“Borrowed Tunes” is the fourth solo album from Sydney artist Corrina Steel released on her independent label Snakedrive Records. The result is a collection of 13 songs including Kris Kristofferson, Tammy Wynette, Linda Ronstadt, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson and Peter Allen. And of course, a couple of Steel’s favourite trad country gospel tunes thrown in for good measure. It’s a stripped back, seductive, intimate, at times rock-edged, as well as country so classic, it sounds like a jukebox in the corner of a Memphis diner in 1950.


“Our only rule was that there are no rules. Nothing was too corny, nothing was too cool. We just didn’t care as long as we could give it a sound that was unique and authentic. I spent a fair amount of time going through my vinyl and songs just kept popping up. Mike Anderson was not at all fazed by being the lone ranger creating the musical backdrop for Steel’s vocals. In fact he loved it. “I really enjoyed the process of stripping these songs back, going through the layers to find the essence, then condensing that into as few instruments as possible. I like the space created when you record this way. It gives the music a late night atmosphere that we really love.”


“Borrowed Tunes” was recorded in a few weekends at a semi-rural retreat in NSW. “I’ve got half of an originals album in the can but wanted to do this little in-between album because I had so much fun just being a singer on all these beautifully written songs. Usually I write and produce the albums I’ve made. But this time it felt great to just be a singer. Like how all my old school heroes used to do it. Of course having such a great guitar player who just gets it every time, made it all so easy. And an engineer I can 100 per cent trust, really meant I was free to just belt it out. ”


‘I reckon those songs you hear on the radio in the back seat of the car in the first ten years of your life have a huge effect on your musical tastes forever,” says Steel.


Corrina Steel - Borrowed Tunes



  1. Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be - The Black Keys
  2. Smoke Along The Track - Recorded by various country artists written by Alan Rose and Don Helm
  3. Damaged - Primal Scream
  4. Different Drum - Linda Ronstadt written by Mike Nesmith
  5. Lovin’ Him was Easier ( than anything I’ll ever do again ) - Kris Kristofferson
  6. There He Goes- Patsy Cline Written by Eddie Miller, Durwood Haddock and W.S. Stevenson
  7. I Dont Wanna Play House- Tammy Wynette written by Billy Sherrill and Glen Sutton
  8. I Wanna Be your Dog- The Stooges
  9. Life’s Railway To Heaven- Traditional
  10. Time Of The Preacher- Willie Nelson
  11. Vigilante Man- Ry Cooder- written by Woody Guthrie
  12. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
  13. Tenterfield Saddler - Peter Allen


"Borrowed Tunes" is released on 17th October. Smoke along The Track is a one of the beautiful tunes from that album, listen to hit here : [MP3]http://itscountry.com.au/music/02 Smoke Along The Track Corinna Steel.mp3[/MP3]


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