Kyla Uyede, better known by her stage name Kytami, is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 musician. She started taking violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

 lessons at the age of three, and trained classically at the Vancouver Academy of Music

Vancouver Academy of Music

The Vancouver Academy of Music is a Canadian music conservatory located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The school was founded as the Community Music School of Greater Vancouver in 1969 through efforts made by the Vancouver Community Arts Council. The school was originally located on West 12th...

. She moved to Whistler

Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...

 at the age of 17, and at the age of 23 started playing in a band at the Dubh Linn Gate Pub. In 2002 she moved back to Vancouver and recorded her first album Conflation. In 2006 she became part of the group Delhi 2 Dublin

Delhi 2 Dublin

Delhi 2 Dublin is a Canadian world music group whose style is primarily a fusion of Bhangra and Celtic music.-History:...

, but left in late 2010 to continuing to pursue her own solo career.

External links

• Kytami's MySpace page