Country Music Features

‘Broken Record’ is a song for the bottom of that first bottle and the first few sips of the second; for those nights when all you want to do is sit there and soak it up in a bar that feels like home.

Taking the peppy R&B swagger of the Luther Vandroos original, slowing it right down and reworking it as an otherworldly country-soul spiritual, Leon Timbo pulls something deep and powerfully life-affirming from the song.

His playful pinpoint observations on life’s little absurdities are sung with wry humour and tongue-in-cheek candour. As heartbreaking as he often is hilarious, Izaak Opatz is our new favourite anti-country star

Sophia Scott spoke to Holler about her distinctive blend of powerhouse R&B, poppy West Coast rock and traditional country and her forthcoming EP

As Christine Sweeney readies her new album, Heart In A Hurry, she gives us a taste of what to expect with ‘Denial’, a honey-hooked character study of relationships as they fall apart and the coping mechanisms we often use to negotiate the fall out.

Elliah Heifetz takes the overtired tropes of country music and affectionately tips them up on their arse with a playfulness and sagacity reminiscent of John Prine and Kris Kristofferson.