boots blogthe occasional trip to | 26.07.2011 |
Your new album, Little Bird, seems to combine the musical vibes of Rattlin Bones and your earlier works really cohesively. Was that intentional?
Seeing as how Chambers only makesboots blogthe occasional trip to see us here on this side of the globe, we thought it would be nice to catch up with her and take a few minutes to talk about mily, the need to retAustralia Bootsurn to her musical roots and what makes American audiences very different from the ones of her homeland.
On Wednesday afternoon, while on tour with her mily in tow, the Australian stars bus was on the verge of breaking down on the road somewhere between Nashville and Austin.
You just mentioned your growing mily. Is that what keeps you busy in the two or three years that seem to go between your album releases?
Over a decade ago, you were one of those proverbial SXSW Buzz Artists. Many of those acts often il to do much with their careers after the initial hoopla, but youveblog bootsbeen able to build a lasting, fruitful career since that time. Whats it like to look back on that period of your early career?
Yes, absolutely! In ct, In between Rattlin Bones and my new album, Little Bird, my dad and I released a childrens album in Australia called Kasey Chambers, Papa Bill and the Little Hillbillies. Its fitting because my life is all about kids these days, really. We had all of the kids from our mily, which is a lot, come in and sing and scream and play around, and it was just so much fun.
Thats really cool,New Style Ugg Boots because thats exactly how I feel too. I feel like Little Bird is what The Captain and Barricades & Brickwalls wouldve sounded like had I made them after I made Rattlin