Songwriter Trysts

Jake Arthur is a singer-songwriter from central Massachusetts now located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a multi-instrumentalist, he has written for and played in numerous bands and pit orchestras throughout New England and the Midwest. His studio work includes a self-titled album with the Minneapolis folk-rock band Little Riddles and Rochester, NY band Saucy Jack. He is also a PhD student in music th...

Kylie Adams-Collier is a Kross Kut Records Artist and national radio host for Good Morning Country. Kylie has been supporting the Australian country music industry on the road and on the air for over thirty years. A multi- award winning songwriter, Kylie's inspiration for lyrics and music come from her time on the road. We lost the audio from the first part of the conversation however th...

Singer Songwriter Mary Harrison wrote song's and learnt the way of music theory but in private and hidden away from the world until a local radio station put on a competition for someone with lyrics to have their song put to music by Human Nature! She won and went into the radio station met these people who encouraged her to keep writing and also forced her to tell her friends and family that she...

Susan Muranty is all about the sky. She is obsessed with stars of all kinds - actual, astrological and Hollywood old-style glamour. She adore's the colour blue and loves the curious fact that ... blue is the hottest flame . She lives on an island in Sydney , one of the most civilised places on earth, but roar up a mountain-high fire trail in a four-wheel drive every night just to get home. Her hou...

Adam Fitch is an alternative folk solo artist from Millburn, New Jersey. Over the years, his style has developed into its own unique blend of folk and soulful jazz. He has an eclectic array of experience playing with bands as a guitarist, bassist, and vocalist in genres such as progressive metal, hip hop, electronic music, soul, blues, and more. Lyrically, Fitch has a level of emotional transparen...

Singer Songwriter from Gold Coast Australia Josh King is an up and coming artists who is amazingly smart and talented, even with Law as a possible option after school Josh new that music and songwriting was apart of who he was and had to dive into that passion and love for his art. He has a beautiful pop soft sound.  "Over this year you’re going to hear songs that came from pivotal moments fo...

Karen E. Reynolds Singer Songwriter from East Tennessee native, Award winning Singer Songwriter and Recording Artist, has appeared at premier venues, performance series' and high profile festivals such as Nashville's Bluebird Cafe, Atlanta's Eddie's Attic, The Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival, The Kent State Folk Festival, The Mississippi Songwriters Festival, Bristol Rhythm and Root...

After a huge year for Brisbane's August River Band,  releasing singles  "Crazy"  and  "In My Arms",  the band are releasing "Mr Sky" , the feature track from their forthcoming debut album  Thank You Pain.  August River Band will be celebrating the release of the album at The Tivoli on Friday October 2nd, supported by Colin Lillie & HAM!  E...

Daniel Spirovski is a producer, teacher, musician and songwriter. He works on production, artist development and higher education with music at JMC Academy check out his website and enjoy the wisdoms in this podcast.  http://www.spirovski.com/

LÂLKA is an amazing visual and audio engineer, producer, singer songwriter and realist. Rae Leigh had an amazing chat about the realism of the music industry and shows that even if you have to break the mould of what is expected that you can push through if your being true to who you are and you know what you want and why you're doing it.   Check out LÂLKA and her "bubblegum pop" music below....

Singer Songwriter Zeek Power from Queensland Australia, has the voice of an angel and songwriting gifts that he shares on YouTube , Spotify , Apple music, in live performances and recently in 2019 on the Australian serious of ' The Voice '. Rae Leigh and Zeek had a quick meet before this podcast recording but didn't really know each other so as the podcast unfolds they learn more about each other...

Golden-guitar winning trio Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes grew up in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, but quickly gravitated to the thriving inner-city music scene. Rae Leigh met Lachlan Bryan at the 2015 Winter singer songwriter retreat at the DAG Sheep Station in Tamworth where songwriters come together to learn, encourage, support and write with each other.  With mentors like Lachlan...

Harry J Hart Joined me at my place for a chat about his life as a teen singer songwriter and guitarist on the Gold Coast. Such a good chat, he really has moved all over the place just to be able to continue to pursue his passion including busking non stop to be able to pay for his artistic education. I saw him perform for the first time at the Home of the Arts (HOTA) workshop last year and kept ru...

