Her mother left when she was a child, as a happy consequence she spent a lot of time on the road.

Now, she’s ready to release her new album Apple and Pride, a nod to her three daughters and newfound lesbianism.

“Since separating I am now with a woman, so that’s the pride,” Henry laughed.

“At the time I didn’t really know when I was younger about my feelings and how to deal with them – so I went with the normal suppression thing.

“When you become a woman you grow to know yourself and I realised that was the path for me.”

Henry has come to a few new horizons later in life, she didn’t get a start in music until she was 34 years old.

A true country artist Henry doesn’t mince words and takes pride in her more traditional sound – no matter how hard people try to lump her in with Americana.

“I always say it’s flat out country,” she said.

“It’s always three chords and the truth, there’s no hidden message and it’s not a secret what I’m playing about – the best songs I bring out come from divine intervention.”

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Henry runs Peppertown Jam in her hometown of Newcastle, an open mic night largely for younger artists.

It’s the same place she met icon Allan Caswell, who helped her write some of her newer music – breaking away from her identity as a woman who’s lost a partner and diving into who she is now.

Apple and Pride will be released in March with a tour of Australia that stops off at The Press on March 17.

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