Johanna Hemara is a city girl with a love for country music. As such, her vocal versatility and contemporary country music style is unique. Johanna's influences range from the great country music artists of the past through to the country, rock and pop icons of today.

From a very young age, Johanna toured country music venues and festivals all over Australia with her dad Cookie, a renowned singer and guitarist. At the age of 9, she won the K-Mart Jazzer Smith Award and the Barry Thornton Encouragement Award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Even at this early age, she would busk on Peel Street, for 12 hours a day.

Johanna's dynamic vocals and vast range lend themselves to many styles of music. As a result, her gig guide has been extensive for a number of years. However, singing and writing country music is where her heart lies, and when the opportunity of recording a quality Album presented itself, Johanna decided that the country music genre would be her sole focus for 2010 and beyond.

Her new album, "Starting Over", is produced by Herm Kovac and features some of the best musicians from Australia and the USA. The songs on the Album feature a mixture of her own songs and songs written by some of the best songwriters in Nashville.

Johanna Hemara is a young singer/songwriter who is destined to make her presence on the Australian country music scene in 2010 and beyond.