Occupation(s) Singer Role Musical Artist Years active 1995-present Genres Country | Website www.rachelmatkin.com Record label MCA Records Name Rachel Matkin Albums Living Beyond Our Dreams | |
Origin Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, Canada Instruments Vocals, guitar, flute, autoharp Labels Cross Country Records
MCA Records Nominations Juno Award for Best Country Female Artist | ||
Rachel matkin living beyond our dreams 1995 bccma album of year award
Rachel Matkin (born in 1975 in Fraser Canyon, British Columbia) is a Canadian country music artist. Matkin first began performing with at the age of thirteen with her father Dave and her brothers Seth and Judd in The Matkin Family Band. They opened for Ian Tyson, Dwight Yoakam, Patricia Conroy, Lisa Brokop, The Moffats and Gary Fjellgaard. At age fourteen, she won the British Columbia Country Music Association (BCCMA) Junior Vocalist contest.
Matkin recorded one studio album for Cross Country Records, 1995's Living Beyond Our Dreams. This album produced five chart singles for her on the Canadian country music charts, of which the highest was the No. 18-peaking "So, So Long." At the 1996 BCCMA Awards, Living Beyond Our Dreams was named Album of the Year. Matkin also won the Ray McAuley Horizon Award. She caught the attention of MCA Records, who signed her to a distribution deal. At the 1997 Juno Awards, Matkin was nominated for Best Country Female Vocalist. In 2006, after nine years out of the spotlight, Matkin joined the country music group Steelewater.