Review - Tania Kernaghan
"December Moon"
Album on ABC Country through
EMI Records
A fine collection of songs from the second of
a family of music stars whose name has become synonymous with country music in
Australia. This is the best way to describe Tania Kernaghan's debut
effort "December Moon",
brand new from ABC Country
on EMI Records and the
first Sounds from the Street contribution for 1996.
The album opens with the current single Nine Mile Run, a fun ditty about the
local swimming hole nine miles out of town. Then follows the first single Boys In Boots describing Tania's almost-fetish for
men who where Blundstones and
nothing else! Where
The Murray Meets the Darling is a
girl-meets-boy-and-gives-her-heart-away kind of thing, followed by the first B-side
The Verandah: a tune for those
moments spent on the swinging chair on the front porch. Stand out tracks
include the singles, as well as Trouble, Breaking My Heart, and Leave Like a Man.
This is a family album as much as it is Tania's: Fiona
wrote on nine of the thirteen tracks, Lee
makes a vocal and writing appearance or two, and of course Tania co-wrote the
majority of tunes. And the playing credits - Jeff and Rod
McCormack, Colin Watson, Mick Albeck, Garth Porter (who also
produced the record), Mark Punch, James Gillard: names that
pop up everywhere and add to the gem that is "December
Moon".
Talent is what drives this family with no
exception at all - we've awarded ««« for Tania Kernaghan's "December Moon"
album on ABC Country
through EMI Records: a
great way for those labels to kick off what promises to be a great year!