Launching her new EP Nothin\u2019 But Love at the 2014 Tamworth Country Music Festival, brings a massive musical year full circle for Queensland-based singer songwriter Sarah Head. At last year\u2019s festival she was named one of the Top 4 grand finalists in the 2013 Toyota Star Maker competition, something which launched a whirlwind year of more accolades and the progression of her professional recording career. The year that was 2013 saw Sarah as a finalist in coveted awards such as the MusicOz Awards for Independent Artists and the People\u2019s Choice Awards for Most Promising Future Star. It\u2019s no surprise she has been receiving such recognition, this 2007 graduate from the Australian College of Country Music has been working diligently on her music for over a decade, honing her skills as both a singer and songwriter and performing at all sorts of venues around the country.<\/p>\n
Sarah says she can\u2019t believe what a huge year 2013 has been for her, and can\u2019t wait to kick off 2014 with her new release. \u201cI pinch myself every day thinking about what I\u2019ve experienced and achieved last year,\u201d she says. \u201cI am so excited about the future, and to keep doing something that I love and am so passionate about. I can\u2019t wait to release my new EP and songs at Tamworth \u2013 I think there is going to be something there for everybody. I\u2019m really excited about just how perfectly the tracks reflect my style and personality.\u201d<\/p>\n
The EP Nothin\u2019 But Love, and the first single from it \u2013 Gypsy Soul \u2013 were written and recorded in Nashville. Sarah moved to the country music capital for nine-weeks to co-write with some of the biggest names in the business and lay down tracks for her latest release. She won the 2013 Arts Queensland Individual\u2019s Grant for \u2018artists engaging in projects that deliver highly transformative and unique career opportunities\u2019, which assisted in funding her trip. She also created a successful crowd-funding campaign to help finance the recording of her EP. \u201cI am sincerely humbled by the amount of encouragement shown by fans, community members and local businesses for my recording project,\u201d says Sarah. \u201cIt\u2019s this kind of support that keeps my chasing my dream and reaching for new heights, and for that I am so very thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n
While residing in Nashville, Sarah attended co-writing sessions with the likes of world-class songwriters Lauren Lucas and Ben Daniel, and leading industry icons such as Bob Regan and Byron Hill. She also worked with producer B.James Lowry (whose guitar prowess features on #1 hit songs in 2013). Byron Hill, whose songs have been recorded by Toby Keith, Ray Charles and Kenny Rogers to name a few, wrote two tracks with Sarah for the EP. \u201cSometimes you sit down with a new co-writer and just know you\u2019ll come up with something good,\u201d says Bryon. \u201cThat was the feeling for me when Sarah and I wrote for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first single from the EP Gypsy Soul was co-written with Bob Regan \u2013 who has penned tracks for Keith Urban, Trisha Yearwood and Reba McIntyre to name a few) and producer B.James Lowry. The track is about self-discovery, written around the story of a woman\u2019s moment of realisation where she embarks on a voyage of self-worth and revelation, determined to chase her dreams no matter what. \u201cI do a lot of travelling with my music career and I always joke that I have a gypsy soul \u2013 never wanting to settle for the ordinary, always pushing the boundaries and daring to dream,\u201d says Sarah. \u201cThat\u2019s where the idea for Gypsy Soul came from \u2013 it\u2019s about that point in your life when you realise you\u2019ve been underestimated, like you\u2019re faking being happy with the mundane and that you\u2019re ready to show the world exactly who you\u2019re supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Launching her new EP Nothin\u2019 But Love at the 2014 Tamworth Country Music Festival, brings a massive musical year full circle for Queensland-based singer songwriter Sarah Head. At last year\u2019s festival she was named one of the Top 4 grand finalists in the 2013 Toyota Star Maker competition, something which launched a whirlwind year of … Continue reading “SINGER SONGWRITER SARAH HEAD LAUNCHES NEW EP AT TAMWORTH”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hume","category-tcrn","category-zfm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}