Spotlight on Business: Tell us about the first time you heard yourself signing on the radio. Where were you and what was the song? Katrina Burgoyne: I was about 19 or 20 years old, and my debut EP, Tennessee, got into the hands of the local country music station in Brisbane Australia. The program director had heard of me and knew all about me just from following the “upcoming musi- cians” in the area. I remember driving to the local mall one day and hearing my song on the radio. They continued to play my song on high rotation for months playing it multiple times a day. It was very exciting to hear it all the time when around Brisbane and surrounding areas. Spotlight on Business: Do you prefer per- forming live or recording? Katrina Burgoyne: I actually prefer live performances 100%. I actually don’t like the recording process. I just want my producer to produce it and tell me when to sing and play. I get frustrated with the process because sometimes it can be slow and tedious. And it drives me insane because I can be a really impatient person at times. I like the high of being on stage. The energy that I get back off the crowd when I perform. We can all laugh together and sing together, we all leave the show, like Keith Urban does when he performs, with us all feeling like we’re all new friends. Nothing has ever come close to beating that. It could be a bad day, or the stresses of life could be getting to me, but I step on that stage, and it just doesn’t matter. It’s like it just switches off. I love it, there is nothing like it. Spotlight on Business: Country music is all about collaborations between artists, if you had the chance to do a duet with another artist, who would it be and why?
“It could be a bad day, or the stresses of life could be getting to me, but I step on that stage, and it just doesn’t matter. It’s like it just switches off. I love it, there is nothing like it.”
Since releasing her debut album in 2011, Katrina has secured four top-10 singles. Her song “Ten- nessee”, based on the experience of moving to Nashville while leaving a boyfriend back in Aus- tralia, reached #1 on CMT Australia and #3 on Australian Country Radio. “Tennessee” would eventually become her first Spotify editorial playlist. Katrina’s song “25 Cents In The Ashtray” which she wrote with Jacob Anderson in 2020, was the first video that Katrina and her husband, Steve shot and produced independently proving how resourceful and talented the couple was working together and their ability to release a heartfelt and meaningful song during the pandemic that was also uplifting. Katrina followed this up by partnering up with Australian favorite, Troy Kemp, on the hit “Before Summer Starts to Fall” which was produced and written by Katrina, her husband, and Kemp and was released in 2021. This month Katrina released “We Had Fun” which was produced and written with her husband. Showcasing this country girl from Gunnedah, NSW vocal talents that can go toe-to-toe with the strongest vocalists in country music today. In our minds Katrina Burgoyne is already a super- star, everyone else just hasn’t discovered it yet. You can keep up with all things about Katrina Burgoyne by following her on her website, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and all streaming platforms.
Katrina Burgoyne: Keith Urban, I feel like our journey is very similar and he just inspires me. I would love for him to mentor me one day, that would be a big dream of mine. Again, just to learn from him. He’s such a seasoned performer and still relevant after 30-plus years, that is an amazing career, and he is still going strong and putting out amazing music. I would love to learn how to have a career like that. Spotlight on Business: Where can country music fans find out more about you and your music and upcoming shows? Katrina Burgoyne: If you want to find out more about me and what I am up to check out my website www.KBcountry.net it has all my upcoming shows and links to all my socials. Although Katrina has been preparing for her overnight success in the music business since she was a little girl sitting on her Poppy’s knee listen- ing to him sing country songs. She has never lost her drive; she might have had to change gears and map out a new course a time or two, but she is still following her dreams.
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FALL/WINTER 2022 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2022
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