There’s something about this album that keeps it going on and on, played time and again whenever one wonders what’s so different about music from Australia. Led by multi-player and producer Andrew Clermont, Terra Australis deliver an album that’s a distinctive blend of bush, likable larrikin, contemporary and traditional music. It’s an album where you’ll find a complete sound contributed by Appalachian Dulcimers to Harmonica, Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar & Banjo plus didgeridoo let alone the rollicking singing.

Recorded in Sydney, this album was at number 22 on the 2000 Australian Country Music Annual Album charts for a long time. The super track ‘Capricorn Rain’ reached the top 5 in Australia on the Country Radio Tracks Charts. Not just that, the song was also an Australian Independent Single of the Year 1999 and the group won Best Heritage Track in 2002!

The album starts on a completely upbeat note with ‘Wasn’t it a Party’ - a song that instantly brings you in a mood to party. Another similar number is ‘dance dance dance’ that touches the perfect note of optimism with the words ‘keep on dancing and you’ll never get old’. While most of the songs take a very foot-tapping approach, ‘Son of the Southwind’ is a truly a patriot one that talks on the pride of being an Australian and elaborates on the people who live there.

Released in 1999, Terra Australis won the Australian national contest ‘Battle of the Bushbands’. The album features some classic Australian bush along with the refined lyrics and lead vocals by Kenny Joe Blake and Nobby McManus for the more traditional. Other members who complete Terra Australis on this recording are, Sky McManus, Jeff Cripps (engineer & drummer - see last track duel/duet with Clermont on Didgeridoo), Nick Harvey, Joe Reeves & Andrew Clermont.

So, put on your dancing shoes and get ready to party with this music, lest you may ask ‘wasn’t that a party’!