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Country calling: Kaylee Bell has been going back and forth to Nashville for 14 years.

With a host of hits to her name, Kaylee Bell is based for part of each year in Nashville. Last year, she opened for Ed Sheeran’s six Mathematics tour concerts in NZ and also won a coveted US Country Music Award for Global Country Artist.

Bell’s latest album, Nights Like This, will be released on March 15 followed by a nationwide tour.

You first performed in public at the Regent Theatre in Waimate when you were just 4years old, so presumably your parents supported your creative ambitions. Were they also musicians?

Dad worked for the local council and Fonterra, and was also a

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