Raised at the bottom of the world, Sam Cullen is on his way up.

The Invercargill-born musician is rising in the music world, having already performed on the main stage at Rhythm & Vines, as well as playing on some of the coolest stages around the country.

He’s been working quietly behind the scenes on his self-titled debut album, which is set to release soon.

Some of the songs on the album, he revealed to Jack Tame, are about five or six years old.

“It’s kind of been less of a, I’m going to sit down and write an album,” Cullen said.

“But the last five years of my life, these are like, the best songs I’ve written and haven’t released yet.”

Only being 22 years old, this means some of the songs were written when he was 17 – resulting in themes of coming of age and entering adulthood weaving throughout the album.

“I’m pretty proud of it and excited to have it out.”

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A couple of interesting quotes came to light this week – one from the late Jane Goodall and the other from Queen Camilla.

Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to chat about the two quotes and his thoughts on them.

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The fifth solo studio album from American musician Jeff Tweedy, Twilight Override is packed full.

It’s a triple album, with a total of 30 tracks, created with the intention of overwhelming the ‘ennui’ that was being squeezed into his life with his own creative works.

He’s credited the prolific output to his belief that creativity “eats darkness”.

James Irwin joined Jack Tame to review the album.

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