Kent-based vocalist Katie Bradley has been singing since she could speak.
Katie's soulful voice has led her around the world with prestigious residencies in European cities including The cafe Populart, Madrid and a hop across the pond to play residences in Florida, including Heidi's Jazz Bar, Cocoa Beach.
Katie has guested and supported with acts such as Suzanne Vega and the late Blues guitar legend Luther Allison as well as Caravan, The crazy Arthur Brown and the fabulous Hullabaloo
On a more local note Katie has played in a number of local bands including Blues and Soul outfit Rubber Biscuit.
katie has trod the boards at The Marlowe theatre, the Gulbenkian, UKC and festivals including the Canterbury sound Festival, Lounge on the farm and Broadstairs Folk week. Further up North our Katie has tripped the light fantastic at Cambridge folk festival and The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival, Colne.
Katie's original material is regularly played on BBC Radio Kent and on radio stations as far as Poland and Texas!.
Katie has recorded vocals with local songwriters including Luke Smith, Jack Pound and most recently with Andy Lester's Blue Train. Katie has also appeared on the Blues in Britain CD alongside Emily Druce and Wes weston.
Katie currently has a residency at the atmospheric Blues Bar, 'Ain't Nothin' But', London WC1 with King David, of Big Joe Louis and the Blues Kings.
To listen to Katie visit www.katiesingstheblues.co.uk or www.left-of-the-dial.co.uk/playlist
A BIT OF HISTORY:
Kent born singer Katie first made her mark on the Kent music scene when she was a ‘wee nip of a girl’ invited by her mentors to whip up a storm on stage with local bands such as the Chillbillies, (formerly The Charing Hillbillies) and weekly performances with sister Caroline Hampshire, at the infamous Penny Theatre, Canterbury. During this time she developed her skills on blues harp and established her own singing style drawing on the many sources available to her.
KATIE LIVE
Katie has a warm and open stage manner and these same characteristics shine through in her musicianship. Her voice blends delicacy with surprising power and is equally alluring whether enriched by instrumental backing or unaccompanied. With an imaginative approach to instrumental arrangements she gives a contemporary edge to antique songs.
WRITING AND RECORDING
As well as performing with her bands and duo's, Katie has worked with performers in Europe and America. Katie has featured on albums by Jack Pound, Luke Smith and recorded many sessions in the Uk and abroad. Katie features, in a duet with best friend, (Canterbury legend) and as-it-happens: Anti-folk hero, Luke Smith on his latest album "This Time I've Done it" BEJOCD-47. Check out 'The Hard Way', Katies use of her own english accent has been compared to the late and great Kirsty Macoll, which has been a humbling compliment.Katie also offers backing vox throughout with sister Caroline as one of 'The Feelings'. Katie has also been included in the 2001 ‘Blues in Britain CD’ featuring the UK’s top blues performers/vocalists including Wes Weston and Emily Druce. Katie’s debut CD ‘Night sky’ was released in 2003 at The Gulbenkian Theatre. Katie’s is currently working on new material for a new album to be released soon.
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Come along and witness history at The Luminaire next Thursday as Muddy Water's eldest son, Mud Morganfield, plays his debut London show with Big Joe Louis and His Blues Kings.
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Forthcoming NTSOBC action……..
