Catherine Britt tamorth tcf 23rd jan 2014
Channel: richardperth2002 Perth
Date: 2015-05-31

Catherine Britt doesn't do things by halves.
The Newcastle country singer is about to release her fifth studio album, Boneshaker, and plans to fit in an October wedding around an extensive national tour, which has already kicked off.
And it's not as though she just churned out some cursory, country songs for this record. Britt bunkered down in producer Ryan Hadlock's Beer Creek studio in Seattle and made an album of gritty songs. Songs she delved deep to create.
Britt was inspired by Steve Earle's record Washington Square Serenade and by the legendary folk/country artist's use of electronic beats and drum machines.
"This album was totally inspired by Washington Square Serenade. It's about his move to New York City and he worked with a DJ on the record so there's beats, and it was really brave and really out there," Britt told AAP.
"So that really inspired this record I've been listening to that album for years."
Once again, Britt went that extra mile and managed to squeeze in a duet, You and Me Against The World, with Steve Earle on the album.
"I feel like it came full circle and it was meant to be. Steve is one of my all-time favourite singer/songwriters so it was such an honour he said yes. And we became great friends," she said.
There's a distinct pattern emerging here: Britt is clearly not a woman who sits still for too long.
"I find it really hard to say no because life is too boring to say no to things," she said.
"The wedding is in October, then we're going honeymooning around Europe for a month or two. Then it's back to touring, and then we move to Nashville next year" ..... Oh yes, and then there's that move.
Britt and her future hubby will be upping sticks and trying out life in Nashville, for at least half the year.
"I've been feeling like I should and it just makes sense. I want to go back on my own terms this time and see if I can do it differently, my way," she said.
It's hard to imagine Britt doing anything that isn't on her own terms but, as an impressionable 17-year-old, she first lived in Nashville where they tried to mould her into a sort of Taylor Swift hybrid.
"I was competing against the Taylor Swifts even though I was writing folk songs. And I didn't really fit in, and I was never going to be played on mainstream radio. I knew that in my heart. So I had to walk away from it eventually at 23. And I had to figure out what to do next," she said.
After six years there, she left and returned to Australia to, ironically enough, make Americana music.
"So this is kind of like round two but different ... on my terms."
But it's not just Britt's terms, there's a husband to consider now. Thankfully he's also happy about the location change.
"He's totally excited and always wanted to work for himself so he's setting up his own import/export business ... exporting motorbikes and boats and cars. As he said to me `it's my dream come true babe, so let's do it'," she said.
How Britt fits a wedding in with all of this massive life-changing stuff is anyone's guess, but somehow she will.
"It's been crazy, but that's my life all the time," she said.
*Boneshaker is out May 1 via Lost Highway Australia/Universal Music.


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