Rebecca Katz's favorite four-letter word is "folk."

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Rebecca has been singing, making up songs, and making noise on various instruments since she was very young. At 13, she picked up her dad's guitar so she could be the cool counselor at summer camp. A year later, she wrote her first original tune and has been writing ever since.

In college at Brandeis University, Rebecca played more than 80 shows on campus. Now a nationally-touring artist based in the rich Boston folk scene, Rebecca has entertained audiences at venues up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Along the way, she has shared stages with many performers including Kym Tuvim, Liz Stahler, and Adam Levy (guitarist, Norah Jones), and had the honor of opening for Teddy Goldstein and Pamela Means.

Rebecca truly has an acoustic heart. An explorer of a myriad of genres, she will always come home to one hundred percent handmade music. Rebecca considers herself a lifelong student of language and songwriting, as you might expect of an artist with a Master's in English Literature. Like her hero, Nanci Griffith, she is equally devoted to penning new songs and passing on traditional tunes and favorites by fellow writers.

In keeping with her commitment to sharing traditional songs and other artists' work, Rebecca co-hosts The Watch City Coffeehouse, Bob Weiser's weekly radio program featuring traditional and contemporary acoustic music, on 100.1 FM WBRS (Waltham, MA). Listeners can tune in to the show's live webcast Tuesdays from 8-10pm at www.wbrs.org.

Above all, Rebecca enjoys connecting with people through music. On stage, equipped with a clear, confident voice, she can as easily evoke laughter from her audiences as improvised harmony. Equal parts songwriter and storyteller, she is all-heart all the time, and brings her special touch to every room she plays.

Rebecca's debut recording, Spendin' On Today, engineered by Mark Thayer at Signature Sounds Studio, was released in September 2007.

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