Who are true wizards and mean the world to me. Without their innumerable talents, their time and magic the songs would never come alive.
Trevor Lines- Double Bass Dan Wilkins - Guitar/Kora Pamela Pinnock- Vocals Tina Barnes - Vocals Tom Chapman - Percussion Guest CD Artists on 'Renewal': Sid Peacock - Guitar Sarah Winton-Vocals Ruth Angell -Violin Adrian Holme-Harmonica Mark Lockett-Percussion Rocky Amoo-Percussion
Influences
Wildlife habitats Community gardening Tree houses! Frances Horovitz
Musical influences- Zap Mama, Frankie Armstrong, Kristin Linklater, Bobby McFerrin, Mouthmusic, Cassandra Wilson, Abdullah Ibrahim, Taj Mahal, Baaba Maal, Les mysteres des voix Bulgares, Sheila Chandra, Kate Rusby, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Be good Tanyas, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Flook, E2k, Nina Simone, Gabriel Yared,
When I havn’t got my gardening boots on I am writing songs about nature, family, love and loss.
Some of the songs here are from our debut album ‘Renewal’ and our new release "Belonging" on the independent label Copper Records. If you want to purchase an album you can do this from here or my website ( keeping it direct, live & local from the artist) or you can purchase it on Amazon, Itunes or @ Pondlife Studios
RENEWAL 2003
To buy Renewal for £7.99 + £1.50 p+p (PayPal) just click on the button below:
"Kate's music is so original as to defy categorisation - 'world music' that stretches from the Heart of England to South Africa" (Folk Mag)
"Her reedy, soaring voice has the taste of summer rain." "Sounding not unlike a one woman Poozies, her songs of loss and renewal weave an evocative cool spell". (Netrhythms.co.uk)
COPPER RECORDS 2008
To buy Belonging £12 incl. p+p (PayPal) just click on the button below:
Produced by Joe Broughton, Illustrations by Helen Kozich & Design by David Thorpe
"this is a superb album"(Acoustic Magazine)
"Kate's voice and delivery make compelling listening and the impact of her songs is disarmingly tactile"(Propergander Magazine)
"Belonging exudes a charming eccentricity ...you will be seduced, I warn you!"(Folking .com)
"an album that seeps inside you, taking root and blossoming into a spiritual soundtrack for the soul"(Netrhythms)
HI Kate! How did your Tabernacle celebration gig go? I too was playing a Tabernacle a few days after you, in London - launching Gown! Would have liked to have come along to yours.. Good luck. x
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Hi Kate, we are finally in the City of Salt, after enjoying the eastern part of the tour. . . it's nice to be home, and it's hot!!! I hope you are enjoying your summer, getting your the tunes up and rolling : )
Please join us for our DEBUT GIG on 12th June at The Cross, Moseley, Birmingham. From 8pm. Only £6 on the door with support from Jack McNeill and Charlie Heys.
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