April 8: Bob Log at The 100 Club, London. W1
April 18: The Rockingbirds at The Dome, London. N19
May 21: The Handsome Family at 02 Islington Academy, London, N1
"At last a follow up to Janette Mason's sparkling debut as leader. Alien Left Hand ....was well worth the wait…” Production **** Performance**** -- BBC Music Magazine
“…an album fizzing with fresh ideas and delights, an exhilarating musical journey .. with brilliantly original writing and inspired playing…” -- Helen Mayhew
"Every track from the rhythmic ‘NY Cab Ride’ and restless ‘4 Wheel Drive’ to the brooding ‘Mae’s Song’ has a terrific hook but it’s the way Mason switches tempo and moods that makes ALH great fun. " -- Diva Magazine
THE TWISTING FOLK PRESENT… THE OWL SERVICE LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY NOVEMBER 8TH 8PM £5 admission
Special double ticket available for £7.50, gains you entry to THE OWL SERVICE, and the ROBB JOHNSON gig on Friday 30th January 2009
Tel: 01227 760801
"...a tentative sitar drone and plucked minimalism pick their respective paths across a yawning chasm of O'Malleyesque fug" PlanB magazine "...combines the best parts of the British folk-rock boom with a sense of occult psychedelia that's never overbearing" Uncut magazine "Icy female vocals and crystalline electric guitars thread through sinister traditional tunes, recalling Trees' 1970 classic 'On the Shore' and Fairport Convention's 'Liege & Lief'" Stewart Lee, Sunday Times "British spooky/avant folksters whose muse is slightly more medieval than post-modern, but recalls Black Mountain and Lightning Dust as well as Vashti Bunyan and Steeleye Span" Time Out "...we highly recommend checking out the finest “traditional folk” album we’ve heard all year" Foxy Digitalis "...the result sounds like a lost album of '70s UK folk ...female singers who have that quality to provoke a world of a cultivated sensitivity ...all tracks flow beautifully from one perfect mood to the next" Psyche Homestead "...pure genius" DJ Magazine "A deeply intoxicating and alluring listening spectacle." Losing Today "A quiet, contemplative work of art that'll warm the cockles of any cold, cold heart" Foxy Digitalis "...wonderful and inventive but by no means contrived, ...
FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 2009 Another evening of Twisted Folk with… ROBB JOHNSON PLUS DROHNE RELIG ORAN LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY All gigs £5 admission/special price ticket £7.50-gains you entry to two evenings. 8.00 pm Tel: 01227 760801
"the UK’s most consistently strong songwriter" Sean McGhee, Rock'n'Reel "creator of some of the most potent songs of the last decade" fRoots "Britain's finest songwriter since Richard Thompson" Venue "love songs as touching as the political material is sharp." Red Pepper "One of Britain's most challenging songwriters." The Daily Telegraph "his songs are incisive and clever and witty and you can sing them on your way to work." Boff, Chumbawamba "Great song - wish I'd written it!" Tom Robinson
TWISTED FOLK PRESENT… SHARRON KRAUS LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER £5 admission Tel: 01227 760801 8.00pm
REVIEWS OF SHARRON KRAUS
M.J. Fine, Philadelphia Citipaper: Best Local CDs of 2004 Recorded in her native Oxford, the second album from Fishtown transplant Sharron Kraus is a dark-folk gem. Listening to her high, clear voice cut through melodies woven from acoustic guitar, banjo and hurdy-gurdy, you may struggle to remember which late-'60s traditionalists beat her to the material. But with one small exception, these murder ballads and forest laments all come from Kraus' pen. Here's one folklore expert whose originals feel both authentic and alive. Thom Jurek, All Music Guide * * * * Byron Coley & Thurston Moore, Arthur Magazine Exquisite second album by this wonderful singer. She conjures up visions of Karen Dalton, Shirley Collins, Judy Dyble and even early Joni. Live she was fantastic too. Rough Trade The second album from Oxford's fabulous Sharron Kraus is a wonderful follow-up to the haunting debut 'Beautiful Twisted'. … this moves from traditional folk (in a Shirley Collins, Anne Briggs style) to her own songs and enchants all the way. An immaculate album from a major new singer. The Big Takeover With a voice like a younger Joan Baez, Sharron Kraus' second album begins with a hop and a skip up a "Gallow's Hill" and perhaps a murder between lovers. ... a delicate record that grows in depth with each listen. Play at night by yourself at your own risk. Simon Lewis, Ptolemaic Terrascope Like the dusty book of fairy tales that so enchanted me as a child this al
Pete Molinari plays a full band show this coming Thursday 9th. Oct' at Dingwalls, Camden Lock, with mighty fine support from Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou and Tallulah Rendall.
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