“I Didn’t Sugar-Coat A Single Thing On This Record”: Troy Cassar-Daley On Mental Health, Grief & Healing Through Country

Troy Cassar-Daley has it made. He’s one of the faces of Australian country music who, after more than 25 years in the business, retains not just a doting audience, but critical esteem and a record contract with a major label.

Since debuting with the album Beyond the Dancing in 1995, Cassar-Daley – a Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr man – has won three-dozen…