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Podcast: Sunburnt Country Music
Episode: Adele Oliver and the wild ride of 'Wiley Blue'
Description: Adele Oliver grew up in the wheatbelt of Western Australia and now lives in Broome. She grew up partly in the adrenaline-fuelled world of car racing and her favourite sport now is rodeo – and it led to the creation of her latest single, ‘Wiley Blue’. The song's origins lie in a chance encounter with a bull of the same name, which was ridden at a rodeo by her partner at the time. In the song Oliver weaves the narrative of the bull ride into a metaphor for a relationship, capturing the intensity and fleeting nature of both. ‘I wa...