Beginning in Nova Scotia with a childhood immersed in musical theatre and Celtic influences, Katrina Bishop moved on to New Brunswick where she gained experience in Rock, Jazz and Folk. Then came the big move West, where she became lead singer for the 9-piece Vancouver Funk band Rumplesteelskin, which sold out Vancouver clubs such as The Commodore Ballroom and The Town Pump. She also became alto and co-writer / arranger for the progressive A Cappella quartet The 4Tunes, playing hundreds of school shows and community concerts throughout the West, from Atlin to San Francisco. They can be heard on their CD, 'Unsung Heroes'.

She received full scholarships for a 2-year diploma in Contemporary Music and also for the Banff Summer Jazz Workshop, and followed this up as composer and guest vocalist with Hugh Fraser’s International Jazz Workshop Big Band for three years running. Over the years she has composed and sung for various musical projects, including CD tracks, musical theatre pieces, and the Bravo! channel film ‘Motifs and Repetitions’.

(Parallel to musical pursuits, Katrina has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a double major in Painting and Sculpture. She's had solo gallery showings on both coasts, and was a feature segment on CBC's 'Zero Avenue'. She does commissioned 'body portraits', and was the illustrator for the comicbook 'Sam and Dave'.)

Katrina returned to solo performances in 1999, writing new songs and honing some old favorites. Enlisting the help of some of Canada’s finest musicians and Juno award-winning engineers Tom Keenlyside and Commodor Perry Barrett, she released her first solo CD, ‘Runaway Lane’, in October of 2001.

The release of ‘Runaway Lane’ under her own label, ‘Grizelda Records’ (named after her crane - Katrina is a certified log home builder), began the job of marketing. She received rave reviews in Canadian Musician Magazine, The Vancouver Sun and many internet sites, inspiring such phrases as “complete package”, “just sweeps you away”, and “in my top ten albums for 2002”. She won First Place in the 2001 Unisong International Song Contest’s ‘World Music’ category, and received Runner-Up in the 2001 John Lennon Songwriting Contest’s ‘Jazz’ category. She was interviewed on radio stations in Vancouver, Halifax and Florida, and has received radio airplay on several CBC shows, along with stations in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, The U.S., New Zealand, Tunisia, and a full-album feature show in Japan. She has appeared on VTV Breakfast Television and twice on CTV Halifax Breakfast Television.

Aside from being a regular performer in Vancouver and the surrounding area, Katrina completed two extended tours in 2002. The first, in March, took her through Toronto and Nova Scotia, playing clubs, house concerts and an over-sold live-recording concert in Wolfville’s Kipawo Theatre. The second, in July and August, was a Nova Scotia tour, with dates in Halifax and in several rural communities.

2003 has been a busy year as well, performing locally in support of ‘Runaway Lane’, and recording her follow-up CD entitled ‘La La La, I Can’t Hear You’. In the Fall, she was thrilled to join guest host Jane Siberry for Vancouver’s Bluebird North. Katrina also had her first child in 2003, making it a doubly busy year!

Future plans include the pursuit of song licensing for film and television, as well as performances and radio play in support of the upcoming CD, due for a 2004 release.