Kaci Bolls grew up in Murray, KY – population 14,950. Raised by an elementary school teacher and a Church of Christ songleader, she learned young the magic of music and the thrill of performing. A cappella music was her daily bread, and harmonies and melodies poured out of her soul. This led her to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Music from Harding University, a school that taught her the finer points of music, while simultaneously sparking in her a rebellious streak. She fell in love, it didn’t work out. She fell in love again, it didn't work out. Again and again, followed a boy to Mississippi, and got her heart broken real good time and again. After drifting for a few years, a stroke of luck – Marty Dodson stumbled across an album of Kaci’s songs and called her up to ask her why she wasn’t in Nashville. Without an excuse, Dodson dared Kaci to enter a John Lennon Songwriting contest. Her Mom loaned her the $30 entry fee, and Kaci submitted four songs. Two songs earned honorable mentions, and two songs were named runner up in the folk and children’s categories. Kaci started to catch the vision – a vision of the life like she’d always dreamed of living, but didn’t believe was possible.
And so, she moved to Nashville, TN.
Once again, she fell in love. This time with Music Row. Almost immediately, she was signed to a publishing deal, and learned that a heart can be broken in more ways than you know - but it can also come back stronger each time it heals. Now with a lifetime’s worth of love and disappointment – and a stubborn, resilient hope - Kaci is writing songs that resonate, songs that touch the real hearts of real people. With wisdom, grace, and more than a little humor, Kaci sings about life. She sings the words we would speak if we were poets, the songs our souls would sing, if we could only play them.
Kaci Bolls’ music is honest, it’s intimate, and it’s real.
It’s the kind of music that matters.
Brett Beavers [hit songwriter & producer]: “Kaci Bolls - God touched her. In that place down inside an artist's soul that enables them to deliver a song with honesty, passion, and true beauty. Beyond being a great songwriter, she is hands down one of the finest, most emotive vocalists I have ever had the pleasure to work with. She is truly, a sound to behold.”
Odie Blackmon [hit songwriter]: “Kaci Bolls is the real deal. I have been waiting a long time to be able to buy her music. She has always been one of my favorite artists. She sings and writes with a depth, soul, and authenticity that is rare in today's corporate country mainstream.”
Kent Agee [hit songwriter]: “If the stars that look down on a Kentucky girl walking barefoot home with a broken heart had a voice, they would sound like Kaci Bolls. She is the whispered rumor at the church picnic, the small-town siren’s song giving faithful men wicked thoughts, holy water in a whiskey bottle, a sweet tomorrow with a checkered past. In a world full of interchangeable, processed voices that are more right than real, more thought-out than heart-felt, Kaci Bolls is a reminder of what matters. While so many artists are using songs like trampolines, twisting and spinning with an empty acrobatic ‘watch what I can do’ attitude, Kaci uses her captivating voice to wring every drop of meaning out of the words and breathe life into the spaces. The moment you hear her, something deep within you wakes up and listens, as if her voice is something familiar, almost forgotten, a kindred spirit sharing your secrets. If all she did was sing, that would be enough. But Kaci Bolls is a writer too. In the same way her voice turns the raw coal of a song into a gem of sound, her writing seems to mine the deep ground of all that she has witnessed and been through. Bringing what is sometimes dark, sometimes joyful - always real and always beautiful - into the light of day.”
Bobby Braddock [hit songwriter & producer]: “Kaci Bolls has the heart of a poet and the voice of a superstar.”
Randy Houser [Universal South recording artist and hit songwriter]: "Kaci Bolls is a true singer. It's very rare that I hear a voice that paints perfect pictures of a lyric. She is a fearless songwriter and will share the depths of her life with a listener...that's what grabs me".
Kim Carnes [Grammy winning songwriter and artist]: "I have always loved Kaci's voice . . . really cool and distinctive. Her new track "1929" sounds like a big ol' fat radio-hit to me."
Ed Benson [Former Country Music Association executive director]: “With such an enchanting voice and engaging personality, Kaci has truly become one of my very favorites, and that says a lot given my industry career began in 1970.”
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