Tracy Coster Southerly Change CD

For Golden Guitar winner Tracy Coster, country music is running through her veins – it’s part of her DNA.

There’s no other life for Tracy, having been raised on the road, the youngest daughter of late, great Australian songwriter Stan Coster. From her home base in Manilla, NSW (named Coster Country in tribute to her late father), Tracy sets up tours and travels the country, much as she had done with her Dad since the age of 13, until his untimely death in 1997.

Armed with a new album, the wonderful Southerly Change, she’s road-ready and willing to travel the country doing what she loves – writing and singing about Australia and its people.

Her touring and performing credentials are impressive. Tracy has shared the stage with some of Australia’s finest – Slim Dusty, John Williamson, Anne Kirkpatrick, Gina Jeffreys, Beccy Cole, Kasey Chambers, Lee Kernaghan, Sara Storer, Adam Harvey and the list goes on. She has performed at festivals from Tamworth to Gympie and from Darwin to Nashville, Tennessee.

Tracy began her recording career in 1985 with the release of From The Heart. A single from that release, Why Do I Feel Like Crying, propelled Tracy into the final five Female Vocalist of the Year finalists in 1986. The Girl in the Band, her 1991 album, spawned two top 10 hit singles, City Sidewalks and the classic, Don’t Say Goodbye. Her acclaimed contemporary release in 1993, Play The Game, resulted in another finalist berth in the 1994 Golden Guitar Awards for Someone. That same year she was inducted into the Hands of Fame, at the time the youngest artist to do so.

In 2004, her fourth album, Bush Baby followed the lead of its predecessors, delivering Tracy another top 10 hit and yet another finalist berth at the Golden Guitar Awards. That year also brought the release of Coster Country, the recorded tribute to her dad. At the 2005 Golden Guitar Awards, that album delivered Tracy her first Golden Guitar for Vocal Collaboration of the Year with Anne Kirkpatrick on the track, Back To The Saltbush Plains. This is just one of many awards that have come Tracy’s way over the years – Australian Independent Country Music Awards, Stan Coster Memorial Bush Ballad Awards, People’s Choice awards and more.

In 2009, Tracy released Moving On, and landed another finalist berth in the 2010 Golden Guitar Awards. Having been living and working in Tamworth, the Country Music Capital, Tracy’s itchy feet got the better of her and she hit the road again, conducting several short tours throughout the year.