Kasey Chambers' musical breakthroughs

Take 5

Kasey Chambers is a living legend. Five number one albums, fourteen ARIA Awards, she is the youngest woman to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Kasey grew up with music. As a kid she’d travel across the Nullabor with her dad, at the end of each day the family would always gather around the campfire to sing songs. She would go on to play with the family band, but it was her 1999 debut album The Captain that was her breakthrough to a solo career that has been rich and rewarding.

That debut turns 25 this year, and to mark the anniversary I dipped into the archives for a Take 5 we captured back in 2019. We were celebrating The Captain back then, and the other musical breakthroughs Kasey had experienced through her life. I loved this chat so much; Kasey is a ray of light with her feet firmly on the ground. And hearing her talk about the songs she loves was such a gift.

• Emmylou Harris - ‘Boulder to Birmingham’
• Ben Harper - ‘Fight For Your Mind’
• J.S. Ondara - ‘Torch Song’
• Beyoncé - ‘Don't Hurt Yourself {Ft. Jack White}’
• Steve Earle - ‘Copperhead Road’

This episode was originally broadcast in 2019.