Lyn Bowtell

Lyn Bowtell is a multi Award winning Alternative Country singer-songwriter from Kleinton, Queensland, Australia. Lyn was a contestant on the 2017 season of The Voice Australia as a member of Team George.

Lyn Bowtell grew up a farmer's daughter on a small farm on the Darling Downs.

Both of Bowtell's parents were musical; her father Noel sang and played accordion, piano, organ and drums with his father and brother for the ‘old time dances’ and her mother Glenys sings and plays piano accordion, auto-harp and bag-pipes.

"I have some lovely memories of CWA perfectly cut sandwiches, staying up til 2am while the people danced continuously to the music… Pride of Erin’s, Waltz’s… and old halls with hard wooden seats I would eventually fall asleep on – after a dance on my father’s feet."

Bowtell grew up in a musical household, listening to her parents playing music all over the house. "After dinner was over with Mum & Dad would often get out the accordions and I loved to listen, or play along on a pot or pan."

Bowtell’s professional musical journey had its beginnings in the country music clubs of the Darling Downs; at age 13 she competed in her first country music festival talent quest, 'The Big Doo at Brymaroo'.

She went on to join both Dalby and Toowoomba Country Music Clubs where she was an active member for most of her teenage years, her supportive parents driving her all over the East Coast of Australia to meet up with friends they had made and to compete in talent quests at festivals such as Charters Towers CMF and the Gympie Muster.

Bowtell won the coveted Qld Champion of Champions in 1995 and then went on to win the prestigious Toyota Star Maker competition in 1997 at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

After winning Star Maker Lyn toured up and down the East Coast for 3 years with her band Southern Steel (Duncan Toombs - Guitar, Andrew Toombs/Joel Oakhill - Bass, Mik McCartin - Drums) before deciding to make the move to the Central Coast of NSW where the music scene was more vibrant. Southern Steel eventually disbanded in 2001.

Lyn went on to pursue a solo career but instead ended up coming together with close friends, Karen O'Shea & Kate Ballantyne to form multi award winning Country/Pop trio Bella.

Bella recorded an Ep 'Tumbling Down' in 2003 and an Album 'Gravity' for Sony/BMG winning two CMAA Golden Guitars in 2004 & 2005 for Best Group.

After the death of her father Noel in May 2005 and a long struggle with Bella's Record Label over the follow up release to 'Gravity', Lyn took a break from her music career and pursued a Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education degree at Newcastle University.

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