"Kate York made me a fan on hearing one song, 'Stay With Me' and I immediately asked her to tour with us. She doesn't write flowery chick songs, and instead opts for raw and emotive lyrics delivered in an understated way. A perfectly unaffected voice and a sense of melody that carries her songs and makes you want to listen to them again and
again." -Kathleen Edwards
"With introspective, angel-voiced songwriter Kate York's lush, heartbroken ballads. Sadlylove is spellbinding. An early contender for record of the year."
-Steve LaBate, Associate Editor, Paste Magazine
"With introspective, angel-voiced songwriter Kate York's lush,
heartbroken ballads, 'Sadlylove' is spellbinding. An early contender for
record of the year." So says Steve LaBate, Associate Editor at Paste
Magazine. This kind of effluent praise is both familiar and deeply
humbling for the New England based songstress as she prepares the
release of the second full-length outing, "For You".
After years of development, including countless solo concerts, vocal
sessions and songwriter pairings York came to be counted as one of the
artistic bright spots in the growing "other-than-country" music
community in her former home-town of Nashville. Lauded by friends and
fans as one of the best songwriters and possessing the type of sweetly
haunting vocal style that added new color to the Nashville sound, York
released her acclaimed solo debut to roundly enthusiastic endorsement by
media and fellow artists like Sixpence None The Richer's Leigh Nash and
Canadian alt-country breakout Kathleen Edwards. She soon found herself
sharing stages with artists of various backgrounds and niches, finding
favor, if not exact stylistic comparability, with all.
Her new project, "For You", capitalizes on all of the creative and
critical momentum as it turns in thirteen songs that take her sound to a
completely new level. Contributions by friends and co-conspirators like
Nash, Erin McCarley and Landon Pigg, bring an even wider and more evocative range of
sound and hue than hinted at on Sadlylove. This compelling batch of
songs, produced masterfully by Ian Fitchuk and Justin Loucks will certainly go a long way
towards further defining the emerging New Nashville Sound; a seamless
blend of American heart with artful electronica and nuanced shading
currently being explored by artists like Paper Route, Mat Kearney and
Matthew Perryman Jones. But just as York settled in at the top of her
Nashville game, she pulled up stakes and headed east to New England for
a fresh perspective and new horizons. Though increasingly ensconced in
the creative community of her new home, she returns to Nashville
regularly to write with some of the most successful names in country, pop and
Gospel music. Recently signing with EMI Music Publishing, York has been writing more than ever. "This is such an exciting time," she admits. "Between
releasing the new record and spending so much time writing with other
artists and songwriters, I am busier than I have ever been."
"Still," she adds thoughtfully, "There is nothing I'd rather be doing.
This is such a blessing and honor, to make a living doing what i love most. i can't wait to see where these new roads will lead".
Kate- it was so great to hear my your song on Matt's record, in my friend's car who had the CD. I was like, "She's my teacher!" and proudly found your name in the credits. ;)
kate, the songs are, in a word, beautiful. the simplicity of the single piano notes and the muffled drum of the intro to "Stay With Me" are hypnotiv and immediately pull you in. And "Go" is one of the best written lyrically songs i have heard in a very long time. well done my friend. your voice conveys so well all the emotion of the messages in the lyrics. i would say good luck but you certainly don't need that. hope all is good. be well.
roger
(by the by, Rough Hewn Heart CD also on iTunes and CDBaby)
Thank you so much for accept my friendship and for share your wonderful music, that all your dreams become true, un cálido saludo from Buenos Aires. Enrique.
I just put up a song from the new album up last night... The new album is out next month! What do you think of the new direction? It's a little different... -Brian
