Valentine’s Day with Blake O'Connor & Sinead Burgess- 2.14.26
Blake O'Connor
Nashville based Aussie Blake O'Connor's latest album 'Finding Light' sky rocketed to #1 on the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Charts, including the #1 hit singles Soul Feeling & Willin' And Ready. As a two time 2020 CMAA Award (Country Music Association of Australia) nominee, Blake won the prestigious Qantas New Talent of the Year Award. He was also nominated for Male Artist of the Year up against international star Morgan Evans.
Soon after winning Australia's most recognised country music competition Toyota Star Maker in 2019 (previously won by Keith Urban) Blake released his debut album 'Everything I Feel resulting in a #1 on the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Chart.
Blake took his music internationally that same year, as an official CMA Fest artist in Nashville TN. There, he played multiple shows including a packed-out show at the world famous Bluebird Cafe. Blake has also played in the U.K, having a massive response after performing in the lineup for Buckle & Boots Festival in Manchester.
Blake has toured and played shows with US acts Tim McGraw, Lee Brice, Charles Eston, Home Free, Samantha Fish, Morgan Evans, Jimmy Hall, Joseph Wooten and Australian Royalty John Farnham, Diesel and Russel Morris.
Australia's #1 Radio station 2GB host, Ray Hadley. was blown away by a recent in-studio performance and said; "Based on that performance, you'll never have to work a day in your life. Absolutely sensational.
His music is often described as incorporating the outlaw country of Chris Stapleton, the blues of Bonnie Raitt with the melodic soft rock of John Mayer.
Sinead Burgess
Australian singer/ songwriter/ producer & multi-instrumentalist Sinead Burgess is a one- woman show stopper in every sense. From writing, producing and playing the bulk of the instruments to designing merch, artwork creation, video directing & editing, you name it, Burgess is a truly creative soul. She was nominated in 2020 for both a CMAA Australian Country Music Award for New Talent of The Year and a Global APRA Music Award in Nashville for Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year. Burgess released her self-produced debut album ‘Damaged Goods’ in August 2018 which reached #3 on the UK iTunes Country Album Chart, and also won the coveted international John Lennon Songwriting Contest for the Country category for her song ‘Praising God, Raising Hell". Burgess' latest offering ‘New Year's Day' just reached #1 on CMT Australia.
Burgess is currently writing the last of her highly anticipated sophomore record with Brian Koppelman, well known for his exceptionally successful script writing for movies such as Oceans 13 & The Illusionist, as well as being the co-creator and show runner of hit HBO show ‘Billions’. The pair struck up a formidable creative relationship throughout the pandemic, leading to countless zoom sessions throughout lockdowns. The first track of the record (in which Burgess has produced) is set for release in the coming months, a nostalgic track in which features legendary drummer Steve Gorman (Black Crowes, Stereophonics).
Sinead Burgess made her British touring debut after being stumbled upon playing a small bar in Nashville by the highest selling British country act, ‘The Shires’. Joining them on their 22-date tour of the U.K, Burgess played to 1500+ people a night, including playing the coveted Royal Albert Hall. Performing with just an acoustic guitar, harmonica, stomp box and her voice, Burgess captivated audiences all over the country, selling over 2500 physical albums and earning her a multitude of new fans. Since then, Sinead has returned to the U.K & Ireland opening for legend Paul Young for 2 months, further building her rapidly growing fan base. Burgess then traveled back to her homeland of Australia to play the first C2C (Country 2 Country) Festival and was invited to perform in a CMA Songwriters showcase lineup alongside US hit writers Eric Paslay & RaeLynn. She was also on the lineup in 2022 for 'CMC Rocks', the premier Country Music Festival in Australia, earning a multitude of fans eagerly waiting for her next release.
Burgess’s raw material and old soul sees her blazing her own, multi- dimensional genre trail, tapping heavily into Country/ Americana and singer- songwriter roots. Her music reflects ballsy rock tones of Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow, melting together with the raw emotion of Foy Vance and Lewis Capaldi.
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