Jasmine Rae is a classically trained Australia

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Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer and songwriter who is best known for her song "Country Singer" and for winning the Telstra Road to Tamworth in 2008.

Early life

Rae, born Jasmine Eldridge, has been singing and songwriting since she was seven years old when she would sell her poems at independent fairy stalls. She performed her first original song at eight and then started singing lessons at sixteen. When she was fifteen she performed at International Women's Day. In 2004 at 16 years of age she was invited to perform with The Moreland City Band, in 2005 they made a film clip for their version of "Killing Me Softly

Killing Me Softly with His Song

"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a 1971 song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. It has been covered by numerous artists, most notably by Roberta Flack whose version topped the U.S...

" in which Jasmine provided lead vocals.

n 2005 Rae left high school and decided to learn more about making music, enrolling at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has six city campuses located at Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, Heidelberg, a country campus at Ararat, and country training facilities at Eden...

, where she studied and completed her Advanced Diploma in Music. At NMIT she met a wide range of Melbourne's musicians and became fully focused on her career as a vocalist, writer and performer.

Rae had a passion for country music since 1997 when her family got subscription television and she watched CMC the country music channel for Australia, in 2007 she appeared with Jazz Lasso an alternate-country band in the Battle of the Bands with her older brother who plays bass for the band. Some of the songs she wrote for them later appeared on her debut album Look It Up.

2008: Telstra Road to Tamworth and Look It Up

In 2008 Rae auditioned for the Telstra Road to Tamworth she was already familiar with the competition from watching CMC however she had never auditioned before she won the Yarra Valley heat of the competition and eventually went on to win the entire event, winning the event gave her a record contract with ABC Music and allowed her to perform at the 2008 CMA music festival in Nashville.

Since then she has recorded her debut album Look It Up. The title track, "Look It Up

Look It Up

"Look It Up" is the title of a song recorded by American country artist Ashton Shepherd. It was released in January 2011 as the lead-off single to her second studio album, Where Country Grows. The song was originally recorded by Australian country artist Jasmine Rae in 2008.-Content:"Look It Up" is...

", (#1 Austrailian charts) was later covered by American country artist Ashton Shepherd

Ashton Shepherd

Ashton Delilah Shepherd is an American country music singer-songwriter. She was first signed to Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA Nashville division in April 2007. Her 2008 debut album Sounds So Good produced two top 40 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Takin' Off This Pain" and the title...

. Shepherd's version was released as a single in January 2011, and has since become a Top 20 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Albums

• Look It Up (6 September 2008)
• Look It Up (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD) (2010)
• Listen Here (4 March 2011) #35 AUS

Singles

• "Country Singer" (2008)
• "Look It Up" (2008)
• "Pink Guitar" (2008)
• "Hunky Country Boys" (2010)

Music videos

• "Country Singers" (2008)
• "Look It Up" (2008)
• "Pink Guitar" (2008)
• "Can't a Girl Change Her Mind" (2008)
• "Hunky Country Boys" (2010)
• "I Faked It" (2011)