Sky Wyatt grew up in the North Vancouver hamlet of Deep Cove. He currently works as a Molson and Labatt Beer truck driver in Vancouver. Until recently, Sky was also a volunteer firefighter for The Surrey Fire Department, and to this day remains highly trained to respond to emergency calls.

He’s currently recording his first full-length album in Kitchener Ontario with hit-making producer Jason Barry. The tracks sound great so far, and we can’t wait to hear the finished product!

With help of director Chris Kempinski, Sky’s song “Highlight of My Day” will soon be seen in an AWESOME music video. The shoot had him flying around on wires and high overtop of beautiful BC. More videos are on the way!

Back in ‘99 whilst attending UBC he shared a voice coach – Beverly Delich - with a then-obscure Michael Buble. After learning a great deal from Ms. Delich, Sky moved on to a new melody mentor, the uber-talented Cinda-Ann, who has both taken him to a new level as a singer and shown him the importance of practice and technique. 

These past few years have been a fun ride in Sky’s musical journey. He was thrilled to play the main stage Plaza of Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics backed by the all-star Jessie Farrell Band, which includes his friend and co-writer Jesse Tucker. He also showcased at the 2010 VIMBC’s and at Sunfest on Vancouver Island.

He made it to the final round of Red Robinson's Talent Showdown at The Pacific National Exhibition and twice wowed the crowd from the main stage singing Emerson Drive's "A Good Man".

Sky currently sings in a Motown/dance band called “Cakewalk” and in 2008 was seen strutting his stuff in an upscale downtown club as part of the house band. Backed by a dynamite jazz trio, Sky donned suit and fedora and crooned his way through a lengthy list of his favourite standards.

Although Sky does dig his Sinatra, he grew up listening to Folk, Motown, and R&B. After his voice coach suggested that Sky learn some country songs “just for fun”, he promptly fell in love with a Tim McGraw tune called “Red Rag Top”. This led him to artists such as Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, The Joshes {Turner and Gracin}, Billy Currington, and Emerson Drive. Sky is now hooked on country music and listens to little else!

This fascination is evident in one of Sky's relatively newfound skills, that of songwriting. Some years ago, Sky had never considered penning his own material. In fact, he placed an ad in a Canadian Songwriters’ magazine looking for pieces to record; an array of terrific tunes arrived, but none of them really resonated. Fortunately for Sky, he found his Muse whilst travelling in Costa Rica in 2004. Melodies and lyrics began percolating in his head and by the time he returned to The True North Strong and Free, he found that he'd developed more than a dozen ditties.

None of those early works appear on Sky's forthcoming album, but he continues to believe that songwriting should be simple and fun. For him, the most important thing about a song is how it makes you feel, and it is therefore no surprise that Sky's works often combine stories to which listeners can relate and powerful images that they can envision.

Sky believes simply that there is no singular right way to be involved with music. And it is perhaps this profound perspective that makes Sky Wyatt one to watch.

Written by Darien Edgeler