Sunset Stage Series: Zoee Is the Country Voice Nashville Has Been Hiding

Picture this: a girl from the wild coastline of Tasmania, where her family dived for abalone and crayfish off the edge of the known world, standing on a Nashville stage that she now shares with Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban. That is the story of Zoee, and when we stumbled across her catalog this week, we genuinely had to stop what we were doing and listen from the beginning. Zoee Byrne, born July 4, 1996, relocated from Tasmania to Nashville after falling in love with her parents’ vinyl collection and discovering that country music was the language she had been searching for. What happened next is the kind of career arc that earns a spot on our Sunset Stage Series.

From Tasmania’s Coast to Nashville’s Stage

Zoee began performing in Nashville in 2016 and never looked back. Her journey from the remote southern coastline of Australia to the center of country music’s creative universe is a story of grit, songwriting instinct, and a voice that refuses to be ordinary. She has since toured across the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, sharing stages that most artists spend a decade working toward. Her magnetic stage presence and emotionally rich writing style have drawn comparisons to Kacey Musgraves meeting Sabrina Carpenter with the warmth of a modern-day Olivia Newton-John. We think that is accurate, and also undersells what Zoee is doing with her writing. She is not trying to sound like anyone. She sounds like herself, which is exactly the kind of artist this series was created to spotlight.

Chart Tops, Award Wins, and a 2026 Breakout Moment

Zoee’s track record is not a promise: it is a body of evidence. She has topped both the Amazon Music and iTunes Country Charts, won Song of the Year at the 2021 Women of Country Awards, and earned a 2025 Showgirl Award nomination. Nashville Music Scene named her their Artist to Watch for 2026, a designation we found ourselves nodding at hard when we read it. The breakout is not coming. It is already happening. When an artist wins a chart, an award, and an industry feature all before most listeners have found her, that tells you exactly where she is in her trajectory: right at the inflection point. We are flagging this now because we know from experience what the Sunset Stage Series artists look like before the rest of country music discovers them.

What Makes Zoee’s Music Different

The best way to describe Zoee’s music to someone who has not heard it yet is: it hits with intention. There is no filler. Every lyric is carrying weight, and her vocals have a quality that makes you feel like you are being let in on something private. In a country music landscape that rewards formula, Zoee writes from a place of genuine experience, and listeners feel the difference immediately. Her journey from abalone diving in Tasmania to headlining listening rooms in Nashville gives her a perspective that simply cannot be manufactured. We have been going back through her catalog all week, and we keep finding new things to appreciate on each listen. That is the mark of a songwriter who is operating at a different level.

Frequently Asked: Where Is Zoee the Country Artist From?

Zoee, whose full name is Zoee Byrne, was born on July 4, 1996, in Tasmania, Australia. She is a country pop singer-songwriter now based in Nashville, Tennessee. She began her music career performing in Nashville in 2016 and has since toured across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe, sharing stages with artists including Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban. She is a two-time chart-topper on Amazon and iTunes Country charts and winner of the 2021 Women of Country Song of the Year Award.

• Hometown: Tasmania, Australia
• Based: Nashville, Tennessee
• Chart achievements: Amazon and iTunes Country chart-topper
• Awards: Song of the Year, 2021 Women of Country Awards
• Toured with: Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban
• 2026 recognition: Nashville Music Scene Artist to Watch

Sunset Country Fest 2027 is a country music festival taking place in Apopka, Florida, in the Greater Orlando area, on April 17, 2027. As the largest country music festival in Central Florida, from Central Florida, for Central Florida, we believe the Sunset Stage is exactly the kind of home that an artist like Zoee was built for. We are watching her closely, and we think you should be too. Keep following sunsetcountryfest.com for lineup announcements and all the country music coverage that Central Florida deserves. Sunset Country Fest 2027 is coming to Apopka, Florida on April 17, 2027. Mark your calendar.

Sources & References

• Source: Zoee Official Website – About Zoee
• Source: Spotify – Zoee Artist Profile
• Source: Music and Tour News – Zoee Coverage
• Source: Wikitia – Zoee Singer Biography

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Last updated: August 24, 2026 · Sunset Country Fest Editorial Team · Contact Us