TWO of Australia's most popular, and exciting live acts, Karise Eden and Dean Ray, will showcase their considerable talents in the national 'Rebellion' tour which brings them to Grafton on June 23.

Hitting the road from Queensland right through to Western Australia and including Tasmania, they'll perform a selection of their own material along with some special "duo" performances in a real treat for fans.

Karise and Dean share a mutual admiration and understanding - two gifted artists who may have come to national prominence via reality TV (Karise The Voice, Dean X-Factor) but have worked hard at their craft, writing, touring and honing their talents. They are both by nature a little on the wild side, and may not always fit the mould - the Rebellion tour is their way of saying "whatever you thought we were, we're much more than that."

Karise Eden won the hearts of Australian audiences in the first series of The Voice in 2012, her raw talent, show-stopping vocal and refreshing candidness proving a breath of fresh air.

She has released two albums, "My Journey" which stormed to Number One on the ARIA Charts and sold in excess of Double Platinum, and "Things I've Done", which debuted at #5 back in late 2014 and is nearly Gold. The latter is an album of which Karise is exceptionally proud, having co-written all bar one of the album's tracks.

Karise's most recent Summer Soul tour across Australia played to full houses, and the 'Rebellion' tour will see Karise performing mostly solo for the first time since she became a household name.

On the eve of her first show with Dean Ray, the candid singer/songwriter said she was looking forward to the tour but was "silently crapping herself".

"It's going to just be me and my guitar again, which I haven't done for a while so I'm a bit nervous. I have to tell myself you know these songs Karise. You played them 10 years ago. You just have to get up there and do that again.

"I always have conversations with myself when I'm feeling anxious. I'm honest apparently which is part of my charm they tell me," the singer laughs.

To further alleviate any nerves, Karis said she was planning to keep her performance "casual".

"I'm going to pretend it's my lounge room tour. What I'd really like to do is just rock up in my trackies with ugg boots on."

Karise said her performance will be acoustic, "playing stuff off My Journey album and things I've done recently, new covers and maybe some sneaky originals. Dean and I will also pick a couple of different tracks to sing together. I really like to see the crowd have some energy and singalong to the choruses."

Karise said despite not knowing Dean before the tour was proposed by their management, she said they were getting on really well and discovered they were pretty similar in some respects.

"We are both really honest people, he's a down-to-earth bloke and I'm an indie chick. Sometimes we were so nice to the point that we weren't getting any work done. I'd say why don't you sing that bit and he's like, I think you should sing that bit. There was no arrogance and we were both gobsmacked by each other's talents."

Karise said they were told they could "pretty much do what we wanted" for this Rebellion tour before admitting it wasn't really that casual.

"Ha, ha, no, not really. It was more like asking us to do a Channel 7 and Channel 9 reality stars reunion tour," she said.

The talented singer/songwriter admitted she had changed a lot since winning the first series of The Voice four years ago, both in her personal and professional life.

"I'm a different Karise to what I was back then. I'm a more polite version of myself, no swearing and those sorts of things. Having my son (15 months ago) helped change everything dramatically. I was directionless and full of too much rebellion. I was a bit anti-industry for a while, like a teenager who would just say no, because someone told them to do something. "

Karise said becoming a mum and being able to buy her own property helped to ground her.

"It put my feet back on the ground. It was all I needed. After that I came back, I met my partner, had a baby, found a support network and have good people around me who are a lot more understanding. It's them understanding me and me working with the most beautiful people in the industry. Before I was 19 going on 5."

This will be Karise's third tour in a year, the first two tours she took along her son but will be leaving him home with dad this time.

"My son's at the age where he's putting everything in his mouth now and backstage is not exactly the most hygienic of places so I guess this tour I'll get that much needed mummy time," she laughs.

"Actually I was looking forward to having a bath to myself tonight not the usual 'bathtime' like it is at home, but they don't have a tub in the room. I might have to put that in my contract for the next show."

Don't miss Karise Eden and Dean Ray in concert at the Grafton District Services Club on Thursday, June 23.