Songwriter Trysts

Bec Lavelle is an Australian singer-songwriter who is best known for her work in the Australian television drama, "McLeod's Daughters". The series produced a number of highly popular soundtrack albums featuring vocals by Lavelle. She has since released four solo albums - "Intimate Portrait", "Love & Bravery", "Kehr Wieder" and “IV” which was recently released in August of 2020. Bec has also co...

Jade Holland fell into music and calls it an “accident” and will do it for as long as it continues to be fun. Thanks to an open mic at the age of 11 and seeing a friend perform, she said to her mum “I’m going to do that”… From a small country town above Cairns, Australia, she has taken Australia by storm and never given up even when the world and family around her told her that you can’t earn a li...

Halle Kearns is an emerging artist quickly making a name for herself in  country music. As a songwriter, Halle differentiates herself through her conversational storytelling, melodic sensibilities, and authenticity.  As a performer, she has over 300 shows under her belt resulting in an undeniable ability to captivate her audiences and instantly connect them  to her passion for music...

Singer, songwriter, musician, teacher and producer Paul DeMarco seems to be able to do it all. In this podcast we talk about how he has turned his life into a space where he can be full time in the music industry and live his dream life, "they say if you do what you love you will never work a day in your life" says Paul as he describes how he has worked towards his lifestyle and used mental self-d...

Bree Jackson mother, singer songwriter from Dallas Texas USA. Spending a lot of the time in the army and now getting back to her roots in music. Watching live music as a child seduced her into the life of singing, performing and being in the industry by getting the inside recording experience from a very young age. Connecting with Rae Leigh over being artist mothers and how this impacts our childr...

Singer Songwriter Melanie Meriney from Nashville has a great chat on Songwriter Trysts Podcast about her journey and experiences in the music industry. Her songwriting tips and stories are great to hear. Some of her achievements so far include: Music videos in rotation on CMT, GAC, and Heartland Second place in Nashville's Emerging Star competition Signed a publishing deal with Dune Grass Music, F...

Bree Taylor is a singer songwriter from Toronto, Canada. She had a really in depth chat with Rae Leigh about; art, female empowerment, self love, bullying in school and the power of self compassion. These two songwriters have such similar stories and we get to view all the different opinions around being a female artist in the music industry and what is expected verses what is good for our humanit...

Paula and Donna founded Crazy Women Country in 2020. In the realm of country music, women get a lot less radio airplay and support. These crazy country fans and writers wanted to start the conversations, encouraging us to keep requesting more women on the radio and helping women to share more of their music on their podcast and promote, encourage and uplift women in the country music industry. “Ho...

James started his music career before Rae Leigh had even been conceived, He was named "best new talent" at the 1987 Country Music Awards of Australia , and in 1991 his Album " Hand it Down" won Best Country Album ARIA award.  He had a lot of success after releasing the hit song "Way Out West" in 1991, Australian country artists James Blundell and James Reyne recorded a version that became a h...

Catherine Britt In this podcast we are speaking about her latest album, her changes she has discovered becoming a mother of two little ones and how that’s impacted her songwriting, and that where we see some of the tracks coming from this experience. Relating to mothers all over the world and the 'Home Truths' behind the life of a mother. Singer Songwriter, mother, and passionate mentor in the mus...

Toronto-based r&b and soul emerging artist  Ley Vara  is excited to announce the release of her sixth single “ Red Flag .” Written by Ley Vara and produced by  Josh Polasz , from  KYNGS ,  “Red Flag” reflects on heartbreak and being cheated on. The lyrical  styling focuses on how there can be various “red flags” within a partner  that people often miss becaus...

Grammy ® nominee Aimee Mayo . Aimee is one of the few female writers to receive both BMI”s ‘Country Song of the Year’ and BMI’s ‘Country Songwriter of the Year,’ putting her in the elite company of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift and she is the author of a compelling new memoir, TALKING TO THE SKY: A Memoir of Living Your Best Life in A Sh*t-Show Her songs have spent 26 weeks in the #1...

2020 has been a breakthrough year for Cass Hopetoun.  In January she won the Tamworth Songwriter’s Association talent quest before releasing her debut single ‘Shots’ independently in March. In April she signed to Compass Bros Records. In May she opened for Casey Donovan at Australia's first ever pandemic drive-in concert, performed live on Channel 7's Sunrise and ‘Shots’ reached #4 on Th...

Singer Songwriter, father, Podcast and Radio host Clint Wilson was on holidays with the family on the Gold Coast from Melbourne Australia and took some time out to come and chat with me on the show about his songwriting process and journey. We talk about how music and songwriting has been something that has changed and evolved for him and has been a way of self expression and healing through diffe...

Ranella Ferrer is a powerhouse in the Filipino-American Entertainment Industry since she was only 13 years old. Ranella’s  professional background includes Grammy produced songs, commercial pop  singles, multiple appearances in live performances, tour collaborations,  and TV and Radio shows, making her one of the most-wanted Fil-Am  vocalists in America. Ranella sang the Nation...

Singer Songwriter Patrick Cornell is featured on this podcast through a link up on Instagram but so glad we were able to connect because we got to talk about his musical life, influences and how he got to where he is today.  During this Covid Pandemic that we are all experiences Patrick talks about music being the healing thing that will get us all through everything we are facing.  With...

Kirstie Kraus came through last year asking for an interview and like I do with all artist applications I went straight to check out her music and first up found ' Silver ' which is such a hot song and I love the female empowerment behind it which drew me in straight away, so glad to have had a chat with her which only made me a bigger fan of her work and I’m sure it will for you too. She’s thirst...

Meet Pete Marksteiner A mid-life husband and dad, Pete describes himself as "a fairly average guy, blessed by an extraordinary family, leading a blissfully ordinary life." After 35 years of the Monday-Friday grind he, like many folks, started losing focus on the things that make all our lives wondrous and beautiful. As an avid songwriter and now first-time kids' book author, Pete's passion is maki...

Bill O’Hanlon is a songwriter who turned to psychotherapy then has come back to songwriting. After a long successful carrier as an author in self help books and psychology he has now professionally songwriting with multiple artist cuts and TV show sync deals. He has co-written books on songwriting with Marty Dodson and Clay Mills which you can find here. He has also had artists, Paul Demarco , Kin...

Jennifer Mlott is a multi-talented award-winning Singer, Songwriter and Choreographer from Indianapolis, Indiana. Jennifer is the 2019 International Singer Songwriters Association Rising Star of the Year & 2020 ISSA Vocalist of the Year. In Oct. 2019, 2018 & 2017, Jennifer won the Entertainer of the Year & Vocalist of the Year for the Kentucky Country Music Association. She also captur...

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...