Recording Battle Hymn of the Republic When I first suggested Battle Hymn of the Republic to my producer Billy Smiley, I had just begun working with him, and he didn’t know what to make of the suggestion. But when I sent him an informal sample of me singing it with...
Be the Lark - Loss and Change I didn’t know when I wrote this song called “Be the Lark” that the losses and changes to which the song refers, would come in the particular form that they did. When I wrote the song, I was coming out of a time of deep sadness in which I...
The Mysterious Kernel There is a kernel of something unknown, deep within myself to which I turn for inspiration in my songwriting, so as to bring something better than I could ever do alone. In essence everything that I write by way of lyric or melody is given to me...
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: Take Me to Church! Language is plastic. It occupies a shape in our minds, based on our understanding. That’s why there are certain turns of phrase that we don’t fully grasp until we stand under them, until we live them. I never knew what...
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The Water is Wide
“There’s so much to receive in The Water is Wide. This is an album that you can listen to over and over again. With poetic lyrics, detailed imagery, and in-depth storytelling, Kate's gift is a heartfelt message of grace, purity, and inner power and she delivers it with one of the most beautiful adult contemporary voices on the music scene today.”
