Korey Livy, a natural storyteller in performance and song, released his debut album, Home to You in 2000. ‘Home To You’ the single worked its way to number 6 on the Country Music Radio charts, with Korey later being nominated for rising star and awarded best new talent at the Australian Independent Country Music Awards. A contestant on Australian Idol in 2006, Korey proceeded to release his second album That’s The Way We Do It Round Here in 2007.

In 2011, Korey was deeply affected by the loss of his closest friend and father, Gerard Livy, to a silent battle with depression. Eventually, as Korey describes it, he had to learn to live again.