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"Katie Thompson is a classic country singer/song writer from what is probably Nashville’s most remote satellite, New Zealand. Katie exhibits her own sense of style, opting for cocktail dresses over blue jeans as she leads her accomplished band through a repertoire of classic country tempered by her Kiwi upbringing.

Her vocal delivery is intimate in the vein of classic story tellers like Emmy Lou Harris and Patsy Cline. Katie doesn’t deal in pyrotechnics or phony gospel riffing. She just tells a story as if she were talking over the back fence and her fresh sincerity is her most engaging quality."

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Pete Strobl

Coming from a small West Coast town in New Zealand isn’t enough to hold this bubbly songstress back. Katie Thompson is a 22 year old singer/songwriter with huge ambitions for the future.

Katie is no stranger to the stage or studio. She is the recipient of numerous performance and song writing awards and appears on the Kidney Society Summer Fusion Album. Her music can also be heard on Sellaband.com which will finance Katie's next project through worldwide crowd sourcing. And now, with help from Dean Hetherington, Des Hetherington, Wayne Thompson and T.C. Wells, Katie puts her song writing and singing skills before the public with her first album, Tall Poppy

Accomplishments to date are:

* Women's Musicianship Award - West Coast Regionals - Rockquest * Songwriters Award - West Coast Regionals - Rockquest * 1st place at Rockquest 2001 - West Coast Region with band Aprillis * Overall winner in Intermediate section - Motueka country competitions * Performing at Hokitika Wildfoods Festivals for several years * Winner of Senior Section at the Jazzer Quest in 2007 * Finals at the Golden Guitars in Gore * Performing in Tamworth at New Zealand concert * Raising $50,000 on Sellaband for my next album * Appearing on New Zealands Nightline & Close Up