Kasey announces songwriters competition at Rabbit Hole Recording Studio!

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ANNOUNCEMENT

ATTENTION-SONGWRITERS,ARTISTS & MUSICIANS!! We’ve had a tough couple of years hey!! My heart goes out to all my fellow songwriters, artists & musicians but especially the new ones starting out in this difficult time…..….so I’d like to pay it forward & bring some joy to an aspiring artist/songwriter in the music industry by giving away…… THE MAKING OF YOUR EP FOR FREE….…….along with a CREATIVE MUSIC WORKSHOP & SONGWRITING MENTORING package with me FOR FREE!!

I’m creating this GIVE AWAY as the GRAND OPENING of our brand new RABBIT HOLE RECORDING STUDIO & MUSIC RETREAT!!! We have spent the last 6 months building the new Rabbit Hole Recording Studio & creative music space for recording & creative music workshops on the Central Coast-NSW set on 2.5 acres of private bush land. I am giving ONE LUCKY ARTIST in Australia over 16yrs the opportunity to enter our @therabbitholerecordingstudio Instagram competition to win THE RECORDING OF YOUR EP produced by me-Kasey Chambers & Brandon Dodd in our brand new one-of-a-kind boutique recording studio. The winner will also receive a spot for one of my new CREATIVE MUSIC WORKSHOPS & SONGWRITING MENTORING packages that I am starting up at our MUSIC RETREAT!  I will personally be picking the winner! All you need to do is send in a video of you performing one of your original songs (details @therabbitholerecordingstudio ) for your chance to win a once in a lifetime opportunity to record your music with me at our studio & have me share some of the things I’ve learnt over the years about songwriting, music & creativity. Follow @therabbitholerecordingstudio Instagram page for all the details on how to enter!!(& don’t worry if you’re from interstate-if you win we will work the prize timing around restrictions if we need to). PLEASE KEEP VIDEOS UNDER 1 MINUTE (or separate the videos to get in your full song) & post as SHORT VIDEO (not IGTV). Looking forward to getting to know some of you new artists a little bit through your music & sharing the love

Love Kasey xx

For full terms and conditions, click here.

Kasey Chambers announce 22 date tour – Behind The Barricades with Kasey Chambers & Busby Marou

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Kasey Chambers announced as part of Byron Bay Bluesfest 2021 lineup!

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Kasey Chambers announces ‘The Captain’ 20th Anniversary Tour!

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Twenty years ago Kasey Chambers released her groundbreaking debut album The Captain. It was a pivotal record that remains the cornerstone of her outstanding career. In celebration of The Captain’s 20th Anniversary, Kasey will be performing some very special shows – sentimentally reforming her original band and playing songs from The Captain album, alongside a “best of her career” set.

The Captain remains one of the most extraordinary and lauded debuts by an Australian artist in any genre. An album that saw critics and the public heralding it as a blast of fresh air in the local country scene. Songs such as the title track, ‘Cry Like A Baby’ and ‘These Pines’ boasted a maturity beyond her years and a wealth of Americana-styled musical influences, yet the album had Australia and family at its core, ingredients that have been a staple of Kasey’s song-writing ever since then.

The Captain saw Kasey pick up her first solo ARIA Awards, for Best Country Album and Best Female Artist, the album would go double-platinum in Australia, reach the Top 50 of the US Billboard Country albums and enabled Kasey to launch her music to the world.

Music fans at the 2019 Byron Bay Blues Fest were treated to a preview of The Captain 20th Anniversary show, the festival which gave Kasey a huge platform for her music when she started 20 years ago was a fitting place to kick off the anniversary show celebrations.

Supporting Kasey for The Captain 20th Anniversary shows is singer songwriter Charlie Collins. Having played in various bands both in Australia and overseas, Charlie has shared the stage with Gang of Youths, Death Cab for Cutie and Jack River in the last year, as well as performing at Laneway, Fairgrounds and Tamworth Country Music Festivals. Kasey and Charlie met in Tamworth early in The Captain days making her support on this tour particularly special. Charlie explains further..  

“When I was 10, Bill Chambers got me up on his show. I sung Kasey’s ‘This Flower’. Kasey joined me on stage that night and that feeling I got I will never forget. My idol, my hero, my inspiration. To be asked to join this tour is a dream come true. The Captain was one of the first records I bought and it changed my life.”

Join Kasey to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Captain and share the journey of the past two decades of her world-class songs and intimate stories – a unique concert experience not to be missed!

KASEY CHAMBERS – THE CAPTAIN 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2019

Tickets available for pre-sale from 09:00 AM Thursday 9th May.

