“If I talk or drink too much today (or sing too much!) I’ll be vocally tired tomorrow!” You always protecting your voice as it’s housed inside your body. It has to be a vocation fueled by passion as it is all – consuming. Marla – the challenges are that you are always on the lookout for you next job. So, I followed my dreams and career to the big apple! And pursued them! Singing and touching peoples hearts and souls is what I want to achieve in life with my gift! My mother and father always told me that I have a God Given Talent and it was a sin to waste it. I never had the pleasure to really hear what my Dad could do but I believe I take my talent from him. My father, God rest his soul, was a singer. I sang for the first time to a live audience and I was hooked! I always knew this was my life. But I believe when I came out the womb! It all started for me when I was in a group called the Cabbage Patch Kids. Margaret – I have been singing professionally since the age of 16. Singing for me was everything, the training gave me the tools, but the music was deep in my soul and when I sang I felt alive. I had danced from the age of 2, so music was always a huge part of my life and at 14 years old I started singing lessons and it just took off from there. Georgia – I was always performing and singing my heart out in my own wee world from a young age. Our Mum is an Opera Singer, so music was a natural outpouring in the house. Marissa & I sang because it was the most natural and fulfilling expression of our soul. But our Mum says, “we sang before we could talk.” We performed all over the place after that & on national television. Marla – My first professional singing engagement was at a 7 years old for an international singing teacher’s conference with my identical twin sister, Marissa. When and why did you start performing music? Mostly Scottish + Irish, maybe a little Italian!
Mostly Scottish but also Greek, Irish & Spanish descent. Marla– Dunedin (little Edinburgh) New Zealand. When The Highland Divas take the stage at The Metropolitan Room in New York City tonight, listeners will fall in love with the folk music of Ireland, Scotland & New Zealand. Recently we spoke with the trio – Georgia Johnson, Margaret Kelly & Marla Kavanaugh – about their diverse musical backgrounds and common heritage.
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