It’s not everyday of the week that you get Australian music royalty giving you a party playlist BUT today is not just any day of the week…

First up, yep, it’s Friday and thank God for that but more importantly today also marks the release of country singer-songwriter/all round legend Kasey Chambers’ 10th studio album and first solo record in over 4 years Bittersweet and knowing that Kasey would be in party mode we thought the timing was perfect to hit her up for her go to Friday anthems.

We must admit when we asked her for a playlist, we had her pegged for serving us a straight up country affair, and while there are appearances from the Steve Earle’s, Johnny Cash’s and Lucinda Williams’ of the world there are also some surprises and curve balls from the likes of Beyonce, Eminem, Ed Sheeran and local emcee Illy.

Not only is Kasey Chambers one of the most talented and decorated artists doing the rounds (seriously though, she must’ve run out of space in the pool room with her 29 music awards) she is also one of the most genuine and likeable fixtures on the Oz music landscape, not to mention downright funny as shown by yesterday’s appearance on The Project.

Check out the playlist below complete with a little sentence as to why each track made the cut and then get amongst Kasey’s Bittersweet album which is out now and can be grabbed where all good records are sold | streamed