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Music's Journey INTERVIEW w/ Special Guest Canadian Country Trio ''The Heels''
Brittni + Bobbi + Kyla
Encouragement and inspiration. Positivity and prowess. Fun and flare. None are in short supply when it comes to high-energy country trio The Heels – and yeah, the music is darn good, too.
Our band name was originally The Heals and eventually rebranded to the current spelling The Heels. The band was born with a desire to create music that would heal ourselves, and it worked! We are happier than ever making music that makes us and others feel and laugh too!
The creative union of Bobbi Smith, Brittni Dominelli, and Kyla Rawlins was born of a desire to heal through music, and now they’re carrying that mission forward and sharing it with an ever-growing fanbase. Theirs is a message of optimism and empowerment set to a sweet country soundtrack full of monster hooks and magnetic multi-part harmonies as showcased on their heralded debut LP, 2018’s “Love, Heels.” The Heels first came together at a North Vancouver café. Kyla is a co-owner, Brittni worked behind the counter, and Bobbi was a frequent customer. Kyla and Brittni had begun making music together in their downtime and, knowing Bobbi was also an artist, invited her to join the fold. “We all had solo careers in the past and each brought a unique style to the table,” begins Brittni. “So when we first brought it together, it really blended well and we were all inspired by what was happening.” All three were at points in their lives where they were seeking a means to feel better, to heal from things that had taken an emotional toll, and all three knew music had the power to do just that.
“I’ve been making music for a long time, and it takes a lot to move me,” Kyla takes over, “but every time we’d sing something together, I was overflowing with emotion and excitement. I just knew we were onto something.”
Inspired by the chart-topping female and female-fronted country acts that blazed trails before them, The Heels wasted little time composing a catalogue of accessible, relatable, arena-ready country anthems. And while they will collaborate with other writers from time to time, nothing they’ve recorded to date has originated outside of their ranks – and they’re rightfully proud of that fact.
Shortly after releasing their debut single “Come Around” to radio in the summer of 2017, they were kicking up a frenzy of deserved attention. Then, when Love, Heels saw daylight in May 2018, they toured the country as radio and media darlings, took to major festival stages like the Calgary Stampede and Sunfest Country Music Festival in Cowichan Valley, BC, and racked up over one million streams across the major music platforms. And with eight singles to country radio, they have amassed a lengthily list of nominations for the BC Country Music Awards. As the ladies tell it, they’re just getting started. “We want people to feel like, no matter what their dream might be, they should go for it,” Bobbi says about what’s driving The Heels forward. It’s a message that hits close to home, as all three members were performing in public at a young age, hit some bumps on their respective roads, and eventually stepped back from the spotlight feeling discouraged. “It felt like we had to grow up, get real jobs, be adults...” Bobbi says candidly. “But The Heels is a rejection of that; this is us grabbing life by the horns and going after our goals, and hopefully inspiring other people to do the same.”
That’s perhaps most apparent in concert, where The Heels deliver a whirlwind of an unforgettable live music experience. The shows are colourful, both figuratively and literally, with each member embodying a unique powerful yet humble presence that, together, comprises their onstage brand. “That’s all about being true to yourself – embracing your true colours and wearing them proudly,” offers Kyla.
Their hard-hitting, high-impact performances have earned them hordes of fans from coast to coast and across borders, often backed by a band with roots in the hard rock scene, even converted some from outside of the country music community. “We’ve played everything from main stages at major festivals to your community festival stage, where there’s really no stage at all,” says Brittni, “and regardless of the size of the stage or the crowd, we’re giving our everything to inspire people with a positive, optimistic outlook.”
After all, the three members of The Heels have grown significantly as artists and as people in their short time together, and knowing first-hand how great music and an empowering message can generate positivity and prosperity, they’re compelled to share both with every single person they encounter on their ongoing journey.
Music's Journey INTERVIEW w/ Special Guest Canadian Country Trio ''The Heels''
Bobbi + Kyla + Brittni
The music video for this song is SO FUNNY! We created some colourful housewife characters and the video won Best Video in 2019 in the country music category at Canadian Independent Music Video Awards.
The Heels - Take the Trailer (Official Music Video)
Holy Coast is a perfect example of our healing through music and also praises our beautiful west coast waters. We all had the privilege of growing up on the water and the ocean remains a huge source of healing for us whenever we need a relax and a reset. The lines “down to the water, the sun and the holy coast” are inspired by the father the son and the Holy Ghost.
Our current single. An anthem celebrating the support of great friendship through the ups and downs of life. The song came out April 2020 at the height of the pandemic and the start of the isolation lockdown for all of us and it became even more meaningful to us as we all FaceTimed our pals for some positivity through the uncertainty. We have a couple of videos on our YouTube channel featuring this song the first is a compilation of our friends in lockdown dancing and celebrating the release of our song as all avenues of a single release, video shoot, and promo were canceled, and the other is a live video of us playing our last live show before the pandemic.
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THE HEELS LIVE AT THE COMMODORE IN VANCOUVER BC
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''Come Around''
Acoustic ''Come Around'' Aug 2020
The Heels - He's Not Where I'm Going (Official Music Video)
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Music's Journey INTERVIEW w/ Special Guest Award Winning Canadian Country Trio ''The Heels''
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