from august 1977 the singer travelled and performed across europe and the us for six months. her fourth album, "ice", appeared in 1978; it included material written by fellow australians. also in that year she issued "raw deal" as a non-album single – the theme song for a feature film of the same name from the previous year. foster's colleague, brownwyn watson, caught roadknight's gig in july 1978: the singer had "a striking presence on stage and her folk-blues combination of songs were sometimes amusing, sometimes sad." late that year she performed in china as a member of the australian theatre people's group.