Fanny Lumsden releases new album Traditions

ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden has released a new album titled ‘Traditions’. The project explores the tension between personal ambition and the values of her upbringing on regional Australian sheep farms.

Lumsden, whose career spans from grassroots circuits to the Glastonbury fields, describes her life through various roles, including musician, farmer, mother, filmmaker, and volunteer firefighter. In discussing the new work, she noted a shift in her perspective on life, moving from a desire to ‘have’ everything to a focus on what she chooses to ‘do’. The album reflects her process of deciding which family customs to preserve and which traditional expectations, such as gender roles, to reject.