Brendan Radford Snow

Price: $19.95

He’s best known as one of Australia’s most gifted and in-demand musicians, who has performed and recorded with a galaxy of country stars, Brendan Radford has stepped into the spotlight in his own right, with the release of his debut album, Snow. It has been almost five years in the making – mainly due to Brendan’s many other musical commitments with the cream of Australian country and rock music, amongst them Lee Kernaghan, Sara Storer, Troy Cassar-Daley, Gina Jeffreys, Russell Morris and Glen Shorrock. The first single from the album, “Sweet Maree” Brendan laughingly describes as “bluegrass with drums”, and it’s a delight. So is the Western Swing-inspired “Don’t Think Twice”, a superb cover of the old Pete Seeger/Bob Dylan classic. Snow features two brilliant instrumentals. “Pronto Tonto” is a fast and furious musical tour de force, while the gentle and evocative “New Morning”. Casey Watt joins Brendan on “I Needed You”. It’s one of several well-chosen covers on the album. He’s also included his own take on the Bad Company classic “Shooting Star” and a wonderful version of Shanley Del’s “Rear View Mirror” – one of the album’s highlights

Sweet Marie, I Don’t Know, Don’t Think Twice, What’s Going On, Stop The Night, Pronto Tonto, Snow, New Morning, Shooting Star, If I Needed You (with Casey Watt), Rear View Mirror, Coongoola Station.