Lead
vocalist and songwriter Cheryls grew up in a shed on the tablelands
of the New England. She credits this upbringing to helping her
connect with the truth, to believe in the value of the ordinary, and
it’s reflected in her writing style. Early
in January 2019 Andersonlane released their debut album This
Girl
earning Cheryls the title of The 2020 I.C.M.A Female Artist of the
Year as well as This
Girl
taking out the 2020 2RRR Album of the Year. Cheryls was also
nominated for the 2019 Southern Stars Female Rising Star Award, and
multiple other song writing award nominations lead to all 4 radio
tracks released from the album gaining recognition on the charts. Cheryls
has worked with hit songwriters including Allan Caswell, Bill
Chambers, and Luke O’Shea but to name a few. Cheryls is on the
never-ending quest toward her destination of writing better songs,
hand carving a career along the backroads and highways, with a vocal
ability that reminds her audiences what good country music is all
about.
The
highly anticipated second album The
Fight was released in 2021 and
has
sprung forth gaining immediate recognition by being named in the CCMA
Top 10 Traditional Country Albums of 2021. In conjunction with that
award The
Fight
was nominated for The 2021 ICMA Album of the Year and Single of the
Year along with Cheryls nominated for Artist of the Year. The
track “Waiting for Apocalypse” from The
Fight,
co-written with Bill Chambers was announced as a semi-finalist in the
renowned International Song Writers Competition, making it into the
Final 9% of more than 26,000 entries worldwide. The
2021 Dusty Boots Awards in Dubbo also saw Cheryls taking home The Ron
Varty Memorial Award for her services and contributions to Australian
Country Music. Currently
Andersonlane are actively gigging, and in the meantime Cheryls is
constantly writing new material for the third album to be recorded
and produced with Bill Chambers for release in 2023. Andersonlane
are proudly managed and promoted by Mustang Radio Services.
