ArtView March 2015 | Page 29

To be able to perform in Nashville was an absolute dream come true for me – singing in the home of country music, and singing where some of the industry’s greats have gone before you is just mindblowing. It is such an inspiring town. Every trip I have returned from has really pushed me as an artist and helped me to believe in myself. And you sang on the same stage as country great Kenny Chesney when you were only 16 years old? Heading to the Merritt Mountain Country Music Festival in Canada, to perform as one of the opening artists for Kenny Chesney was something you could only dream of. Rubbing shoulders with Pam Tillis, JoDee Messina, Emerson Drive and chatting with Kenny Chesney’s musicians backstage was something I will always remember... Over the past few years I have had the honour of performing alongside many international artists including Rascal Flatts, Love & Theft, Corb Lund – and Australian artists, like Troy Cassar-Daly, Beccy Cole, Adam Harvey, McAlister Kemp.