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Podcast: Sunburnt Country Music
Episode: Family trees & country keys: Savanah Solomon's emotional journey through 'Magnolias'
Description: Savanah Solomon’s first musical foray was as the frontwoman for country-rock band Savanah and the Strays; the band released an album which saw them become finalists in the West Australian Country Music Awards. After four years Solomon went solo, releasing the EP Where the River Meets the Sea in 2023. Solomon then took a break from music and she has now returned in style, with the single ‘Magnolias’, which was inspired partly by the movie Steel Magnolias (which stars Dolly Parton, amongst others) and by her grandmother, Helen Sturgeon. ‘I just love the sentiment of a...