HOME FREE TEAM UP WITH AUSTRALIA’S TRAVIS COLLINS AND AMY SHEPPARD ON ‘THE HORSES’ (OUT NOW)
Music video filmed in March while in Brisbane for CMC Rocks
Follows the release of original song ‘Skull and Bones’, from the soundtrack of the forthcoming Ubisoft Game
LONDON, U.K. – (28 July, 2023) – All-vocal group Home Free have teamed up with renowned Australian singer-songwriters, Travis Collins and Amy Sheppard for the release of their latest a cappella rendition of ‘The Horses’, originally made famous by Daryl Braithwaite.
The official video, directed by Jay Seeney, was filmed at Hunting Ground Studios in Moorooka Queensland, while Home Free were in Australia for CMC Rocks in March will be premiering on YouTube at 11pm UK time today, July 28th – tune in here.
Commenting on the collaboration, Austin Brown of Home Free shared, “Amy and Travis were total legends for lending their talents to our version and we cannot wait to get back down under and put this banger in our show!”
Amy Sheppard, of indie-pop group Sheppard fame said of the song, “You often dream about certain collaborations but timing or vision or schedules just don’t often align. I’m so thrilled I was asked to be part of this new version of an Australian classic. The vocals of Home Free and Travis Collins are magnificent and I’m honoured to be carrying on the tradition from the late Margaret Urlich. I hope the fans love this!”
Travis Collins added, “When I first heard HOME FREE live at CMC Rocks QLD, they blew my mind. As a group AND individual voices. I was in awe of their talents. To later be invited by the guys to collaborate was a thrill, and the recording process with them was a master-class for me, learning from some true greats of vocal group singing. Honoured to be part of this.”
Additionally, Home Free recently took to the stage last month at the Ubisoft Forward 2023 conference in Los Angeles to perform their new original song, ‘Skull and Bones’, out now and due to feature in the forthcoming video game of the same name. Against a backdrop of cinematic clips previewing the swashbuckling game for an invited audience, and the hundreds of thousands of fans tuned in via the live stream, the band performed the song for the first time – available to view here – while simultaneously sharing a lyric video on their YouTube and making the track available to stream/download worldwide.
These releases add to an already-packed year for the band, with the announcement of their fifteen-date Road Sweet Road headline tour across the UK & Europe later in 2023, the launch of their USA headline tour, and their long-awaited return to CMC Rocks festival in Australia and CMA Fest in Nashville, among others.
Home Free have also recently shared the brand new, game-show themed video for ‘Might As Well Be Me’, taken from their latest album So Long Dixie (out now), and a new collaboration with Brooke Eden, their version of the Larry Collins & Alex Harvey classic ‘Delta Dawn’, originally made famous by Tanya Tucker.
Full 2023 UK & European dates below – tickets on sale now:
September 13th – Berlin, Columbia Theater
September 15th – Copenhagen, DR Koncerhuset
September 16th – Gothenburg, Concerthouse
September 17th – Oslo, Oslo Spektrum
September 18th – Stockholm, Cirkus Arena
September 19th – Malmö, Slagthusets Teater
September 20th – Hamburg, Fabrik
September 22nd – Vienna, Arena
September 23rd – Munich, Muffathalle
September 24th – Zurich, Volkhaus
September 26th – Cologne, Kantine
September 27th – Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg – Ronda
September 29th – Birmingham, O2 Academy
September 30th – Manchester, RNCM Theatre
October 1st – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
ABOUT HOME FREE:
Home Free have made their mark on the music scene, racking up nearly 600,000 album equivalents globally; amassing 600+ million views and over 1.6 million Subscribers on YouTube; and being declared “Country music fans’ favorite a cappella group” (Taste of Country). The group’s Sea Shanty Medley continues to prove hugely popular with fans worldwide, amassing over 40m streams, with 34m views on YouTube and almost 2m Shazams to date.
With praise rolling in from the likes of Billboard, Rolling Stone, FOX & Friends and American Songwriter, the extraordinary showmen have continued to build a loyal fanbase with their harmony-laden versions of hits by John Mayer, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Maren Morris, the Oak Ridge Boys, and more.
HomeFreeMusic.com | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Patreon
ABOUT AMY SHEPPARD:
Over the past ten years, fans have gotten to know Amy Sheppard as the blue-haired pop powerhouse sharing international stages with her bandmates and siblings George and Emma as the Brisbane trio behind the worldwide hit “Geronimo”, Sheppard.
In 2022 year, Amy embarked on an exciting new adventure as a solo country singer, embracing change with the same vivaciousness and authenticity that has endeared her to so many as part of Sheppard. Her debut EP, Nothing But Wild, premiered at the top of the ARIA Australian album charts and spawned four hit singles.
Amy is an ARIA, APRA, Golden Guitar and CMA award winner and World Music Award nominee.
AmySheppard.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok
ABOUT TRAVIS COLLINS:
With his soulful voice and earthy sound Travis Collins is regarded as one of Australia’s finest country music artists. He is a regular mainstage fixture at Australia’s peak country music festivals, and routinely plays to sold-out crowds across the country.
His ninth and most recent album ‘Any Less Anymore’ (June 2023) has become his most successful to date, debuting at #1 on the ARIA Country Album Chart and #3 on the ARIA All-Genre Album chart, the highest chart by an Australian country artist in over two years. Travis is an eight-time Golden Guitar Award winner, four-time CMC Award winner, ARIA & APRA Award nominee and CMA Global Artist Award-winner.
TravisCollins.com.au | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube