Beccy Cole has released her much anticipated 7th studio album, 'Songs and Pictures' it showcases the real woman, artist and the exceptional songwriter that she is.It had been almost four years since she has recorded music and she calls Songs & Pictures her 'coming of age' album.

Ever since she started on stage when she was 14 years old, Beccy Cole has been piling achievement on top of achievement and award after award. Music-wise, she even had the right parents. Born in Glenlg, South Australia, her mother is Carole Sturtzel, for many years the acknowledged “Queen of Country Music” in the state, and her father Max a great crooner and recognized tap dancer.

Joining her mother's band Wild Oats, Cole did the rounds of the South Australian circuit going on tours with name stars like Willie Nelson, Kenny Rodgers, Glenn Campbell and Don McLean, then joined the Dead Ringer Band. In 1993 she won the Toyota Star Maker Quest and followed this up in the succeeding year by taking home the Golden Guitar for New Talent. In 2006, she won a Golden Guitar for Female Artist of the Year, then three more in 2007, for Female Artist of the Year, Single of the Year and APRA Song of the Year. She has also been honored by the Country Music Association with an Entertainer of the Year award.

Cole has three Gold albums and a long string of hits which have brought her to the top of the Australian country music scene. However, she is best loved for her song “Poster Girl” which won her the three Golden Guitars and which she dedicates to the Australian servicemen. She went to Iraq on tour to entertain the troops assigned there and sang the song for them at the parade on ANZAC Day in 2007. Cole teamed up with Gina Jeffreys and Sara Storer and the three of them, as The Songbirds, had three years of highly acclaimed performances. Attracted by the idea of “strong women with something to say” Cole, Chris E. Thomas and Kate Ballantyne put together “The Sheila Sessions” which showcases talented and successful women celebrating memorable moments in female song history.

A vivacious, energetic entertainer, Cole is known for her sense of humor and her ability to keep the crowd on its feet. She has been highly praised for her stints as emcee at events like the Golden Guitar Awards and the Heart Awards of the Variety Club. She appears regularly on the television quiz show “Spicks and Specks” and on the TV program “The Wiggles”.

Cole has a soft spot for up and coming country music artists. She has been a tutor at the College of Country Music and an Ambassador in the Telstra Road to Tamworth talent development program. But she can be strong and uncompromising on matters she feels strongly about. She has proudly performed for the Australian Prime Minister, but in 2007 sparked some controversy when she refused to sing for then US President George W. Bush.

As an entertainer, multi-award winner, chart-busting country music singer, TV celebrity, mentor, nationalist, advocate and all-around nice person, Cole has covered it all in a spectacular way. It's no wonder that the country music industry chose her as the first contemporary female artist to be included in the Golden Guitar Wax Museum in Tamworth.

The video clip on ItsCountry is "Shiny Things" from her Songs and Pictures Album.

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