South West country music artist Kate Hindle is excited to be bringing her newly released album to fans in Bridgetown and Boyup Brook with the 21-year-old gearing up for the well-loved festivals.
Hindle was recently selected to be the junior ambassador at this year’s Boyup Brook Country Music festival and is also looking forward to playing at the Bridgetown Down Under Festival in March.
“I want the juniors to know that you are always learning and I am there to watch their journey,” she said.
The new album Ready for the Ride is already Number 12 on the iTunes Country Albums Chart and marks a fresh start for Hindle who battled with illness throughout 2017.
“I was following my dream to pursue a career in country music, living in Tamworth, things were going well until my spine started playing up, I had an operation and I was fine for a few weeks and next minute I was in a wheelchair,” she said.
“It was very nice to come home and have everyone around me open their arms up and do everything they can to get me back on my feet.”
Her new single Ready for the Ride was released earlier this month and reflects on the past year she has had and the positive direction she is determined to take.
“It’s a fresh intake of a negative situation turned into something positive,” she said.
“It’s just so important to remember for myself that I’ve just gotta keep trying and it’s OK to fail sometimes because there is always going to be good things that come around from it.
“The year I had was a very big eye-opener for me, and I found myself during that time, I lost music because I couldn’t perform, but came out on the other side wanting to play music more than ever.
“I missed out on plenty of opportunities, but I need people to see I can work hard, push the limits and achieve anything I put my mind to.”
The West Australian Academy of Performing Arts graduate is also looking forward to opening her own music school in Collie this February.
“I’m so excited about this because I remember when I was in Collie there wasn’t many teachers around,” she said.
“I don’t want sympathy I just want to inspire other people, no matter what you’re going through there is always a way to get through it – music is definitely a remedy for me.”
