Shandell has been recognised on the international country music circuit as a gifted song-writer and talented performer since she was 17, becoming the youngest ever and first Australian musician to win the prestigious Nashville Song Search Award for the powerful 'Here with Me'. This acclaim led Shandell to Nashville where she was able to hone her craft in the country music heartland, working alongside the industry's most acclaimed songwriters who have written international hits for artists such as Leann Rimes, Faith Hill, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire and Tim McGraw.Shandell has since been turning heads back home at every event on the Australian country music calendar, as the Entertainer of the Year and Senior Female Vocalist of the Year at Tamworth Country Music Festival, and numerous nods at the Gympie Muster. Shandell was recently awarded the sought after Pellegrino Scholarship, which will provide her tuition at the Sienna Jazz Academy.Shandell has been invited to perform alongside country music greats Lee Kernaghan, Troy Cassar-Daly, Sara Storer, John Williamson and Tania Kernaghan, fitting in her touring schedule around the lead role in the Gold Coast's R.M Williams Australian Outback Spectacular.Shandell Tosoni brings this wealth of experience, song-writing talent and her stunning vocal delivery to her debut release 'Take It Or Leave It', available now.This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? using original artwork by Marah Johnson. Go get one!
