Rachel Matkin

Background

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.

Career

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 Number. 18-peaking "So, So Long." At the 1996 BCCMA Awards, Living Beyond Our Dreams was named Album of the Year.

She caught the attention of Master of Computer Applications 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.

Achievements

• At age fourteen, she won the British Columbia Country Music Association (BCCMA) Junior Vocalist contest. Matkin also won the Ray McAuley Horizon Award.