I Am Woman by Amber Lawrence & Catherine Britt – Premiere

Amber Lawrence and Catherine Britt pay tribute to Helen Reddy’s empowering women’s anthem – and Countrytown has your first look at the music video in this exclusive premiere.

For Amber, the passing of iconic Australian singer-songwriter- author-actress-activist-mother, Reddy last September, was the moment she truly felt the gravity of the lyrics of her global women’s rights anthem, I Am Woman. Amber decided to include the song in her set at her first post-COVID lockdowns live show. The response was overwhelming so when the time came to hit the road with her good friend, Britt, for their Love & Lies Tour, she floated the idea to include it as a duet.

Amber says, “Catherine and I are proof that women can and do - do anything. We’re both working mums, run our own businesses, we tour manage, drive ourselves, load in the gear, perform the show, then load out and drive to the next town to do it all over again. We’re consistently asked after the show ‘who is minding your kids?’ The men on tour with us have children too - but are never asked that same question.”

Catherine adds, “I believe in equality and that women should receive the same level of respect and understanding as men do. The message is as important and powerful now as it ever was. It’s a reminder that even today, women are still struggling with the same issues they were when this song came out 50 years ago.”

In making the decision on whether to record such an important and iconic song, Amber and Catherine both had to have very strong reasons to do so. The key reason came when they looked out into the audience when they performed it together for the first time and realised just how many young girls and women were coming along to their shows.

Amber says, “Once we agreed that we would record it, we had to work out how to make it our own and take it to the next level in order to pass the baton of female strength and independence on to the next generation of women.”

Watch the video below!

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