter Days'

At once timeless and timely, Dwight Yoakam's new album, 'Brighter Days', infuses a modern appreciation for country music’s history with the trailblazing rock and roll spirit of California. 
Dwight Yoakam 'Brighter Days' ARTWORK

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Gretta Ziller 'The Miles'

Gretta Ziller’s latest album The Miles, has the verified singer songwriter reflecting on where she’s come from, where’s she’s heading and the journey between.
Gretta Ziller 'The Miles' ARTWORK

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James Ellis 'The Party Might Be Over'

Melbourne's James Ellis brings the past into the future on new traditional country album, 'The Party Might Be Over'.
James Ellis 'The Party Might Be Over' ARTWORK

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Paul Kelly 'Fever Longing Still'

Revered Aussie singer-songwriter, Paul Kelly, returns with his 29th studio album.
Paul Kelly 'Fever Longing Still' ARTWORK

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Discover more country music stories

Highlights from Ridin' Hearts Festival 2024

Acclaimed country music artist Catherine Britt rode along to Ridin' Hearts Festival 2024 to interview rising stars including Tanner Adell, Riley Green, MacKenzie Porter, Bella Mackenzie, Austin Snell, Cooper Alan and Josh Ross.   

triple j Unearthed Country Hour

triple j Unearthed Australian Music Producer Sara Glaidous will take you through songs that’ll make you swoon, foot-tap and maybe even shed a tear, here on Unearthed’s Country Hour.

This Is Indigenous Country: A Playlist

ABC Country is celebrating NAIDOC Week 2024, paying tribute to the incredible Indigenous country music artists from the past, present and future.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 3 seconds

From the dairy farm to the stage, Michael Waugh’s fifth country music album Beauty and Truth tells a revealing story

Country music's rising star Michael Waugh knows how to tell a story. 
Michael Waugh Beauty and Truth
Duration: 21 minutes 25 seconds

US singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson dead at 88

A family spokesperson said the actor and singer-songwriter died peacefully at his home in Maui, Hawaii, where he was surrounded by family.
Kris Kristofferson playing guitar on stage.

Troy Cassar-Daley: the boy from Halfway Creek

Troy Cassar-Daley grew up walking a tightrope between two worlds after his mum and dad broke up when he was small. As a grown man, a trip on a country music cruise began to change his story (CW: discussion of suicidal ideation and suicide)
Troy Cassar-Daley 2024
Duration: 53 minutes 12 seconds

Kasey Chambers' musical breakthroughs

Kasey Chambers is a living legend. Five number one albums, fourteen ARIA Awards, she is the youngest woman to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Kasey grew up with music.
Kasey Chambers outdoors in the country wearing a floral dress with her hands raised behind her head
Duration: 42 minutes 1 second

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Abbey Road, Graceland, Tamworth … Ballarat? Gold rush town looks to cash in on musical tourism

A new exhibition on the evolution of the guitar from its earliest incarnation as an oud to the latest electrical wizardry could be a goldmine for a regional Victorian town.
Johnny Cash gurns while playing an acoustic guitar in this black and white photo

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Bill Bailey on why one Johnny Cash song gets him so emotional

One song reminds British comic Bill Bailey of a dear, departed friend. And the other he wants to be played at his funeral.
Bill Bailey seated and posing in a darkly lit room surrounded by books

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Keith Urban guest programs rage

Get ready to release your Wildside when Keith Urban guest programs rage this weekend.
Keith urban sits on a red couch with a guitar lying across his lap
Duration: 34 seconds

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Highlights from the Gympie Music Muster 2024

Sarah Howells from ABC Sunshine Coast presented a brilliant live broadcast from Gympie Music Muster 2024, with an array of special guests joining her to play live and chat. 

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No practice, no worries, 'you just send it' say first-time rodeo riders

Sitting on the back of a bull and preparing to be launched into an arena, 20-year-old Leeuwin Gillett can feel the nerves and adrenaline building. In just a few seconds the world is going to look very different to him.
A young man in a cowboy hat near an outback stockyard.

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Kasey Chambers shares her late 90's playlist

When her own star was on the rise, these are the Kasey Chambers she was listening to
Singer Kasey Chambers stands outside at dusk in desert scrub holding a Gibson guitar
Duration: 2 hours

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From their cover band origins to racking up millions of streams: This is The Red Clay Strays

With hundreds of millions of streams and a spot on the massive Twisters soundtrack, The Red Clay Strays are ready to take their authentic, soulful country music to the world.
Five men from band The Red Clay Strays stand side by side in a rural field

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Ray LaMontagne marks his triumphant return on Long Way Home

Beccy Cole is In Conversation with Ray LaMontagne, discussing his triumphant return on his 9th studio album Long Way Home, what it's like to receive praise from heroes like Emmylou Harris and Bob Dylan and much more.

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