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DVD-Live At Solfest 2007
This is special and you’ll be loving it
A true measure of any artist will never be an accurate reading when based only on the records they release. The technology of today is often incredibly generous and wonderfully charitable when showering its flattering magic upon the occupants of a recording studio. The real test of their merit is to convey that ambience, unchanged and without the majesty of production, when playing live. Katus has done this quite perfectly here.
This low budget DVD of her performance at last years Solfest is neither self indulging or parcelled up in the superficial binding of narcissistic editing. Katus is a truly gifted human being with an incredible amount of depth and natural ability. Her debut album ‘Smile’ is one of the most refreshing pieces of originality and substance that you’re ever likely to hear and it loses none of its qualities when she’s singing it live. Her voice has verve, charm and it’s undeniably sexy sometimes. The live setting suit the consistency of her voice, and her abilities when it comes to singing will never ever be questioned.
The footage is very sympathetic with regards her surroundings. A vast array of cameo shots, depicting the crowds, the tents etc ensures this DVD doesn’t become a simple vanity project with little concerns for the surrounding festival. She’s very generously included as much as space would allow, which in turn has brought an almost touchable ambience to the screen.
On stage she is incredibly charismatic and her interaction with the crowd is endearingly honest and genuine. The real magic though is, as always, in her voice and her songs. From tender sentiment to esoteric observation it’s sparingly beautiful and devoid of patronisation. Katus is a true spirit. What you see is most likely what you get and I’m glad.
This is more than worthy of taking up space in your DVD collection. It will be impossible to watch it once and never again after because hers is a magical world and it’s better than this one at times - and we all just want to be in it. She’s also very very good. Very pretty and very blessed. She should be ruling the world by now! 2008 will be her year. Trust me.
Alan Baillie.
‘Reviewer’
Subba-Cultcha
This is one of the most original and captivating records I’ve heard in a long time. Katus should be nurtured and encouraged to grow! She is an important and necessary compound for a genre so often overlooked and dismissed by today’s predominantly rock n roll environment! This is folk music with its creative spirit intact. A genuine and creative medium of story telling.
Opening track ‘Hey Hey’ is such a gorgeous entrance into this world of hers. Acoustic guitar played arpeggio style, coupled with a voice that lilts and floats, never landing but always gently sailing past, is her modus operandi! Everything about this song, and indeed the majority of this album, is a world in flight. How easily her voice, instruments and lyrics paint concise imagery.
She sings in tribute to her deceased grandmother on ‘Maggio’. She wrote ‘Elle Coupe’ in Nova Scotia, dancing on the sand. Listen to ‘The Mermaids Call’ and it’s the sound of inspired genius! This is a record of wonderful story telling by a voice that you just can’t help being drawn in by! The tales Katus has to tell would keep you entranced for the rest of your days. Her wonderfully interesting experiences are in obvious attendance throughout this charming slice of bohemia.
You really need to give this record a listen. I can’t do it justice with words. Believe me. It’s a collection of 14 songs that can never be described, only felt. Katus is the whistling wind of diversity and change coming from every direction to blow sticky cobwebs formed from the dust of jaded and satiated musical formulas this country is sometimes guilty of producing! It’s great to know she’s out there somewhere!
Katus was nominated for two awards at the Buxton Fringe Festival, Best Performer and best Musical Entry. She won the BEST PERFORMER 2008
"Katuš, described accurately in the programme as a "world-folk duo" are, in the best possible sense, not like anything I have seen for a very long time. Where many performers and groups tend to find out what they can do and then limit themselves to a rigid style, Katuš delights in experimenting, innovating and enjoying the variety of sounds that can be produced from an instrument or her voice. I lost count of how many languages she sang in, and as well as the guitar that she played for most numbers there was some excellent flute playing and a Chinese instrument called a 'hulusi'. If I hadn't been watching closely, I would not have been surprised to look up and discover that a new performer had taken the stage for every song." BUXTON FESTIVAL
"Sensational!" Cambridge Folk Club
"If you're lucky enough to see Katus perform live, the first thing that'll melt is your heart, closely followed by your preconceptions. There's a fragility and delicacy about her physical presence that belies the strength of her music and the often powerful edge to her lyrics. This is no 'coffee-table' folk music. Katus's music leaves you at times feeling challenged, amused, disturbed and moved, but above all entertained. Katus imposes her artistic will on her songs in a way that blows away all cobwebs of predictability. The guitar work is particularly notable in this respect - Katus seems to create new styles of playing for each song based on what the song needs, not what has gone before. The result is a stunning series of arrangements matching the creativity and inspiration of the songs as a whole. The CD "SMILE", is a collection of highly unique and creative songs with catchy tunes, memorable lyrics and inventive guitar playing, but it's also capable of
entertaining at a much deeper level which will reward anyone giving the CD the attention it deserves." Mally, Mad for Music
Katus - Smile “The whistling wind of diversity and change. This record will one day be regarded as the most important folk release to caress the mainstream.” Allan Baille, favorite albums of 2007.
