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Artist Bio

Growing up in Ft. Worth, Texas, Cynda Bennett couldn't help but be surrounded by the sounds of country music. One might think with this kind of environmental backdrop, combined with the fact that Cynda played guitar & piano and sang for the church youth group & school choir, that becoming a country singer might have been a childhood dream; but this was not the case for Cynda.

Quiet & shy in her younger years, but still yearning to sing, she eventually fought back her stage fright and started pursuing stage roles in musical theatre, which is how she first began to refine her performing skills. Some of her notable theatre credits include Hedy Larue in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the Narrator in Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

But not until after graduating college, moving to Missouri & getting married, did her Texas musical roots begin to surface. Cynda started singing at a few of the local opry shows, where her strong voice and range of singing styles (that can embrace everything from traditional country, to power ballads, to even a little southern-fried blues) was well received and she soon landed herself a job as the lead singer in a country covers band. It was a good fit.

Several years and honky tonks later, Cynda and her band became a fixture throughout the regional Midwest, opening for several major country headliners. She also was developing her songwriting skills and began to perform more & more original material with her band.

During these years Cynda was cast in the lead role for a national touring company production of the off-Broadway hit, COWGIRLS, the perfect little gem of a musical which showcased her talents in both genres of country music and musical theatre. The Dallas Morning News said that Cynda was "The show's strongest performer, played with a convincing country-western contralto swagger." Her touching ballad near the end "shines as a true country moment."

Not too long after the national tour, Cynda decided she had collected enough original material to pursue an album project. Co-produced by Mark Alan Thompson of ATP Records, two singles were released from her self-titled debut album, and both topped Indie charts, and made a good showing on the New Music Weekly chart. Her blue grass ballad "Widow's Prayer" which she co-wrote with her manager, was reviewed by Robert K. Oermann, of Music Row Magazine. Here's what he had to say:
"A mandolin embellished waltz with a deeply touching and extremely well written lyric of a woman at her dying husband's bedside. You'd have to be made of stone to resist something this heartfelt."

Though she is as comfortable on stage as she is in front of the camera, also working as a broadcast actor, lending her voice and face to Television & Radio Commercials, Cynda loves to be in the studio and has recently been recording again. Teaming once more with Mark Alan Thompson, this time as producer and duet partner, a soon to be released single of the Lacy J. Dalton classic "16th Avenue" is on the horizon. Keep your eyes and ears open for exciting things to come from Cynda Bennett.