JOY Interview Highlights

11 Apr 2015

Lee Kernaghan

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Johno chats with multiple Golden Guitar and ARIA award winning Australian country music legend Lee Kernaghan.

In this extended podcast exclusive Lee chats about the early days of his country music career, coping with the changes of the industry, social media and his relationship with his fans.

Lee talks about his latest project Spirit Of Anzacs, a collection of songs inspired by letters from diggers to their loved ones. He also talks about collaborating with fellow artists Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Megan Washington, Shannon Noll, Jon Stevens and Sheppard on the charity single The Spirit Of The Anzacs.

Lee chats about the concept behind the new album Spirit Of The Anzacs, working with the Australian War Memorial and the emotional journey writing the songs for the album.

Lee shares some emotional extracts from the album, working with Logie award winning actor Lisa McCune on the track The Unbearable Price Of War and the upcoming Australian tour for Spirit Of The Anzacs featuring Jack Thompson, Lisa McCune, Harrison Craig and many more.