Bio:

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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 opened 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. She 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, Rebecca 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-hosted The Watch City Coffeehouse, Bob Weiser's weekly folk and acoustic radio program on 100.1 FM WBRS (Waltham, MA), for over three years.

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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Member Since:

June 12, 2006

Members:

Rebecca Katz - guitar, vocals, mandolin.

Plus harmony/instrumental accompaniment, when I am lucky, from my very, very talented friends. (Check them out!)

Influences:

BIGGEST HERO: Nanci Griffith.

Other folky influences: Susan Werner, Lucy Kaplansky, Carrie Newcomer, Colleen Sexton, Tom Paxton, Bill Staines, Odetta, Dougie MacLean, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Nerissa & Katryna Nields, Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and the list goes on and on and on....

Other not-as-folky influences: Patsy Cline, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Motown (all of it!), John Mellencamp, Carbon Leaf, Great Big Sea, Jimmy Eat World, Del Amitri, Five For Fighting, Green Day, Papa Roach, Tool, Scapegoat Wax, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta Jones, plus too many classical composers to name, world music from all over, and the list goes on and on....

Sounds Like:

Me! I don't know. What do you think?

Here's a sample from my January 9, 2009 set at The Me & Thee Coffeehouse's Open Mic: