	{"id":73554,"date":"2021-01-02T04:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T17:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=73554"},"modified":"2020-12-21T16:19:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T05:19:59","slug":"the-borders-country-sweetheart-is-coming-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/the-borders-country-sweetheart-is-coming-to-town\/","title":{"rendered":"The border\u2019s country sweetheart is coming to town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GROWING up on a farm in New South Wales, taught country singer Fanny Lumsden a thing or two about rural Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Now, off the back of her ARIA Award win for the Best Country Album, she\u2019s going back to her roots and continuing her regional Australian tour for her most recent album, fallow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote the album in the Tooma Valley, in the Snowy Mountains, and then we recorded the album in a stone hut near where we live so the whole Valley was a huge part of that story,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very bumpy ride to get this record out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to reschedule the tour three times \u2026 but in November, we finally got to get on the road in New South Wales and share it live, in a COVID-safe way, but it was amazing and all but one spot sold out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From her album, Lumsden\u2019s latest single Dig, produced by Matt Fell, is described by the musician to be just the fun and uplifting<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73557\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73557\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/FannyLumsden_Fallow1500px-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/FannyLumsden_Fallow1500px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/FannyLumsden_Fallow1500px-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/FannyLumsden_Fallow1500px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fallow is Lumsden\u2019s latest album.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>piece needed right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDig is a fun song on the record, it\u2019s about deciding in those points where you can either dig deeper or let go and how you figure that out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s ultimately about finding the joy where you can, and it always peps me up especially when the brass come in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While this year has presented Lumsden and her team with a variety of challenges, luckily, it\u2019s also brought with it bounds of success and professional growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, an ARIA nomination to start with was amazing, and winning it was absolutely mind blowing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of hoops to jump through but totally worth it like everyone\u2019s response at the live gigs so far is so amazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so passionate about keeping our regional touring\u2026 to let kids and emerging artists know that it\u2019s possible and that it can be done their way, that\u2019s really important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With tickets still available, catch Fanny\u2019s rescheduled fallow album tour at Ballarat\u2019s Mechanics Institute on Saturday, January 16 with Timothy James Bowen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GROWING up on a farm in New South Wales, taught country singer Fanny Lumsden a thing or two about rural Australia. 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