Clayton chats to Hayden Phillis about his new song - Stick Poke Tattoos 

"I pulled up voice memos and while playing saw my friend had been messaging about rather problematic behaviours from a girl he was casually dating and just reading through the story of what was going on with him was enough to spark the song idea.” Over time that idea grew almost on its own. “After that I kept adding to it whenever something new would happen with him or with someone else and eventually those stories came together, and I finally ended up with ‘Stick Poke Tattoos’. The tale of my friends' failing relationships and their fears that came with it.”

Clayton has a chat with Sally Jane about her new song - Fishing Taught Me Patience.

“Yes, it sounds clichéd, when you go fishing you practise patience, but I really think we need to start practising it in everyday life. ‘People are rushing around, we're running out of small towns’ is probably my favourite line of the song and I see that with all the touring that I do…we are running out of small towns and that small town personality within people. This is a reminder to myself and to listeners to slow down and take a break from the busy lives and look around.” – Sally Jane

Clayton chats to  Brandi Caroline about her new song - Wild One 

Brandi admits that she’s a self-diagnosed wild one – always moving, never staying in one place for too long. "That side of me was never more apparent than when I left Canada to study music in Australia. I realised then that my desire to roam was simply part of who I am. “Wild One” is for anyone who's ever felt that pull toward the next adventure."

Clayton chats to  Luke & Michelle, from  Studio8 about their new song  - Tonight's The Night 
. It’s an upbeat country love song about finding a long-lost love, with playful fiddle, a rhythmic beat, catchy lyrics and vocal harmonies creating an infectious country vibe. This feel-good country track has a contagious optimism that will brighten your day.
 
“In ‘Tonight's the Night’ we gave Romeo and Juliet a country makeover with a happy rather than a tragic ending - our star-crossed lovers find each other and live happily ever after.” – Studio8

Clayton has a chat to Olive Mae about her new song - Country Songs 

“This song is about realising what the little girl inside you would want you to be doing when she grew up. It’s so easy to get caught up in what other people tell you that you should be doing with your life but ultimately it isn’t up to anyone else, we should all just be doing our best to make ourselves as happy and fulfilled as we can!”

Clayton has a chat to Faith Williams  about her new song - 10 to 3 

“Like a lot of people, I’ve had those mornings where the alarm goes off and you wonder how it’s already time to get up again. The idea started after my aunty sent me a meme the was going viral, wishing Dolly had written ‘10 to 3’ instead of ‘9 to 5’. It made me laugh, and before long I had a song. It’s light-hearted, relatable and a bit of fun, but I think a lot of people will see themselves in it too.” – Faith Williams

Clayton chats to Josie about her new song  - Road Signs

“I wrote ‘Road Signs’ with Gavin Carfoot late 2024 after facing some career setbacks that had me feeling pretty defeated at the time,” says Josie. “I needed to remind myself that it was just one of those rusty signs on the side of the road pointing me in the right direction. If I wasn’t paying attention chances are I’d be headed the wrong way, so this song really just helped me look at life’s many dilemmas in a different light and work my way back onto my path. Sometimes you just need to slow down and listen to them ol’ road signs.”

Clayton chats with Kate Ceberano about her upcoming Australian Made Tour.
Following the sold-out success of her 2025 Kate Ceberano - Australian Made Tour and the chart impact of its live album, Kate Ceberano returns in 2026 with a bold Encore run - recharged, reimagined and moving firmly forward. “It’s the same engine, but a different gear,” Ceberano says. “The setlist’s been reworked, stretched and opened up."

Clayton talks to Ally Paterson about her new song  - Dig
“I was inspired by the gold-rush miners who travelled across the world to try and make a go of it, even when success wasn’t guaranteed” says the singer-songwriter. “The song came to me when I was at Sovereign Hill, a historical gold-fields site and replica of a gold-rush town - imagining what it would have been like to be a miner from the other side of the world, in a harsh landscape with growing unrest, big corporations and regulations moving in with increasing corruption…what it would have been like to keep on digging, being independent and free.”