Kathy Zimmer, vocals, guitar;
Steve Elliott, guitar;
Lizanne Lachat, backup vocals;
Chris Tarry, bass;
Holly McCormack, backup vocals;
Brian Wolfe, drums.
guests:
Lisa Bianco, flute;
Timothy Dark, rrrap
Influences
The Beach Boys, The Bangels, Simon & Garfunkel, Bright Eyes, the Mamas & the Papas, Merle Haggard, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Kate Bush, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn, Lucinda Williams, Julian Velard, Queen, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Aretha Franklin, Floyd Cramer, John Prine, e.e. cummings, Ogden Nash, Dylan Thomas, Helen Dore Boylston, Janis Joplin, Davie Bowie, Phoebe Snow, Elly Ameling, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Margaret Price, Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf, Carlisle Floyd, John Jacob Niles, Eminem, Regina Spektor, Beastie Boys, Tim Buckley, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, John Duke, Stephen Foster, Harry Nilsson, Laura Nyro, Nico, Glen Campbell, Crowded House, Prince, Eddy Arnold, The Cars, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Petula Clark, Linda Ronstadt, Sufjan Stevens, Carole King, Radiohead and... all right all right, THE BEATLES!! And Sam Cooke, Judee Sill, Waylon Jennings, The Moody Blues, Patty Scialfa and Kris Kristofferson.
Book me for a house concert in your home!
Sounds Like
Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Kate Bush, Rilo Kiley, Feist, Keren Ann, Linda Perhacs, KT Tunstall, Maria Taylor, Martha Wainwright, Joanna Newsom, Laura Nyro, Carole King, Cat Power, A Fine Frenzy, My Brightest Diamond ... whatev, I sound like me.
BIO for KATHY ZIMMER
Raised in a rural Nebraska town with an entire population of 160 people, Kathy Zimmer grew up singing folk music with a musical family. She learned guitar at an early age and accompanied herself as she sang for church services and various small town gigs, including rodeos, parades and county fairs.
Determined to travel the length of Nebraska State Highway 2 in order to experience the rest of the world, Kathy Zimmer’s winding road of musical explorations eventually led her to classical music. With that layer of influence she now creates music she calls “cosmopolitan folk”—music that is sophisticated yet naïve, polished yet quirky. “Cosmopolitan folk” ends up sounding reminiscent of the days when female singer/songwriters were at the height of their creative powers (think 1970s folk-pop warblers Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Laura Nyro.)
Kathy Zimmer is astonished to wake up every morning and find herself now a resident of New York City. She performs often with her two backup singers, the Sugar Bowls, and her band, the Sunshine Banned. She has independently released three albums, all to critical acclaim--Under Your Spell, dreamin’ and Spare Key (produced by Julian Velard). She is a featured artist on www.jeffbuckley.com.
KATHY ZIMMER: Spare Key
Fanciful and sweetly regretful, this album is what you get when you cross 70's singer-songwriter sensibilities with modern perspectives, all the while trusting a whimsically unique girl to dish out the colorfully tasty results.
Hey there Kathy, just passin' by to say hi! Hope you are doing well...if you have free time, drop by Joe's Pub tomorrow night, my FAVORITE band, Blame Sally, is gigging there as part of an east coast tour to promote their new CD, you would LOVE them! Hope your week is going great! Love, Nusi xo
Hi Kathy! Just a quick note: this Thursday 5/28 is Eli's Night Vol. III at the Sidewalk Cafe (an evening of great music organized by me). Here's the lineup:
8: Hank Stone 9: Becca Stevens 10: Eli Maniscalco Band (w/ Justin Goldner & Becca Hasselbrook) 11: Angela Ortiz 12: Joe Crow Ryan
hi kathy! hope you are well. i would like to invite you to my show at the bitter end on bleecker st. on sunday, june 14 @ 7pm. tix are $5. hope you can make it!
Every time that we listen & write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... something is healing all over...
cada vez que escuchamos o escribimos musica... tocamos un instrumento... bailamos... o trabajamos en procesos de ingenieria de audio/imagen/video.... algo se sana por dentro...
Cuando lo compartimos con otros... algo se sana en todas partes...
El Amor puede conducir... de manera simple... todo...
I'm happy to announce that my new album "Songs From The Films Of David Lynch" is out now.
"Truly unsettling and perplexingly brilliant... testament to both the quality of Lynch’s soundtracks and Truax’s talents" - The Skinny
"Truax is paying homage to a kindred spirit with this album. It's the best kind of tribute – affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." -The Scotsman
just to let you know, the new Something Used clothing line is up now, and is on sale now!!!!
I would very much appreciate it if you would head over to my page and take a look. let me know what you think of everything - even the causes we are giving to!
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