Alexandra Noad

Lethbridge Herald

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A local singer-songwriter has released her first single which shares her experience of turning 20, something which seemed like a daunting milestone in her life.

Veronica Raine has always had a passion for writing and sharing stories, and eventually went from essays and short stories to music.

When she was 13, Raine picked up the ukelele and began putting her stories to music. Although it didn’t come naturally at first, Raine says she stuck with it.

“I finally put a song to music and I was so embarrassed,” she recalls. “I was like ‘oh my God this is so silly, what am I doing here?’”

Eventually she became more comfortable, learned guitar and began playing as a solo artist.

Last year she wrote a song which would lat

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