KYLA RAWLINS

Kyla Rawlins has combined her training in Opera, Country, Musical Theatre and Folk, and has discovered an original and mesmerizing sound. From the Prairie coulees of Medicine Hat Alberta and growing up in Nanaimo BC her musical stylings have blended into a fury of emotions. Kyla’s love for singing began when she was 7, singing the national anthem every morning in a class filled with 25 other students and trying to be the loudest. Seems like a common thread for Kyla, from hitting the high notes in high school with intensive operatic training to Graduating from one of the most demanding and challenging performing arts schools in Canada. The Canadian College of Performing Arts. Finding her voice in Redcliff a town of 700 people wasn’t too difficult for Kyla as her school made it mandatory to join choir in first grade. Singing and performing in numerous productions through grade school Kyla eventually taught herself guitar at age 18. Never understanding where this love of music came from as know one in her immediate family play, sing or listen to music much. She asked about her family tree in 1997 and was told she had an uncle named Bruce Rawlins who is in the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame for Songwriting with Terry Carrisse. Together they made hundreds of very successful songs. After years of studying and singing other artist’s music, kyla decided it was time to see what words, emotions and melodies she had inside herself to express to the world. With over 200 songs written and ready to be heard, Kyla is currently focusing on finishing her two newest songs written at the Red Cedar Songwriters Camp. “Trying to get through” and “Wherever you go” Kyla will be performing at numerous locations and recording in 2007.