Country runs in Harvey's blood

Kanye West and Miley Cyrus inspired the new album by Australian country musician Adam Harvey - but not in the way you might think.

The title of the platinum-selling artist's latest album, Family Life, requires little explanation and after nearly 20 years of releasing albums, dedicating one to his family is perfectly acceptable.

Harvey said his "beautiful" son and daughter inspired him to write the album.

"I was sitting in my lounge room one morning and thinking, 'What can I write some songs about?'," he said.

"My two kids were getting ready for school and I looked at them and thought, 'Why don't I just write a whole bunch of songs about the things that mean the most to me?'."

Harvey said his children, now in their teens, and "family life" were everything.

"It's kind of like living with Kanye West and Miley Cyrus all under the one roof," he said.

"I said to my wife, "all we can do is hang on and just hope that we're still sane at the end of it all'."

The eight-time Golden Guitar-winner will be at Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre on July 23. He will perform songs from Family Life as well as songs from the platinum-selling predecessor The Great Country Songbook, which he recorded with Troy Cassar-Daley.

The last time the country music singer was in Bunbury, he was with Cassar-Daley.

"We always have a great night in Bunbury because it's a really good area for country music," Harvey said.

"We always get a great crowd.

"They love to come along and swing from the rafters and have a great night."

The album is so motivated by family that it features a duet with his daughter Leylah - something Harvey will "cherish" forever.

"I've been really lucky over the years - I've recorded duets with a stack of people but that one will always be my favourite," he said.

"She's informed me that will be the last one. She reckons I'm holding her back."

However, Harvey refused to rule out a future tour with Leylah, who is learning piano.

He said that when she realised there was "a dollar in it", she would be happy to go on the road with dad.