A LOVE of storytelling and deep-rooted memories to the soundtrack of country music are behind the latest single from Dunfermline's Kirsten Adamson.

Often recognised for her surname – she is the daughter of Big Country's Stuart Adamson – Kirsten's music is entirely her own, drawing inspiration from the summers she spent growing up in Nashville, and days spent with her mum's parents.

Her new song, Stars on the South Coast, follows a young couple, how they meet and the journey of their relationship, including a car crash and how they recover.

"It started autobiographical and took its own legs," Kirsten told the Press.

"I like writing story songs, most are generally about me but not my real life story.

"It has a very country, Americana feel, I grew up listening to a lot of country music.

"When I was really little, my granny and grandad had listened to country music, they've both passed away now, I do think about them, it's very nostalgic.

"They say country music is three cords and the truth."

The single is the first from Kirsten's upcoming album, which she began writing in late 2020, during the second lockdown.

During this time, she was posting performances and cover songs online frequently, gaining her a huge additional following.

"It started with a track called 'No Other Mother', it was during the second lockdown when everyone was just done with it," she said.

"A lot of people were struggling, it is a song about hope.

"From there, I got funding from Creative Scotland and worked with a songwriter called Dean Owens."

Kirsten continued, and still continues to, perform online, working on the site, Patreon, where people can pay to watch her gigs, like they would for any live gig.

There, she began to receive countless requests to do something she never had before – play songs written by her late father.

"I found out more about my dad then than I ever had before, it was quite an emotional experience and I was kind of going through that on my own," she explained.

"Dean had said, 'I've got this line going around in my head, but it's not a song for me, it's one for you', it went, 'I never knew my father until I sang my father's songs', that really hit me."

And Kirsten has linked her Scottish roots with her American influence for the Stars on the South Coast video, which is set on the A9.

"I had this random idea where I wanted the video to be about a lorry driver who meets a girl," she said.

"I thought, how am I going to do this, how will I find a lorry driver who is up for a video!

"I put it up on my Patreon site and a fan replied and said his friend's son was a driver and he might be up for it, he was the first one I contacted and he said he was.

"It is set in the Highlands in Aviemore and showcases Scotland – my music has such an American influence so it is so lovely having it show the other part of me, which is Scotland."

Showing no signs of slowing down in the run-up to Christmas, Kirsten has performed recently at Glasgow Americana Festival and at Dunfermline's own Outwith Festival, where she previewed a selection of her new material.

"I love playing live," she added.

"I just have to wait and see what happens but I really think live music is where it's at now – that's where you can sell your album, that's where you can do your best work.

"I will still do Patreon, there has been a real shift since lockdown and a certain amount of the population still don't feel comfortable going to gigs and my fanbase is so widespread – I have fans in Germany and the States who wouldn't be able to see me live otherwise."

Stars on the South Coast made it into the top 10 on the iTunes charts after its recent release, with pre-sale orders of a vinyl copy of the song selling out in the run-up.

Kirsten's new album, Landing Place, has been announced for February 3 next year, with plans for a tour currently in the works.