Liv Charette

Liv Charette is glitter, a leather jacket – and one of modern country music’s most powerful voices.

Her performance on her debut single “That Kind of Song” draws comparisons to a young Trisha Yearwood. Because of the song’s rangy, sweeping vocals, it took her producer Steve Dorff eight years to find an artist capable of singing the emotional ballad.

A native of Ottawa, Canada, the country singer/songwriter grew up amongst the city’s skyscrapers but spent holidays with a line in the water at a rural cabin on the lake with her family. Just like her upbringing, Charette’s music is equal parts empowerment and sophistication paired with vulnerability and open-hearted authenticity.

“My music matches who I am,” Charette said. “I’m not putting anything on.”

Charette’s first foray with creative expression came as a child when she laced up her ice skates and pirouetted into the sport’s most competitive rinks. Dreaming about a position on Canada’s Olympic team, Charette spent 11 years dedicating her free time before and after school to the ice. At 14 years old, she hung up her skates for a new dream.

Charette grew up idolizing Shania Twain. The young teen’s grandfather was a singer and the voice coach for a musical in their town. After watching him with another child, she asked if he would teach her to sing, too. The pair learned a few ABBA songs, and when Charette’s parents heard them perform, they were stunned.

They found their daughter a vocal coach and, through mutual friends, located a producer in Nashville. She started traveling from Canada to Music City to learn to write songs and sing in the studio.

“You have to find the songs that are the magic ones,” she said. “I think it’s important to stand strong as a female. In any scenario, I want songs that empower people.”