Lara Yule Singh

Since her first solo performance in May of 2005, Lara has been steadily honing her craft. Having played almost 200 shows across Canada in the last year alone, she is developing into a sensitive, articulate performer, whose goal is to better herself on every level. "In my early twenties I had a profound realization. That I was either going to die by self-abuse, or live for the right reasons. So I started looking. I discovered an author named J. Krishnamurti, and something he said effected me in a huge way-that (in my words) if we are not responding in love, we are responding in fear.

"In my early twenties I had a profound realization. That I was either going to die by self-abuse, or live for the right reasons. So I started looking. I discovered an author named J. Krishnamurti, and something he said effected me in a huge way-that (in my words) if we are not responding in love, we are responding in fear. This was a starting place for me. I realized how much I chose to be afraid and that I didn't want to live like that anymore.

So I went to truth school (I invite you to ask me specifics about this). And, I got married. All of it was extraordinary and became more extraordinary as I became more honest. Then, I got sick. I stopped playing music. Looking at death was the greatest opportunity of my life. I saw how I had avoided death (the inevitable) for much of my life. I started writing again. The songs came easily.

Though I have been influenced by musicians I admire very much (Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Jeff Buckley, PJ Harvey, Nina Simone, Tori Amos......the list goes on) my biggest influence has been a practical decision that I want to make music that's motivated by the kindness, goodness, and honesty that lives in all of us"



"The Great Divine", Lara's sophomore album is a group of simple allegories that developed into delicate, atmospheric avant-folk/pop songs, influenced by M. Night Shyamalan's movie 'The Village', C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, Philip Pullman's Dark Materials books, and the beauty that exists in all of us.