General sale begins 10:00 AM Friday 10th May

For full ticket details head to www.kaseychambers.com

Friday 13 SEPTEMBER – THE PALMS AT CROWN, MELBOURNE VIC

Saturday 14 SEPTEMBER – COSTA HALL GPAC, GEELONG VIC

Sunday 15  SEPTEMBER – WANGARATTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, WANGARATTA VIC

Thursday 19 SEPTEMBER – LISMORE CITY HALL, LISMORE NSW

Friday 20 SEPTEMBER – THE FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE QLD

Saturday 21 SEPTEMBER – SOUTHPORT RSL, SOUTHPORT QLD

Friday 4 OCTOBER – THEBARTON THEATRE, ADELAIDE SA

Saturday 5 OCTOBER – THE ASTOR THEATRE, PERTH WA

Sunday 6 OCTOBER – BRIDGETOWN HOTEL, BRIDGETOWN WA

Friday 11 OCTOBER – TOWN HALL THEATRE PAC, DEAVONPORT TAS

Saturday 12 OCTOBER – THEATRE NORTH AT THE PRINCESS, LAUNCESTON TAS

Sunday 13 OCTOBER – WREST POINT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, HOBART TAS

Thursday 17 OCTOBER – ANITA’S THEATRE, THIRROUL NSW

Friday 18 OCTOBER – EVAN THEATRE PANTHERS, PENRITH NSW

Saturday 19 OCTOBER – THE CUBE, CAMPBELLTOWN NSW

Sunday 20 OCTOBER – BATHURST MEMORIAL THEATRE, BATHURST NSW

Friday 25 OCTOBER – GIANT DWARF, REDFERN NSW

Saturday 26 OCTOBER – NEX, NEWCASTLE NSW

Sunday 27 OCTOBER – THE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE CIC, CANBERRA ACT

To commemorate The Captain’s 20th anniversary “The Captain Deluxe Edition” will be available from May 17 (via EMI) – exactly 20 years to the day since the ground-breaking debut album was originally release and the original album will be available on Vinyl for the first time! Fans can pre-order now from the link HERE.

Kasey Chambers Celebrates 20th Anniversary of ‘The Captain’ with Deluxe Edition

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Kasey Chambers has today announced the release of “The Captain Deluxe Edition” on May 17, 2019, exactly 20 years to the day since her ground breaking debut album “The Captain” was released, ensuring her place amongst Australia’s most revered songwriters and recording artists.

“The Captain Deluxe Edition” includes memorabilia and an unreleased track from archive, compiled by Kasey to share in this unique new package. This recently unearthed song ‘Hey Girl’, written around the time of the album, is available to fans from today – listen below.

“The Captain Deluxe Edition” package includes the 12 tracks from the original album plus ‘Hey Girl’ (unearthed track), 7 tracks from the bonus edition (released in 2000), and 13 previously unreleased track-by-track interview pieces from 1999. The accompanying 32 page booklet has never before seen pictures of Kasey’s childhood, promotional and live photos, and an image of the original handwritten lyrics for the title track “The Captain” – pre-order HERE.

Accompanying the release of the Deluxe Edition is “The Captain” original album on vinyl for the very first time. Fans should get in quick to secure their copy – pre-order HERE.

Discussing “The Captain” back in 1999, Kasey said “I’d like to convert some people with this record. I think it has the potential to prove that country music has a lot more depth and soul…” How right she was! This pivotal record, the cornerstone of her outstanding career, remains one of the most extraordinary and lauded debuts by an Australian artist in any genre. The critics and the public saw “The Captain” for what it was – a blast of fresh air in the local country scene. Songs such as the title track, ‘Cry Like A Baby’ and ‘These Pines’ boasted a maturity beyond her years and a wealth of Americana-styled musical influences, yet the album had Australia and family at its core, ingredients that have been a staple of Kasey’s song-writing ever since. Off the back of “The Captain”, Kasey picked up her first solo ARIA Awards, for Best Country Album and Best Female Artist. The album would go Triple Platinum in Australia, reach the Top 50 of the US Billboard Country Albums and launch Kasey’s music to the world.

Kasey followed the release of “The Captain” with 11 more albums, each one cementing her place on the global country artist stage and garnering her a cabinet full of awards. In 2018 she was the youngest female ever to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, reinforcing her place as one of Australia’s most respected, accomplished and captivating performers.

“The Captain” Deluxe Edition Tracklisting:

DISC 1
1. Cry Like A Baby
2. The Captain
3. This Flower
4. You Got The Car
5. These Pines
6. Don’t Talk Back
7. Southern Kind of Life
8. Mr. Baylis
9. The Hard Way
10. Last Hard Bible
11. Don’t Go
12. We’re All Gonna Die Someday

DISC 2
1. Hey Girl (previously unreleased)
2. I Still Pray (feat. Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill)
3. Dam
4. Freight Train
5. Water in the Fuel
6. Another Lonely Day
7. Better Be Home Soon
8. Heartbreak Heartmend (feat. Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill)
9. Kasey talks about ‘Cry Like A Baby’
10. Kasey talks about ‘The Captain’
11. Kasey talks about ‘This Flower’
12. Kasey talks about ‘You Got The Car’
13. Kasey talks about ‘Southern Kind of Life’
14. Kasey talks about ‘Don’t Talk Back’
15. Kasey talks about ‘These Pines’
16. Kasey talks about ‘Mr. Baylis’
17. Kasey talks about ‘Last Hard Bible’
18. Kasey talks about ‘The Hard Way’
19. Kasey talks about ‘Don’t Go’
20. Kasey talks about ‘We’re All Gonna Die Someday’
21. Farewell from Kasey Chambers

Kasey Chambers announces West Australian ‘Campfire’ tour dates

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Following an extensive 40 date national tour in support of her album Campfire, Australian country music icon Kasey Chambers announces 4 shows in Western Australia.

