Catherine Britt Catherine spent 6 years in Nashville and has toured, performed and recorded with some of music’s most respected names - Kasey Chambers, Paul Kelly, Sir Elton John, Shane Nicholson, Jerry Salley, Tim Rodgers & Kenny Chesney - and has worked with some of Australia’s and Americas finest producers. Her recording career commenced in 2000 when at the age of 14 she released the EP ‘In The Pines’. This release gained critical acclaim and was followed in 2001 by her debut album release ‘Dusty Smiles And Heartbreak Cures’. This was followed in 2006 her second album ‘Too Far Gone’ and her third album ‘Little Wildflower’ which was released in 2008 and contained the stunning ‘What I Did Last Night’ that earned her the 2009 CMAA Female Artist of the Year Award and a nomination as CMC Artist of the Year. In 2009 Britt declared, “To make an album that I believe truly represents me as an artist, songwriter and individual means the world to me”. Drawing on contemporary influences such as Ryan Adams, Bernard Fanning, Mumford & Sons, Paul Kelly, Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams, Britt utilised all her musical resources to pen a biographic yet opportunistic album. That album, Catherine’s forth studio album, the self titled, career defining album, has produced three #1 singles - the APRA Nominated ‘Can’t Change A Thing’, ‘Sweet Emmylou’ and ‘I Want You Back’. In 2010 ‘Catherine Britt’ brought her more CMAA and ARIA nominations for Country Album of the Year, her 4th consecutive, and Most Popular Australian Artist while also being awarded the 2010 CMA Global Artist of the Year. In 2011 Catherine received her 1st APRA nomination for ‘Can’t Change A Thing’ and was again nominated for CMC Artist of the Year. In July Catherine was also named in the top 12 finalists for the 2011 Vanda & Young song writing competition, Australia’s most prestigious, with ‘Sweet Emmylou’ and was placed second overall. August 2011 saw Catherine invited to perform at the 2011 Dueting it for the Kids benefit concert at Sydney’s State Theatre along side Marina Prior, Jessica Mauboy, Danielle Spencer, Dave Faulkner, Debra Byrne, Doug Parkinson, Lee Kernaghan, Antoinette Halloran, Murray Cook, Peter Northcote, Ross Wilson, Steve Balbi, Don Spencer, Tim Freedman, Wendy Matthews & Glenn Shorrock where she performed with Dave Faulkner (Hoodoo Gurus) and the acclaimed actor John Waters. On Sunday, September 4 Catherine will begin as the host of CMC’s ‘Alt Country’ show which will bring her to a National audience on a weekly basis. This runs along side of her weekly radio show ‘Alternative Country’ on Newcastle’s 2NURFM. In October Catherine will appear at the 2011 Americana Festival in Nashville where she has been officially invited to perform. Britt has accomplished the most essential job a singer songwriter can hope to do: make music that is at once fresh and invigorating enough to speak to a new generation of fans, and yet naturally and firmly rooted in country tradition and the essential truths it has always brought to light. |