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Britt nominated for Emmylou Harris tribute song

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Jul 11, 2011 Updated Aug 11, 2011

Catherine Britt's 'Sweet Emmylou' is the only country offering in the running for the 2011 Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition.

The Newcastle singer released the song as her second single from her 2010 self titled album which earnt her a nomination for Best Country Album at the 2010 ARIA Awards.

“Sweet Emmylou was written in with my good friend Rory-Lee Feek. At the time I was heartbroken and when we sat down to write I told him I how I was feeling quite low and listening to old records like Emmylou’s to make me feel better because through her sad songs I felt like misery had company. In many respects the song wrote itself. It’s a very special song to me and one of my favourite songs that I have ever written,” says Britt.

The top 3 songwriters will be announced on Friday July 15 with the winner due to receive a prize package worth over $50,000. Second and third place winners each receive cash and prizes valued over $10,000.

Source: APRA-AMCOS external link

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Catherine Britt (born 31 December 1984) is a country music artist who has had success in both her native Australia and in the United States. She was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 2004. She has charted several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in the U.S. , in addition to releasing four studio albums in her native...

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