Inspirations/Teachers: Billie Holiday, Hank Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Edith Piaf, Dolly Parton, Etta James, Rufus Wainwright, Patty Griffin, Jeff Buckley, Sarah McLachlan, Ed Harcourt, Jonatha Brooke, Imogen Heap, Over the Rhine, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Patsy Cline, Patrick Wolf, Stacy Jagger, Kenny Rogers, Neil fucking Diamond, indie films and classic cinema, friends and lovers, rainy nights, vodka gimlets, dreams, nightmares, all the musicals I grew up watching (Annie, Funny Girl, the Sound of Music, Singing in the Rain), and so much more...
Sounds Like
Something old and something new at the same time...
"There were always in me, two women at least,
one woman desperate and bewildered,
who felt she was drowning and another who
would leap into a scene, as upon a stage,
conceal her true emotions because they
were weaknesses, helplessness, despair,
and present to the world only a smile,
an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest."
- Anais Nin
"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. "
- Sir Francis Bacon
Katrina Parker is a recovering Southern Baptist and small town escapee, a former North Carolina to Nashville girl now scraping her way through the Los Angeles music scene, striving to find beauty in the farthest corners and most hidden places.
See Katrinaparker.com for show dates and news on the EP planned for late 2008...oh, and welcome home lovers.
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Here's what some VERY nice people have said about Katrina's music...
“...A smoky, show-stopper of a cabaret voice.”
-Tulsa Weekly
“...Haunting and expressive...poignant and lovely...”
-The Patriot News
“…Listening to Katrina Parker’s music is like taking a journey back to the vintage days of WWII. The payoff culminates in powerful songs that produce a connection with the present.”
–Music Connection
“…A wonderfully talented new singer-songwriter…[Katrina Parker’s] music, voice, songwriting, and production are stunning. Her debut CD stands alongside impressive major label debuts on all counts, and there is no reason her next effort will not exceed her first offering.”
–One Way Magazine
“…Katrina Parker provide(s) moments of truth and grace…”
-The Houston Chronicle
“...Intelligent lyrics and vocal capability...”
-Paste Magazine
“…[Katrina Parker] sings love songs, but she sings them with realistic optimism and an adult perspective on her own emotional world, capturing the heart and spirit of the women of her generation in a way that other singer-songwriters often fail to accomplish.”
-Northeast In Tune Magazine
“…Los Angeles based artist Katrina Parker will softly steal in and capture your deepest listening desires…”
–Women Rising Music
“…Arming herself with a haunting voice and cleverly penned lyrics, [Katrina] Parker writes poignant songs with vocal jazz underlinings and a determined pop exterior...”
–Smother Magazine
“…Katrina Parker is definitely an artist worth watching.”
-The Music Edge
“…Sultry and commanding and inviting without even the slightest hint of pretentiousness…”
-1340 Mag
“Only Dreaming is an EP that incorporates a dreamy intimacy into adult pop music… If Katrina Parker has more songs in her, [this] may be the start of something very, very big."
-Phantom Tollbooth
hope youve been well since that show at republic! i just wanted to reach out and invite you to genghis cohen monday, july 14th at 8:15pm. im playing a 45 minute acoustic set. its $7 at the door/all ages. hope to see you there! bring everyone you know....literally...all of them.
It was great seeing ya at the beach party! I think with a few short practices, you have a possible career in professional beach volleyball waiting for you! :)
Hi Katrina! Thanks so much for the add request... I'd love to come see you sometime when I'm done with this gig and back in the States. Keep in touch and let me know more about you... :) Kev
WHAT?! no. really!? that's terrible news. God I hope the lil guy is alright! I'm hoping to still come out tomorrow night, but not sure what will happen, I rarely go over the hill. I may get very lost, the valley scares me, not sure why. Nightmares of 120 degree dry heat and lots of trees and grass, I imagine! xo
:-) Thanks for the comment. I love your sound; in your inspirations you list the musicals you watched growing up: I've got to say the first time I listened you sounded like you were a from that era, kind of the earlier 1900's sound. I could see you and Gene Kelly doing a duet.
Anyway, hopefully that's complimentary, because it's meant as such.
