Mary-Kathryn
Brentwood, TN
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About
In a world of disposable pop music, there are a few artists who somehow manage to create music that pierces the monotonous tedium of the Top 40. From the first time we hear them there is an intimacy, a fire, a subtle shade of interpretation that spurs our imagination. With repeated encounters comes a warmth and familiarity that can only be described as visceral. We connect with them. We feel we know them. Mary-Kathryn is such an artist.
On her fourth album, Dreams & