Kaminsky's songwriting draws on the Great American Songbook and long, peaceful winters spent in a funny town called Winnipeg.
Natasha was raised under the influence of the Beatles, Mozart and French Canadian Roman Catholic church songs.
Despite a lifelong knack for words and a fervent love of music, it was only when a high school girlfriend asked for help writing lyrics that Kaminsky began to put the two together. “I was nineteen, in twelfth grade for the second time because I had flunked math and suddenly I discovered what I was supposed to do with my life.” Of course, with only a couple years of classical piano training (when she was nine and ten) and no performance experience, a life of music seemed an unlikely career choice. Nevertheless, Natasha answered the call, enlisting pianist Rick Boughton to help record her first demo.
Boughton and Kaminsky have worked together ever since, most notably on Natasha’s debut CD, ‘Essence’. Consisting exclusively of Boughton’s baby grand and Kaminsky’s voice, the album reads like a drawer full of love letters. Boughton’s masterful performance sets a colorful and dramatic backdrop to Kaminsky’s tender lyricism.
Kaminsky has consistently garnered awards for her songwriting, including the UCLA Lionel Richie Scholarship in Songwriting, as well as being named runner-up in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Most recently, her song 'World Go Round' was remixed by DJ MC Mario and released by Sony/BMG on ‘MC Mario’s Mixdown 2008’.
In 2001 Kaminsky organized the “River City Christmas” compilation album that raised money for the Manitoba Children’s Hospital. Two of the songs from this album were later included in 'Seven Times Lucky' - a movie which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival.
Kaminsky recently took some time off to start a family. In addition to the usual lullabies, her son enjoys hearing his mom sing anything by Cole Porter.