Biography   Catherine Britt has come a long way.  No longer the innocent teenage girl who won the praise of Elton John after discovering her during a tour of Australia in 2002, she’s now an accomplished and mature singer-songwriter with three albums to her credit and a fourth due to be released this year. Catherine has toured, performed and recorded with some country music’s biggest names such as Keith Urban, Tommy Emmanuel and Buddy Miller who all contributed to her superb second album, “Little Wildflower.” Catherine’s musical talents stem from an upbringing constantly filled with music.  She was exposed to everything from African beats to The Beatles but her Dad’s favourite style of music was country.

A meeting with Bill Chambers was a sign of big things to come. “I was scared to death, because I was such a huge fan, but I went up and asked him if I could make a request and he said, ‘of course.’ So I asked him to sing ‘T.B. Blues,’ which was one of Jimmie Rodgers. He looked at me in a really funny way and asked me how old I was.  I told him I was eleven and he said, ‘How the hell do you know about Jimmie Rodgers?!”

Chambers brought her on stage to sing “T.B. Blues” with him; invited her to sing at a Merle Haggard tribute he was hosting in Sydney the following week and proceeded to take the youngster under his wing.  By the time she was 14, Catherine had made her first recording, a Chambers-produced EP called, ‘In The Pines’. When ‘That Don’t Bother Me’, a song she’d co-written with Kasey Chambers, was released to radio, it soared to the Top 10 on the local country radio charts and record labels took notice. Thanks to her age however, nothing came of it – at least, not at the time.

Two years later, with scores of gigs and thousands of tour miles under her belt, it was another story. After she and Bill returned to the studio in 2001 for her first full length CD, ‘Dusty Smiles and Heartbreak Cures’, the self-released project was quickly picked up and re-released by ABC Records the following year. Featuring half a dozen originals, together with covers of Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Americana favourite Fred Eaglesmith and more, the album generated a string of singles that has kept Britt’s voice on Australian radio to this day.  But while it made Catherine numerous fans in her native home, ‘Dusty Smiles and Heartbreak Cures’ had an even greater impact on her career when it came to the attention of Elton John while he was on tour in Australia.

At Sir Elton’s invitation, Catherine came to Sydney for the superstar’s final show on tour. The two met backstage and within weeks she was flown to the US, went to Nashville, sang on the Grand Ole Opry and signed a recording deal with RCA Records.

With that, Catherine began travelling back and forth between Nashville and Australia and went on to record the album, ‘Too Far Gone’, released in January 2006 and had three top US hits, including her duet with Elton John, titled, ‘When We Say Goodbye’.

Keith Stegall (Alan Jackson, George Jones) was chosen as producer for the album and once again Bill Chambers was on hand to co-produce.  US superstar Kenny Chesney and Hank William’s legendary steel player, Don Helms both made the time to contribute to an album which debuted at #1 on the ARIA Country Album charts in January 2006.  It also hit #43 in the mainstream ARIA album charts just 2 weeks into release.

Following the success of that release, Britt teamed up with Grammy nominated producer Brett Beavers who at the time was enjoying success with Dierks Bentley to record ‘Little Wildflower’.

Along with the experience of living in Nashville, writing and recording with some the music industry’s most talented people, Catherine has been a regular at annual CMA Music Festival and opened for The Brooks and Dunn/Alan Jackson tour in 2007.

While her first two albums were traditional country records, ‘Little Wildflower’ explored Catherine’s personal growth, the conflicting emotions that come with self-doubt, desire, loneliness, expectation, being in love, wanting to be loved and being faced with constant challenges and opportunity. It also showed a creative desire to grow musically and embrace all kinds of music. 

“Sometimes I may rock, sometimes I may swing, sometimes I may get bluesy, sometimes I may get hillbilly, but these are all parts of my love for all types of music. I’m proud of how my Dad taught me to love all kinds of music, “ she said.

Catherine is currently in the studio working on her fourth album due to be released later this year. She has teamed up with Bill Chambers once again and multi-award winning singer/songwriter Shane Nicholson to produce this next album which will provide another glimpse into Catherine Britt’s musical journey through life.