Cat. No. 2905: CATHERINE BRITT ~ HOME TRUTHS. BEVERLEY HILLBILLY RECORDS BEVHILLREC001.

CATHERINE BRITT BEGAN HER CAREER IN NEWCASTLE IN 1999. CATHERINE WAS DISCOVERD BY ELTON JOHN AT THE TENDER AGE OF 17 YEARS. ELTON FOUND HER DEBUT ALBUM "DUSTY SMILES & HEARTBREAK CURES" WHILE TOURING AUSTRALIA IN 2002 AND TOOK A STACK OF HER ALBUMS TO THE USA WITH HIM ON TOUR AND PROCEEDED TO GIVE THEM OUT TO EVERY MAJOR RECORD LABEL IN NASHVILLE. CATHERINE WAS THEN APPROACHED BY A BARRAGE OF THE MAJOR LABELS IN NASHVILLE BUT RCA RECORDS WERE THE FIRST TO FLY HER OVER TO NASHVILLE AND OFFER HER A RECORD DEAL. CATHERINE MOVED TO NASHVILLE IN 2002 SPENDING SIX YEARS THERE BEFORE RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA.

WHILST IN THE USA, CATHERINE TOURED EXTENSIVELY, WORKING WITH ARTISTS LIKE BROOKS & DUNN, ALAN JACKSON, BRAD PAISLEY, DOLLY PARTON, STEVE EARL, GUY CLARK, DON McLEAN, IRIS DEMENT, KENNY CHESNEY, KEITH URBAN & JIM LAUDERDALE. SHE APPEARED ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND STILL HOLDS THE RECORD OF BEING THE YOUNGEST AUSTRALIAN TO GRACE THE OPRY STAGE. CATHERINE HAD THREE SINGLES IN THE TOP 40 ON THE US BILLBOARD HOT COUNTRY SONGS WITH "THE UPSIDE OF BEING DOWN", HER HIGHEST PEAKING AT #36 IN 2004. BRITT HAS RELEASED EIGHT STUDIO ALBUMS IN AUSTRALIA WHERE ALL HAVE APPEARED ON THE ARIA ALBUMS CHART. THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 2020 AND IS A GOOD MIX OF UP-TEMPO SONGS AND BALLADS AND IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF MODERN AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY MUSIC ****

TRACK LISTING: I Am A Country Song / Fav'rit Song / Home Truths / Country Fan (feat. Lee Kernaghan) / Make A Diamond / Gonna Be Mumma / Mother / Me / Hard To Love (feat. Jim Lauderdale) / Original Sin / New Dawn / Long Way Around.

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