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Podcast: Sunburnt Country Music
Episode: Jay Santilli takes the 'Long Way Home'
Description: Melbourne singer and songwriter Jay Santilli has been immersed in music since childhood, listening to classic country artists on the radio growing up, begging her parents for a keyboard at age 10 and learning saxophone then guitar. She formed a band with friends and would go on to take part in such competitions as the (now-defunct) Telstra Road to Tamworth contest. This year she was a Grand Finalist in the Toyota Star Maker competition.The path to being a musician has not, however, been straightforward – nor has been the pursuit of her other dream, motherhood. <...