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Catie's influences include 70's era singer/songwriters from the LA scene (Jackson Browne, Karla Bonoff), and folkes like Greg Brown, Cheryl Wheeler and John Prine.
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[Curtis] songs define the term folk-pop precisely. PASTE MAGAZINE
Catie Curtis delivers her most personal effort to date with Long Night Moon, an intricate work of stripped down modern folk. With grace and confidence, a more mature Curtis mingles reflections on motherhood (New Flowers), cold New England winters (Hey California) and delayed gratification (Long Night Moon, a song written about waiting for the belated arrival of her adopted baby daughter) with the unflinching dedication to social issues that has long characterized her strongest work.
Long Night Moon features the track People Look Around for which Curtis (along with co-writer Mark Erelli) was honored with the Grand Prize in this years International Songwriting Competition (out of 15,000 entries from 82 countries). People Look Around addresses the human toll and the divisive political landscape that arose in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Produced by Lorne Entress (Lori McKenna, Mark Erelli, Alastair Moock), Curtis & Entress focused on simple arrangements for Long Night Moon featuring strings and vintage instruments to create a soundscape with an often hushed quality that never overwhelms her sweet, strong voice. Recorded over several months, the songs on this record have a raw and organic quality that reflects Curtis live performance style. Curtis is joined by guitarists Kevin Barry (Paula Cole), Mark Erelli and John Jennings (Mary Chapin Carpenter), bassist Mike Rivard (Jonatha Brooke), and drummer John Sands (Aimee Mann). Mary Chapin Carpenter makes a special appearance on the track Water and Stone.
Curtis' richly textured voice continues to shine on this new body of work which addresses themes of waiting, questioning, & reconnecting. The songs on Long Night Moon were written at the time when Curtis first became a parent. Becoming a parent has made me more aware of and invested in the world my children will inherit.
Since the mid-90s, Curtis has toured the U.S. and Europe extensively and appeared on bills with artists such as Dar Williams and Richard Thompson. A supporter of social causes, Curtis has played concerts benefiting organizations including Paul Newmans Hole In the Wall Gang Camp (for children with life-threatening illnesses), PFLAG (Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians & Gays), and others. Her songs have appeared in television shows as diverse as Greys Anatomy, Dawsons Creek, Felicity, and Alias, and films such as 500 Miles to Graceland and A Slipping Down Life.
Curtis currently lives in Boston with her partner and their two daughters.
Oh...I wanted to let you know that the 'snapshot' photo of you is so frickin' adorable I just want to hug you to pieces...not in a hurtful way or in a way that your girl would wanna fight me over...anyways, I can not wait for the new cd in August...and if there is anyway that your shows in Michigan this month fit into life's shit load of responsibilites my girl and I will be showing up...take care my friend Catie. Your talents have provided me with distractions from the real world for years...cheryl
Hey Catie: I have all your CD's and love every single one of them but I am trying to think of the name of the song that is about the girl in college that had her first girlfriend etc... I am dying, I mean dying to hear it...what is the name of the song and can you post it on your page so I can put it on my profile...? I would love you even more if you would! That is tough to beat as I already love ya bunches! cheryl
Hey Catie, Thanks for the add! Enjoyed chatting with you on the flight to Cancun, hope your shows went well and you enjoyed your time in Mexico! Really liking your music!