The Campfire tour is a unique musical journey through the stories of places, people, cultures and sounds that have inspired one of Australia’s most revered performers. Playing songs from her new album Campfire and all her much-loved songs from way back to The Captain and Barricades and Brickwalls days up until now, join Kasey Chambers for a special evening of music and stories with her Fireside Disciples.

Campfire is an album that Kasey has wanted to make her whole life. The album represents the connection she’s had to different lands and cultures throughout her life and drawing from the regions that have influenced her the most – Australia, Africa, Norfolk Island and America. “All these 4 places have had a significant impact on shaping who I am both musically and personally. From my early years of my family drawing from the Aboriginal way of life in the outback of Australia to experiencing the African culture and immediately connecting with it, living the seaside lifestyle in Southend, South Australia and later on, my time living on Norfolk Island to then many years of touring throughout America and being inspired by their musical culture, I have taken all of those experiences and put them into the songs and sounds for Campfire…”

 

KASEY CHAMBERS – CAMPFIRE TOUR (W.A DATES)

 

With Special Guest Grim Fawkner

Thursday 15 NOVEMBER – QUEENS PARK THEATRE, GERALDTON WA – http://www.queensparktheatre.com.au

Friday 16 NOVEMBER – MOORA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, MOORA WA

http://www.moora.wa.gov.au

 

With Special Guest Matt Gresham

Saturday 17 NOVEMBER – MUNDARING WEIR HOTEL, MUNDARING WA

http://www.mundaringweirhotel.com.au

Sunday 18 NOVEMBER – BUNBURY REGIONAL ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE (BREC), BUNBURY WA

http://www.bunburyentertainment.com

Kasey Chambers announced for Byron Bay’s Bluesfest 2019

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Kasey Chambers joins the 2019 Byron Bay Bluesfest line up taking place at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm Byron Bay from Thursday 18th April to Monday 22nd April.

Tickets on sale now: https://www.bluesfest.com.au/tickets/prices.aspx?EventID=7

Kasey Chambers announces Darwin Venue Change

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Tickets here: https://dtix.com.au/facebook-events/kasey-chambers-campfire-tour-2018/

20 Years since the release of Kasey Chambers’ debut album “The Captain”

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Words by Jamie Aps (Alt Media) http://www.altmedia.net.au/kasey-chambers/131800

Next year will mark 20 years since the release of Kasey Chambers’ debut album, The Captain, and yet despite this she is still incredibly humble and self deprecating when speaking about her journey.

“To be honest when I first started playing music, even before The Captain, I resigned myself to the fact I would never be successful in music because I realised my style of music wasn’t incredibly popular and I’ve got a pretty annoying voice,” Kasey said with a hearty laugh.

By understanding that her journey through music was likely not going to be an easy one Chambers was able to simply focus on creating the music which “felt right” in the moment rather than looking for the next best career move or opportunity.

“Although this will sound weird I don’t look at making records as part of my career,” explained Chambers. “I just go with what feels right and at the end of the day I’ve based my whole career on that idea so arguably that has been my best career move.”

This could not have been anymore evident than with the release of her latest record, Campfire, which is a stark contrast to her previous release Dragonfly.

Dragonfly was a very produced, pop infused record which saw Kasey working with the likes of Paul Kelly, Keith Urban and Ed Sheeran.

“[Dragonfly] was one of the most important and poignant records I’ve ever made,” reflected Chambers. “I poured so much of myself into that record and it was certainly a turning point in my life.”

Having invested so much of herself emotionally into Dragonfly and by also pushing herself creatively Chambers’ “knee jerk” reaction for the next record was to strip everything back in order to reconnect with what makes her who she is “musically and personally.”

In order to achieve that goal and Chambers chose to work only with very close friends and family. Working alongside Kasey on Campfire were friend and bandmate Brandon Dodd, longtime family friend Alan Pigram, and her father Bill Chambers.

As Kasey told City Hub simply to have the opportunity “go so far back to my roots” was a real privilege and something she felt incredibly “lucky” to be able to do. This sense of gratitude also carries through to the response she has seen now whilst touring the record around Australia.

“To have people responding in such a positive way is really lovely,” Chambers said before jokingly adding, “I’m 41 now so I feel so grateful to be able to still go out and play sold out shows, I don’t want to get a day job either so I’m really happy that I can still tour.”

Jun 21. Seymour Centre, Cnr City Rd & Cleveland St, Chippendale. $43.80-$78.30+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.kaseychambers.com