Rising Star : Kristyn Harris

When Kristyn Harris was 14, she watched old movies featuring Roy Rogers and Gene Autry because she adored the horses they rode.

But it was their music that inspired her. She picked up a guitar and started strumming. Then she began to sing. She even learned to yodel.

In 2011, Kristyn was awarded the Western Music Association’s Janet McBride Yodeling Award and was the winner of the Rising Star Competition at the 2011 Kamloops, B.C. Cowboy Festival. She was a top five finalist for the 2012 Academy of Western Artists Female Performer of the Year, and has been in the top five for WMA’s Crescendo Award in 2010 and 2011.

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