Having toured New Zealand twice, playing extra-ordinary venues its been a time of nature and nurture..In between our 14 NZ dates we had a week in Sandgate, Queensland Australia , courtesy of MUSIC BY THE SEA FESTIVAL - ..NOW I AM TAKING SOME TIME OUT TO WRITE SOME NEW THINGS, study..and organise a UK tour..
KATUS SINGS IN EVERY TONGUE FROM CZECH TO ENGLISH AND BY A STROKE OF INSPIRED GENIUS, SHE SINGS THROUGH HER FLUTE.
Since picking up a guitar 8 years ago Katus has been touring all over the world - Ireland, UK, Europe - east and west, New Zealand, Australia, California and brings her truly unique world to the stage.She has toured with Seth Lakeman, the levellers, czech Indie star Lenka Dusilova,.
She was also invited to do a Showcase at the Cambridge Folk Festival, which has been described as " Sensational", and she performed at several other festivals in Czech Republic, LOMECEK , and the UK such as the Stone& Compass Festival, Solfest ( an impromtu 2 hr set), and she played the Paradiso in Amsterdamm, and Patronaat in Harlem aswell as another House concert, and several artsy /theatre venues in the uk.
She also did a gig in Santa Monica, California and spent an elastic 5 days on Venice beach living the American dream..before going back to New Zealand.
In 2008 they did a their first 28 date tour of NEW ZEALAND, and also played gigs in San Francisco. Look in the BLOG to find out more- ..
In 2007 KATUS played SOLFEST, , SAZAVA Festival , Glastonbury, where she was made the official mascot by the Joe Strummer Stage who are using her song "Hey Hey" as their anthem, and on their new DVD. She also played the Cambridge Folk Club & many other festivals and venues around Britain, as well as touring Croatia, Bosnia and Czech Republic , where Katus performed in Europe's largest Monastry.
Singing and composing in English, Czech, French, Elfin, and also singing Bulgarian, Gaellic, Russian, her natural switch between languages is brilliant.
In June 2007, A French documentary crew filmed their entire tour in the Czech Republic..
In 2006 she toured with Seth Lakeman, and Lenka Dusilova (CZ), and Katus has toured the West Coast of Ireland and around Europe many times since she began playing, wooing audiences, leaving them hankering for more..
In only 7 years of playing and writing, arranging music, her itch for the road and expert cultivation of the magic of the off-beat gig, have seen her pop up at sessions with Nigel Kennedy , Kroke and Donovan in the Polish Tatry Mountains , playing concerts in remote Romanian orphanages and singing to a packed houses at the London Jazz Cafe and Glastonbury. A real Troubador, She has learned her craft on the road forging her own path amid rip -roaring tours of Ireland, France and Eastern Europe. Between 2002 and 2005 she worked with multi-instrumentalist Tony Wrafter, and since early 2006 has been working and touring as a duo with sound engineer and percussionist JB , creating a sound that can only accurately be described as Katus music.
" I've been a traveller and artist all my life- my music is inspired by Czech ,French, Catalan and and Irish of my Grandparents and the many cultures i've lived in. I write my own music, my own style.I do not wish to mimic ,so if i sing a traditional song, i just happen to feel it strongly. Music is a spiritual language, and sometimes i sing sounds which communicate beyond language.
Performing at such venues and events as The International Gypsy Guitar Festival,The CAmbridge Folk Club,Broadstairs Folk Festival, Big Green Gathering,Smallworld,N16 Fringe,The Troubador, Sazava Festival,Roisin Dubv Galway, Xianti Balkan Music Festival. She has guested many radio shows ,She was interviewed by the BBC Worldservice in Prague. You can hear this interview if you click on the link by the FOLKDEVILS logo, where you can also buy the DVD/CDs..
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"She can sing. She can play. She's gorgeous. She'll make it!" Nigel Kennedy
"I can't beleive she sings through the flute..Truly amazing!"
" Better than red stripe! Tales of love, fate & passion, culminating in a range of A-capella songs that staple you to your seat." N16Fringe,London.
"Her commanding, soulful voice with the breadth of her guitar playing merge into a fresh sounding musical genre uniquely her own." The Troubador.
When asked how to describe Katus' music, Simon Friend,song-writer of UK band The Levellers,smiled, tilted his head,and said, "Her music is beautiful."
"A mobile, self-generating, acousto-electric, time -travelling, singing-flute playing songwriter!" Hot-Press.
One of the most impressive violinists of the world executive school violinist Nikolai Madoyev… is now your friend: Nikolai Madoyev has recorded all Sonatas & Partitas for violin Solo by J.S.Bach. Strad magazin wrote about this record - "It's the best Bach record in the world"! more....
Nikolai Madoyev - J.S.Bach Partita No.1 B minor BWV 1002. 1st mov
Nikolai Madoyev - J.S.Bach Partita No.1 B minor BWV 1002. 2nd mov
Nikolai Madoyev - J.S.Bach Partita No.1 B minor BWV 1002. 3th mov ..
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hey thanks for the comments, always appreciated, we are looking at a little one week tour of uk in november, but the addition of flute would be very welcome. We will keep in touch. The Woven Project.
thanks very much for the add, and welcome to our woven world, your songs are beautiful, lovely arrangements, hope our paths cross someday. I hope what remains of the summer is good for you. Peace and Love. The Woven Project.
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