Life may not always be peachy for one South West country music artist but after being dealt a few curve balls last year she is ready for whatever 2018 will bring.
Singer/songwriter Kate Hindle recently found her way back home to Collie and has recently released a new album ahead of her Australian tour with Trevor Tolton.
The 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,” she said.
“I had an operation and I was fine for a few weeks and next minute I was in a wheelchair.
“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.”
With 2018 bringing plenty of new beginnings, Hindle already has four festivals booked including Tamworth, Boyup Brook Country Music Festival, Bridgetown Down Under Festival and Bundaberg.
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 in the coming months.
“It’s a fresh intake of a negative situation turned into something positive,” she said.
“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.”
In between recording, touring and teaching, Hindle hopes to create a music clip and was also recently selected to be the junior ambassador at this year’s Boyup Brook Country Music festival.
“I want the juniors to know that you are always learning and I am there to watch their journey,” 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 and luckily for me I have my music – music is definitely a remedy for me.”