Kate performs as - solo to five-piece ensemble. Kate MacLeod and the Pancakes consist of Mark Hazel - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar; Robert Dow - acoustic and electric bass; Cliff Smith - percussion.
Additional accompaniment; Steve Keen - accordion and piano.
Kate MacLeod also performs with Kat Eggleston as duo--as performed on recording "Drawn from the Well".
Influences
Songwriters. Fiddle Players. Traditional American, Classical, Early Country, British Invasion, Bluegrass, Traditional Celtic music. George Fox, Mstislav Rostropovich, Itzhak Perlman, Charles Sawtelle, Robert Plant, Richard Thompson, Jack Hardy, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Andrew Calhoun, Tim O'Brien, Peter Rowan, Johnny Cash, Jean Ritchie, Dolly Parton, Scott MacLeod, Kevin Burke. Mom, Dad, Mark, Kids. To name a few.
Sounds Like
Is most often compared to Emmylou Harris and Richard Thompson.
At this time the song "Wyoming Dove" is available for download purchase through Great Indie Music, at www.greatindiemusic.com, or www.greatindie.com. Great Indie Music does not charge extra fees and does not require a membership; it is a download site for independent music. The song is also available on Aime Street, at www.amiestreet.com. Kate's song "Wyoming Dove", written in October of 2006, was inspired by a conversation with a resident of Wyoming whose family member was serving in Iraq and is dedicated to all families with members who are or were serving overseas. Profits from download sales will be donated to the American Friends Service Committee, http://afsc.org, an organization that carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. In 1947 the AFSC along with the British Friends Service Council accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Kate has performed this song at numerous performances over the past year where audience members requested that she record this song to make available for listeners to share. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is Kate, and this is my space. I live in the Intermountain West, that’s what we call this region. It’s not as famous as New England or the “bay area”, but I think we appreciate the obscure here. Obscurity is fitting for the landscape. We like the open sky, the sand and the hours that you can travel without seeing anything but a raptor and a dry storm wash. This is a place that will humble you faster than the end of your first pipe dream. When one does travel around here there is usually a song being hummed just under the breath. I’ve been writing songs for as long as I can remember now. My Mom started it when she taught me all of those Woody Guthrie songs, the songs that Burl Ives sang, the songs that were passed down through tradition, songs about things that really matter and some that don’t. I don’t think she realizes what she started and you could say this has a double meaning. My father was a government worker, my mother a scientist, and I was raised on the outskirts of Washington DC. I moved out west when I was eighteen to study violin making, which I don’t do any longer because the strings just kept tugging at me, to play. I spent most of my young adult years raising a family. I’m a maniac when it comes to music. I even want to play along when someone is simply tuning up their instrument. I’ve surrendered, stopped fighting it, and am now a full-time musician. I play the guitar, the harmonica and the violin. The violin is my main instrument and I have studied as many fiddle styles as I have heard so far and there seem to be endless things that you can do with the instrument. My song writing comes from somewhere else. It wakes me up at night and is a constant stream of organized sound with words that are already a part of it, it seems. Anyway, it’s what comes from me doing anything; whether it is spending time with the family, washing the dishes, or listening to a friend tell me a story. Whether I’m happy, sad, confused, or vexed. I love the marriage of words and melody and sometimes feel frustrated when I hear the two of them too long alone. I love the quirky habits of this art form; that human beings could be so odd as to organize our thoughts into such a distilled idea keeper, a song. Hopefully, I’ll sing in your town someday. I guarantee that it will happen faster if you’d just invite me. After all, I ‘m free now. The family is calling me and they want to know where I am and what time I will be home.
---Further Information:
Kate MacLeod, named among the “Ten Acts to Watch”, by editors of the MusicHound Folk Essential Album Guide, is a performer, studio musician, and educator, who is best known for her original songs and her unique fiddling style. Kate's songs have been featured on syndicated radio shows including “A Prairie Home Companion,” “River City Folk,” and the holiday program hosted by Judy Collins, “Peace on Earth."
Kate has released five studio recordings, three of them on Waterbug Records, and two on Wind River/Folk Era. Her most recent recording "Breakfast", featuring her group Kate MacLeod and the Pancakes, was released in 2005. Kate also perfoms with many other musicians and groups such as; Anke Summerhill, Red Rock Rondo, The Klezbros, Shanahy, Kat Eggleston, and more. See her extensive website at www.katemacleod.com.
Artist Representation: Cadence Arts Network, www.cadencearts.net.
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Thank you for the honor of your friendship and for the blessing of your music. Lots of love and inspiration, more justice and mercy, more peace for everyone. ... L&C
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It was nice seeing you play with Steve and Dylan the other night. You guys sounded great!
I know it's kind of short notice, but the Räuber-Prinz Ensemble will be performing a free show at the Beehive Tea Room tomorrow from 6:30-7:30 P.M. Stop in for some tea if you have time!
Take care!
Beehive Tea Room 12 WEST 300 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Just wanted to let you know that the film we did the music for just premiered at the DC Independent Film Festival. Your work on those recordings was fantastic -- THANKS!!
Anyway, at least you have a listing on the IMDb. Whoopie!
Have a great time in Hawaii and please keep me updated. I'm sure we'll work together again very soon.
I'm in Ennis, Co. Clare, and played a session last night at Tom Steele's. People there were raving about your being here with Kat a couple of weeks ago. I was proud to respond that not only do I know you both but that I too have been blown away by your duo performances.
And I understand you'll be Kat's secret weapon on a solo tour...?
Here's wishing you the happiest of Holiday Seasons. May all of your dreams come true. I took this photo a few years ago on a cold winter day in the old part of Bratislava, Slovakia, about an hour's train ride from Vienna.
My God your voice just keeps getting better and better! It just sinks into me! Loved the Teton song! I am going to get your latest CD when I get back to Utah in the spring. Hopefully you will have another one ready by then too! I have 2. Is there just 3 or am I missing more than than I thought!?
We are celebrating a long holiday weekend here in America, called Labor Day.
In honor of that, here's a photo that I took in the mountains of Burma, also know as Myanmar, of a tribal person, carrying a heavy load and smoking a cigar. I guess that the moral is, whatever you do, always enjoy your work!