Singer Songwriter and mother Amber Lawrence has been releasing original country and kids country music for over 15 years and with over 100 songs released online on all major streaming services she has a huge amount of wisdoms and experience to share. From singing in a school play to now playing shows all over Australia she is passionate about her work and entertainment and if you follow her on any...

René Le Feuvre Singer Songwriter in the Gold Coast, Australia. He grew up with skills in music and sports and was on his way to playing in the professional Australian Football League (AFL) when he reached a tipping point and had to make a decision to choose between music or his sport. In this podcast we discuss the journey he has been on to get to where he is and why he wants to fill the world wit...

16 year old, Singer songwriter on our 16th episode, Briana Dinsdale joined me live for a chat about her songwriting life and aspirations, we talked about her love for Taylor Swift , her idol, Keith Urban who she got to play on stage with at his Brisbane concert when she was only 13, and nailed it!(see YouTube video here >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgI8kvca-nw ) Her confidence and...

Graham Ashton, also lovingly known as Asho is a singer songwriter and has also worked in the music industry along side artist such as Robbie Williams, Powderfinger, The Living End, Paul Kelly, The Go-Betweens and Mumford & Sons. He also was the Executive Programmer for BIGSOUND one of the worlds largest music industry events. He has so much experience and passion in his life when it comes to music...

Kristy James is an Australian singer songwriter and now independent artist mentor and coach.  https://www.shapemusic.online/ is her new online mentorship program to help other artists based on real life experiences and mistakes.  We had a great talk about the do's and don'ts of the industry and how it can be challenging for new artists and songwriters who are just starting out.  To...

Eric Dodd is a singer songwriter from Nashville. We met through a SongTown retreat in Nashville October 2019 and got to co-write a song 'Dancing on the Moon' with Les Hauge. In this podcast we spoke more about his journey how he writes and what his journey has been to date.  He has so many accomplishments and other than just getting a killer song while working with him I learnt a lot and...

Say if Dixie Chicks, Jewel, Tom Petty, and Angus and Julia Stone were jamming at a party and you had to describe that sound - you would call it.... Billie-Jo Porter. Billie-Jo is a singer/songwriter who invites the listener to look for silver linings in the everyday. Growing up just outside of Australia’s Country Music Capital, Tamworth, much of her younger days were sound tracked by non-stop coun...

Singer Songwriter Alexi Naylor from Perth Australia joined Rae Leigh in a Songwriter Tryst podcast talking about her journey with music, being in a band and then launching her first EP in 2019 as a solo artist. Find more information about her here - http://alexisnaylor.com/ Follow Alexis on Instagram at @alexisnaylormusic Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/alexisnaylormusic/ Subscribe to her...

Singer Songwriter Benny Allen's first single from the album, Day One of Missing You, launched him into the Australian Country music world. An awesome Melbourne personality and honest authentic soul and father his music touches a cord for me and i'm honoured to have him on the songwriter podcast with me.  We met through Country Kickbacks online music festival during the first Australian Covid...

Lucy LeBlanc is a Canadian songwriter, with a passion for music that ranges from folk songs to rock. Lyrics are her speciality and she has been involved in multiple co-writes with songwriters from Australia, the Netherlands, US and Canada. Lucy’s songs have been recorded by several indie artists, others are currently under consideration by major artists and for film and TV projects. She has m...

Australian male Singer Songwriter Kent Tonscheck from Queensland shares his story of finding his voice, confidence and passion in music. From shy awkward school kid to young TV star vocal talent, his story of drive, determination and pure heart is an inspirational tale. His voice is of an angel and heart of pure gold, this young artist is still early in his career as a songwriter but continuing to...

Dani Young is a Sydney singer-songwriter whose love of songwriting and journey to believing in herself is both inspirational and encouraging. "take the pressure off" says Dani in this podcast, talking about how she had such high expectations of herself initially it stopped her from even getting started with songwriting. She was able to work with experienced Songwriter Warren H Williams who has men...