Kym Gouchie hits No. 1 on Canadian Aboriginal charts, in concert Saturday

Penticton Herald
Oct 22, 2015

Kym Gouchie knew she had something special when she penned "Sister Rain", a track from her debut CD "Mountain of Youth."

"It's basically a song about my transition from living in the north to moving to Penticton," she said. "It was a really difficult move, leaving a community you love and experiencing the huge change," she said.

"When I wrote it, I knew I had something special. Brian Russell, who plays in my band said, 'You have a hit single.' It seems to resonate with people, women especially. They tear up when they hear it."

The song, which reached No. 1 on the Canadian National Aboriginal Countdown and has since received significant airplay in Alberta, will be included on her set-list when she performs her Home Away From Home concert, Saturday at Orchard House.

"I wrote a new song for the show and my set is mostly originals," she said. "I'll do Crazy and a CCR song, because people like familiarity, but I prefer to stick to my own material. I'm playing with a great back-up band and we have some wonderful opening acts so it will be a multicultural event."

A member of the Lheidli T'enneh band, near Prince George, she moved to Penticton 12 years ago but has since returned home to nurse her mother. She visits Penticton once a month, hence the title of her show, Home Away From Home.

Gouchie is glad to see that her songs are finding an audience.