Songwriter Trysts

Kevin’s songs have been covered by a long string of artists over the last 40 years, including Roger Miller , Waylon Jennings, Patty Loveless, The Judds, Bobby Bare, Ray Price, The Highwaymen (Willie, Waylon, Cash and Kristofferson), Linda Ronstadt, Solomon Burke , Garth Brooks , to name a few.  In 2018-19 Chris Stapleton recorded and released his song “ Millionaire ”, which stayed on the Bill...

Keppie Coutts Is a well established songwriter and educator, recommended to the show by Pat Pattison she lives in Sydney and works with the online Berklee College of Music course, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music , The University of Sydney, Collarts in Melbourne, and River Road .  She has taught at the Australian Institute of Music been an Assistant Professor of Songwriting at the Berklee C...

Katie Brooke is an Australian singer songwriter sweetheart with a magical sound and perspective on life. We talked about her journey with music, art and her difficulty when she was younger with the idea that there were "rules" that she felt she was being told she had to follow to build a career in music. She is a graduate of the Australian Academy of Country Music (AACM) in Tamworth and conti...

Singer Songwriter ELEEA from the Gold Coast, Australia is presenting her new travel collection of music after a world of experience as a singer who started very young and a love for backpacking and travelling around the world she is inspired by life, music and travel. She has faced so many challenges and with wisdom picked herself up and learnt from every experience, the good and the bad. She desc...

Todays episode of Songwriter Trysts has been done in honour of the life and music of songwriter John Condrone. His family have requested and organised for us to feature John and his music on this podcast to honour his life with the help from close friend and co-writer Scott Southworth who joins me in this podcast today. This man urges everyone through his life and music to "leave a little love in...

Ainsley Costello originally from Seattle just moved to Nashville at the age of 16 with her parents to pursue her music career just as the Covid 19 lockdown hit, hear how this pandemic has impacted Nashville and the arts through the eyes of this ambitious 16 year old girl and her family. Trying to be who she is but at 16 she is aware that she doesn’t know exactly who she is, Rae and Ainsley talk ab...

Jesse Slack Country Singer Songwriter from Canada Jesse says it felt like the options were sports or music growing up, his twin went towards sports and he got into playing guitar and singing, he would sit for hours, with his first guitar called “tiny boy” from the toy shop, and would learn Neil Young songs and at the age of 13 wrote his first song. Jesse says “it took me 27 years to work out you j...

Jessica Lynn , independent singer songwriter from New York shares about her ups and downs building her music life, the heartbreak and with wins including sharing the bill with major country music talent, such as Keith Urban , Thompson Square , and Clint Black Lynn also went on tour with country music artist Jo Dee Messina This year she released a single called "It's Just Not Christmas" and shares...

Collin Lillie , Scottish Australian from popular TV show the Voice, came and talked to us about his incredible journey with music, nature and relationships including parenting which is always a great inspiration for great songwriting.  Connect with Collin: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Apple Music Spotify

Singer Songwriter Saint Barae from Gold Coast QLD shares from the heart. In this podcast we talk about religion, sexuality and the way these aspects in life have impacted his journey as a songwriter. Connect with Saint Barae : Facebook Instagram Spotify YouTube Triple J

Singer Songwriter Sarah Harralson is a beautiful singer songwriter from Nashville Tennessee. With a career in music not just as a singer songwriter but in the business side of it too she has a wide understanding of the industry and creative songwriting. Hear about how by a mistake in identity ended up meeting some amazing opportunities. Sometimes having a common name like Sarah can be a blessing....

SAAKB an artist who sing's like an angel and writes from a place of love and humility, he is all about the music. In this talk we find out more about his musical experience, inspiration and future goals. If you want to learn more about this amazing artist make sure you tune into this podcast.  Connect with SAAKB :  Facebook Instagram Spotify Links

With one foot in Boston, one in Nashville, and roots in the Midwest, Mary Haller combines her musical background with her love of language in crafting songs aimed at the commercial country, pop and film/TV markets. Mary shares her stories of songwriting starting at the age of 40, nothing stopping her from following her passion for music and songwriting, Rae Leigh and Mary Haller met through a Mart...

