In this episode musician and absolute babe, Kerryn Fields, and I have a chat. We look at love, anger, and the impact of debilitating illness. Her relationship to vulnerability when It was something that was enforced upon her by the challenges that life threw her way. And because she's a huge walking Care Bear, we discuss the power of loving ourselves through it all.
We also talk about life as a musician in the age of digital music, and what it is to take up space on a stage with commanding confidence, and profound connection and love.
Kerryn Fields links:
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/kerrynfields
Linktree with other relevant links: https://linktr.ee/kerrynfields
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This podcast was recorded in Naam, on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation.
Fierce-gentle was made possible and supported by a Banyule City Council Business Grant.
Written, recorded and hosted by Fleassy Malay:
https://linktr.ee/fleassymalay
Reclaim your Voice, Courage, and Power in Fleassy’s online course, RISE - Speaker Training.
https://coursecraft.net/courses/z9VdE/
Music and editing by Rory McDougall:
https://soundcloud.com/myshyte
Kerryn Fields Bio:
Fuelled by humility, integrity and a raw clarity of vision, Kerryn Fields paints enduring musical portraits that detail the colour and feeling of everything that makes us human.
Drawing comparisons with the likes of timeless creators, Cat Stevens, Townes Van Zandt, Joan Baez, Neil Young, and more, Fields’ trademark warmth of character - evident in both life and music - fuels a creative offering that’s equal parts captivating, refined and heartrendingly insightful.
It’s for good reason too, because life is something this artist has lived. Fields grew up in Te Kūiti, NZ, a farming community in which both her family and others’ work hard to make ends meet. With Mum on guitar and Dad fuelling an obsession with radio, cassettes and vinyl LPs by all of music’s greats, there was a life lesson in every song of Fields’ childhood.
With one hand on guitar and the other firmly upon heart, music moved Fields through a time when chronic illness, family separations and the weight of life changes presented this artist with her biggest challenges yet. It would be her relocation to Melbourne during which Fields would settle into her most significant relationship to date: that with her newfound network of fellow career singers, songwriters and performers. Life as she’d known it would change forever.
Newstead Live Music Festival’s Troubadour Artist of the Year (2019), winner of the MLT Songwriting Award (NZ Country Music Awards 2019) and New Zealand’s Best New Broadcaster (at age 19), Kerryn Fields has released a range of celebrated records including debut LP, Rascal (2015) and award-winning, critically acclaimed single, Mamma (2019).
Sure, her music speaks volumes. But it’s the captivating warmth and courage of this artist that really leaves the audience shining from the inside-out.
