'I picked up a guitar and I started writing': Sacha on finding herself in country music | CBC Music LoadedThe singer-songwriter looks back on her journey to landing a record deal.Sacha's latest single, "Hey Mom I Made It," tells the story of how the country singer-songwriter from Warkworth, Ont., overcame personal and professional setbacks to find joy in her life.
So for me, growing up in a small town, a lot of agriculture around as well, sleepovers at the farms we grew our food out back, too. There was a rodeo across the river at the arena. And just living that lifestyle made it country living, you know? It's not too far off the back road for us lots of land. It's just what they say, "Oh, you're from the country." You know what I mean? legitimately from the country.
Yeah. It came back for me, in a way. When we had to move from the small town to Oshawa, we had to learn to read street lights and introduced to a whole new diverse world and classmates that look different and like .No you don't. Or outside of a small town, really. It was so new and scary, actually, for us, because we were like, "You're taking us to the city!" And if you know what Oshawa is...
Living country. Yeah, and going through the peer element where it's like, okay, this is what's popular or this is what I'm supposed to be like or what I'm supposed to like.No. Not then. I'm sure they're around, but yeah.