Rapper and songwriter Brad McCracken also known as B.M.C, some amazing stories and collaborations with people from all over the world, using digital tools such as BandLab.com and Facebook. Get in contact with contact Brad: Facebook 

Angus Gill, ARIA nominated singer songwriter from Wauchope in New South Wales, a story teller, songwriter, producer and comedian, at age 22 is a self made independent artist, with amazing mentors and support he felt he had no other choice as it was the one thing he felt he was any good at. William Lane was a neighbour who helped bring him tune into the songwriter that he has become. Jim Haines was...

Kevin Sullivan is a singer songwriter from New South Wales (NSW) Australia. He has had a long career in the police force and after leaving the force struggled with post traumatic syndrome disorder (PTSD) in which music has helped him through. His stories in his songs are compelling and hold a lot of truths for him and his journey.  Kevin is off on a tour around Australia with his family in th...

Caitlyn Shadbolt , singer songwriter from Gympie, Queensland, Australia, is having fun in 2020 with the release of her new Album Stages, Check out her 'In the making of' video from home on YouTube Here . She's a bright and bubbly country girl who likes to get dressed up sometimes too, never any good at sports she decided to make a go of singing and songwriting and in this podcast we learn more abo...

I'm so honoured to be featuring Pat Pattison on todays podcast. He is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry. In addition to his four books— Songwriting without Boundaries ,  Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure , and  The Essential Guide to Rhyming , —Pattison has developed five online courses for Berklee Onli...

Damien Johnson Is a curious, compassionate and talented singer songwriter! We had such a fun live chat for this podcast and talked about some serious topics around mental health but also about life in the music industry, relationships and following ones own truth. The story unfolds through the chat and Rae Leigh and Damien also co-wrote a song after their chat which they both had fun with. Get in...

Christie Lamb has been described as ‘the full package’, a vibrant multi-instrumental and award-winning singer songwriter. Adding to her ever-growing mantle of awards, Christie was voted ‘ CMC Female Artist of the Year 2018’ by Australian Country Music Fans. The talented songstress has also been the recipient of a Golden Guitar for ‘ CMAA New Talent of the Year 2016’ and was also voted ‘ CMC N...

Michael Waugh is a Melbourne Singer Songwriter from East Gippsland Australia. Teaching music and mentoring young people is a passion of his along with the craft of songwriting. He has working with Shane Nicolson to produce and deliver top quality productions to his audience and touched the lives of many people by sharing his gifts with us.  He gives a profound new voice to the Australian expe...

Jody Aaron Friedman is a music supervisor, music producer, award-winning songwriter & music publisher. He is also the founder of  www.licenseyourmusic.com , an online platform available for those interested in learning more about licensing their music. His career began working for CNN in Atlanta, NYC & California.   While working as an Audio Operator, he composed a theme song for...

Melbourne-based Australian outlaw country singer-songwriter, Gareth Leach , has dropped his hard-hitting album Trigger , landing at #2 on the iTunes Country Albums chart and #4 overall/all-genres. Self-produced and engineered, Trigger is Gareth’s sophomore album, tackling tough subject matter, with introspective lyrics and a powerful vocal performance met with traditional folk and country instrume...

17 yr old Singer Songwriter Ishan Merchant born in France and lives in Melbourne Australia has a beautiful unique voice and skill for writing beautiful songs and describing stories inspired by movies and other influences.  Rae Leigh came across his Instagram account and wanted to encourage and share his voice and skills with you. Ishan loves sport but after a back injury and a lot of time sit...

Ashley Taylor Grew Up In Bakersfield, California. Thanks To Her Grandmother's CD Collection Mixed With The Rich Musical History Of Her Hometown & The “Bakersfield Sound”, Ashley’s Love Of Country Music Became Her Life’s Passion . She Received Her First Guitar At The Age Of Seventeen & Has Been Making Music Ever Since. However, It Wasn't Until A Friendship With Hit Songwriter Clay Mills (“D...