Katrina Rainbow - vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, ukulele, descant & treble recorders, harmonica, tin whistle.
Occasionally joined by:
Gary Holder - double bass
Richard Warner - mandolin
Influences
Lead Belly, Bob Dylan, Donovan, The Byrds (& the solo work of: Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman), Manfred Mann, Kate Bush, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Shirley Bassey, Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Stevens, Joan Baez, The Corrs, Neil Young, The Mamas And The Papas, Tracy Chapman, All About Eve, Madness, Adam & the Ants, The Jam, The Who, The Stone Roses, The La's, Inspiral Carpets, Blur, Ride, The Seekers, David Bowie, The Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel, Glen Campbell, James Taylor, Pete Seeger, Maria Callas, REM, PJ Harvey, The Proclaimers, George Formby, The Specials, Fun Boy Three, Pentangle, Fairport Convention.
Other stuff I like to listen to: 13th Floor Elevators, Iggy & The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, The Handsome Family, Josefus, No Doubt, Lily Allen, Butthole Surfers, The Darkness, The Streets, BRMC, Electric Six, Kyuss, QOSA, Tenacious D, The Dukes of Stratosphear, XTC, Hayseed Dixie, Love, Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys.
Sounds Like
Kate Bush, Bjork, Cerys Matthews, PJ Harvey, Melanie, Sonya Aurora Madan, Louise Mary Martin, Judith Durham, Karen Carpenter, Annie Haslam, Toyah, Pauline Murray, Jacqui McShee, Sandy Denny, Pauline Black
I'm a singer-songwriter who loves to compose in all styles and genres of music.
This is the page to see if you want to know more about me as a performing singer-songwriter.
If you want me in my capacity as a session vocalist, or wish to collaborate with me as a songwriter for a project, please go here: www.myspace.com/katrinarainbowsongwriter
My acoustic pop-folk seems to be attracting interest from music publishers, and venues around the UK which is great!
So, armed with my guitar, ukulele and recorders, I will be bringing my festival-friendly sound and songs of my musical journey through life to audiences throughout the UK this summer.
Just a quick one to say I hope to see you at London's legendary 100 Club on New Years' Eve, 2009 (December 31st) for CHAS & HIS BAND. Expect all the great Chas & Dave hits, including "Rabbit", "Gertcha", "Ain't No Pleasin' You" and "The Sideboard Song" plus a whole lot more Rockney fun! Cheers! Charles Hodges (ex-CHAS & DAVE) Tickets: http://www.rhythmgigs.com
Hiya! Thanks for being my friend and being part of Team Kitty! Just a short note to say that a short clip of the new song "Scorpio Girl" is up on my page. I'm really REALLY excited about this song - please tell all your friends - and I hope to get some more stuff up there soon!
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
