New album for Aussie legend! First single, ‘You Know What To Say’, out now!

Sometimes it takes a long time to arrive at where you started. “I should have done this 30 years ago,” Brian Cadd smiles when he reveals details of his brand-new album, Dream Train.

Brian Cadd was a country-rock pioneer in Australia. A member of Axiom, Australia’s first country-rock supergroup, he then had the solo smash ‘Let Go’, a country classic that became his most recorded song – covered by more than 60 artists around the world.

Brian later lived in Nashville, the country music capital of the world, where he had his own studio and wrote hits for artists such as the Charlie Daniels Band. And he was a member of the legendary American country-rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Now, Brian Cadd has finally made the country album he was always destined to make.
Dream Train is being released by Ambition Entertainment on April 5, with the first single, ‘You Know What To Say’,

out on January 19.

“This album has been an exceptional journey,” Brian says. “It has taken me so long to actually make a country album, I was unsure how it would feel for me. I have been writing country and country-rock songs for many years, yet I remained locked into my ‘Brian Cadd – rock artist’ persona on stage and particularly in the studio.

“But with Dream Train I found a new freedom which allowed me to think ‘outside the musical artist box’ that I’d existed within for so long.”

Dream Train is Brian’s first album in five years, following 2019’s acclaimed Americana record Silver City.

“We are thrilled to have such a legendary and fine artist on the Ambition label,” says Robert Rigby, Ambition Entertainment Managing Director. “Brian Cadd has been making music for over six decades. He is truly Australian music industry royalty. This new, long-awaited album is somewhat autobiographical and features some of his finest songwriting in years.”

The bittersweet ‘You Know What To Say’ is like a companion to ‘Let Go’, Brian’s biggest solo hit, released 50 years ago – in the year that Brian was recognised as the Most Popular Australian Musician at the King of Pop Awards and presented with a special award for his Contribution to the Australian Pop Industry. It’s another songwriting masterclass from an artist responsible for some of the finest songs in the Great Australian Songbook, classics such as The Groop’s ‘Woman You’re Breaking Me’, The Masters Apprentices’ ‘Elevator Driver’, Robin Jolley’s ‘Marshall’s Portable Music Machine’, Axiom’s ‘A Little Ray Of Sunshine’ and ‘Arkansas Grass’, John Farnham’s ‘Don’t You Know It’s Magic’, as well as his own solo smashes ‘Ginger Man’ and ‘Let Go’.

Ian “Molly” Meldrum calls Brian “one of the finest songwriters Australia has ever produced”, while Jimmy Barnes says: “Brian Cadd is one of my heroes. He has a body of work like Ray Charles and Hank Williams.”

Brian’s songs have been recorded by artists all around the world, including Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker, Glen Campbell and The Pointer Sisters.

In 2007, Brian was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and the Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame. And in 2018, he became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his significant service to the music industry.

Brian appreciates the accolades, but it’s on stage where he feels most at home. He’s itching to play the new songs live. “It’s a real addiction,” he smiles. “I don’t know what I’d do if I couldn’t do it – I can’t play golf and I can’t fish.”

The Dream Train tour will be stopping all stations.

“I am so proud of this album,” Brian says. “The studio I chose, the engineer who guided me all the way, and the beautiful ‘cream of country music’ musicians who joined me for the ride, made it all feel so natural and easy, like I’d been doing this forever.”

Yep, it’s taken Brian Cadd a long time to make this record. But then, the best music, like Dream Train, is timeless. High resolution images available for download, here.
Get on board.

You Know What To Say is available now.
'Dream Train' is released by Ambition Entertainment on April 5, 2024. 'Dream Train' can be pre-ordered HERE, pre save HERE.