BIO

Brandi Caroline is a Calgary artist, musician, songwriter, and live performer. From growing up a Saskatchewan farm girl, to her MMus degree in Music in Classical Voice (Univ. Melbourne), Brandi's eclectic musical journey has led her to creating music that is indicative of her rural prairie upbringing: classic country inspired songs tinged with retro rock. As a songwriter, Brandi has had two songs reach top-40 on the Billboard Canada Country charts. Her songs have appeared in film, TV, and commercials, including the theme song for popular Korean series "Hello, My Twenties" (Netflix), the hit series "My Life With the Walter Boys" (Netflix), and was recently was a cameo actor/performer in season 2 of the CW Series "Wild Cards." In 2024, she sang the Canadian national anthem at the MLB All-Star Game (Arlington, TX), an NFL Seattle Seahawks Game, and multiple NHL games. She was featured at the 2019 Canadian Country Music Awards Songwriter Series, and was the 2020 Calgary Public Library Songwriter in Residence.

Brandi is an accomplished bassist, winning Bass Player of the Year at the CCMA Awards (2022), and has played bass for many acts, including Trixie Mattel, Lindsay Ell, Hailey Benedict,  and Mariya Stokes. She is a Royal Canadian Navy musician, recently awarded an Royal Canadian Navy Commendation for creating a Naval Reserve online music training program during the pandemic which innovated Canadian Forces training. Brandi has a passion for live production, and works with many Canadian artists as a live production coach. She is also co-frontperson and member of Calgary country duo and 2-time WCMA Country Artist of the Year Nice Horse.

Ever the true DIY artist, Brandi has received attention on social media for her online sewing projects, in which she shares tutorials of designing her own custom stage clothing. She received a Canadian Country Music award, a Canadian Independent Music Video award, and a Country Music Alberta Award for a grassroots music video that she co-directed and co-edited. In addition to tour managing for her own artistic projects, she has also tour managed Canadian metal band Kittie. For the last five years, she has combined her love of live shows and her compulsive need for organization into creating BANDIE, a touring and scheduling app for DIY-artists, that released in 2023.