Copperline are a four-piece alt-country band fronted by Brad Christmas, who is also an in-demand musician who has played with acts such as Boney M and Steve Kilbey in between writing songs and also writing books – his first book for young people, Saltwater Boy, has had award acclaim and Christmas is now at work on his second.

Copperline’s new single, ‘Sleepwalking’, was produced by Shane Nicholson, with whom they have worked on their two albums thus far. Nicholson is now working out of a studio in Melbourne where he shares space with Damian Cafarella and Clint Wilson, so it was interesting to find out about that in the interview! 

‘Sleepwalking’ is Copperline’s first release since 2022’s ‘Lucinda’, from their second album Borrowed, Broken & Blue, written for Christmas’s late daughter. It achieved chart success and won Ballad of the Year at the 2023 Australian Songwriters Association Awards, one of five nominations the band has had for those particular awards.

I’ve had a few chats with Christmas now, so you’ll hear some familiarity – plus we both live in Sydney and have seen each other at gigs. I also work in book publishing by day and therefore have quite an interest in his parallel life as an author, so there’s some discussion of that in this interview.

Copperline have two shows left this year before they head to Tamworth in January:

Saturday 4th October – Tourist Hotel, Queanbeyan NSW 

Sunday 30th November – Link and Pin, Woy Woy NSW

Listen to ‘Sleepwalking’ on Apple Music

Listen to ‘Sleepwalking’ on Spotify

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