Karsten Soltauer (primary composer); Kate O'Neill (primary lyricist)
Influences
Karsten: Brian Eno; The Turtles
Kate: jazz; pop: Daryl Hall & John Oates, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Aimee Mann; country: Don Schlitz; poetry: Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay
Karsten Soltauer started his professional music career in
the San Jose, California area in the 1980s as the energetic
frontman for the underground pop band Finger Cafe. He wrote
and performed many of his own infectious songs, and shared the stage
with many prominent musicians, such as Smashmouth's Greg Camp.
In the 1990s, Karsten went on to be keyboardist for the popular Bob
Marley tribute band I-Groove, opening for many top reggae performers,
including Toots and the Maytals, Eek-A-Mouse, and Pato Banton.
While a member of the Northern California Songwriters Association,
Karsten wrote with several other songwriters before meeting Kate
O'Neill in 1997, and has been working exclusively with her ever since.
You can reach Karsten at karsten@honeybowtie.com.
Kate O'Neill was first exposed to great music by legendary
jazz pianist and family friend Art Hodes (who also taught her how
to play gin rummy). She began her classical training at age 9 and
became an accomplished clarinetist, studying jazz music and improvisation,
writing her own arrangements, and attending workshops with jazz
legends such as Clark Terry and Louie Bellson. At the same time,
Kate was winning awards for her poetry and receiving recognition for her
versatile writing style. By age 17, she'd begun applying one set of skills
to the other, writing songs with deep lyrical content and broad musical
appeal. In 1997, when Kate met Karsten Soltauer and heard his
hook-driven songs, she knew she'd found her ideal partner. You can
reach Kate at queenbee@honeybowtie.com.
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This is a mass comment to all MySpacious friends who live in or near Nashville, letting you know that next Thursday I'm honored to be a part of a concert called Remembering Rich Mullins. I'll be playing with Jill Phillips, Andy Gullahorn, Jeremy Casella, and Ben Shive, and we're each doing a couple of Rich Mullins covers each, along with a few of our own songs.
The concert benefits the Martha O'Brien Center and should be a lot of fun for anyone who was as moved by Rich's music as we were.
Here are the stats:
September, 20 2007 at Second Presbyterian Church
3511 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, Tennessee
Cost : $12.00 ($13.29 w/ shipping and handling)
REMEMBERING RICH MULLINS BENEFIT CONCERT. For more info on tickets call: 1.800.838.3006 or go online to: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19419. For more info on the concert: www.marthaobryan.org.
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