camille trail
Gotta Get To Know You
Fresh from an official showcase at Ireland’s ‘Your Roots Are Showing’ conference Camille Trail is carving a path as one of Australia’s most respected up and coming indie-folk artists. Her recent Garrett Kato produced offerings ‘Gotta Get To Know You’ and ‘twenties’ have both achieved impressive streaming numbers and radio support and led to invitations to open for Ash Grunwald and Boy & Bear.
Though now a resident of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Camille grew up on a cattle ranch at Baralaba, two hours west of Rockhampton. Immersed in music from a young age, she moved to Brisbane to attend JMC Music Academy where she wrote the songs that appeared on her Shane Nicholson produced debut album ‘River of Sins’ - a sultry melting pot of country, folk, blues and gospel - released on Compass Bros / Universal in August 2021 to high critical praise.
Andrew McMillen wrote in The Australian that “River of Sins announces the 22-year-old Central Queensland singer-songwriter as one of the nation’s most striking new voices” and Paul Kelly’s biographer Stuart Coupe wrote - “As the eleven songs weave their spell it’s pretty obvious that the 22 year old Trail is something special – very special. The sonic palate is varied, nuanced and never remotely dull. Then there’s Trail’s voice which is sublime. And of course, at the end of the day it’s all about the songs – and Trail is a perceptive wordsmith.”
Camille participated in Sounds Australia's Global Music Match (2022) and has showcased at Folk Alliance in Kansas City (2023) as well as Your Roots Are Showing in Dundalk, Ireland (2024). She has been nominated for a Queensland Music Award and a Golden Guitar Award.
Her new single, ‘Carry Me Home’ featuring Riley Catherall, is out now with an EP to follow in June.