Kate- vocals, cello, eggshaker, foot tambourine, kazoo
===Nate & Kate LivE! Episode 1===
===Nate & Kate LivE! Episode 2===
===Nate & Kate LivE! Ep 3===
Influences
Bands we play with, Simon and Garfunkel, Lennon/McCartney, Scott Joplin, Sage Francis, Mozart, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Avett Brothers, They Might Be Giants, Stephen Foster, Weezer, Leadbelly, Dylan, Prine, Yo Yo Ma, Joni Mitchell, Anthony Gatto, Dad, Jewel, Elton John, booze, the river, heartbreak, travelin'...
Sounds Like
IF YOU LIKE: Johnny Cash & June Carter, The Eels, The Magnetic Fields, The Lemonheads, The Beatles, Bob Dylan & Joan Baez, Richard & Mimi Farina, Mickey & Mitch... you'll simply adore Nate & Kate!
Nate was born on the hottest day of the year in a burnt-out farmhouse with no hot water in Wingdale, upstate-NY. He grew up chasing chickens, building tree forts, and playing shortstop. He made rollerblading videos and snowboarded in the winter. At 16 he learned to sing and play guitar with the local church choir. Nate played with friends in several high school rock bands, and began writing songs and traveled the country by station wagon at 18. He released his first album of all-original material, “Generation Why?,” early the following year. He juggles 7 balls with good control and currently teaches and performs part-time as a juggler. Nate has now written over a hundred original songs, and he released 2 1/2 solo albums before “Nate & Kate.”
Kate was raised in central NY singing and playing cello from the age of four. She has performed in numerous orchestras, string ensembles, and choirs. She has performed in some of Italy’s most magnificent cathedrals as well as New York’s Avery Fischer Hall with the Hamilton College Choir. Kate was lead singer for two rock bands before joining forces with Nate.
Nate & Kate met and began playing together in Binghamton, NY in 2005, and self-booked a 3-month tour of the Eastern-US that Fall (’05). They have continued touring, promoting, and writing, and released their debut album, FAME BY FRAME early summer 2007. FAME BY FRAME has garnered strong reviews, regular Central-NY airplay, and was ranked amongst the “top 25 indie CD’s in the first half of 2008” by wildysworld.com. Nate & Kate have been recently featured at the Ithaca Festival, Saratoga Springs’ Tang Museum Summer Concert Series, Buffalo’s Infringement Festival, the Grassroots Festival, and are continually performing the East Coast and New England, and are developing new material for a follow-up record. They also make really awesome "Nate & Kate LivE!" youtube episodes every month or 2.
We love your idea of the "Eat Local" tour- brilliant! Thanks for sharing with us and if we're in that area when we get back to the east, we'll definitely come by.
Cheers, happy summer, and "eat food, not too much, mostly plants!" HDDs
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Hey Nate n Kate! Thanks so much for the kind words. Right back atcha. Hope all is well in the east, and thanks again for all your help and hospitality. It was greatly appreciated. Hope to see you down the road...
No trouble at all it was our pleasure to have you. The show for the summer is tentatively August 1st (I thought that was when you said you'd be available) but the date might change. I should know some more this weekend. I think at this point they're going to make it like an all-day roots festival with some local bands too. Should be cool if we can pull the whole thing together.
Hey you two, ever feel like heading up to Boston, Ma we'd love to get a show together : ) Great Stuff. Keep touring - Colleen & Justin The Grass Gypsys
