Emma Donovan speaks to Jane Gazzo for the Australian Music Vault

“The hardest part is finding support for single mums around the music industry... Maybe I have pressured myself in the past but I’m getting better at saying ‘no’! I work around my girls. If there’s things I can’t do, then I can’t do them.”

Last year broadcaster and mother Jane Gazzo interviewed Emma Donovan for Australian Music Vault, delving into her early years singing country music eisteddfods, to the challenges she’s faced as a single mother in the music industry, and the importance of family.

“I went to a rehearsal the other day at Arts Centre Melbourne and two women were singing backing vocals on stage and they had their babies in slings whilst rehearsing. It was just wonderful to see. There was also space backstage for my girls to sit and draw and hang out. It meant a lot to me because not everyone can take their kids to work but for me personally, I think it’s important for my kids to see me in these creative spaces... That’s important to me as a single mum.”

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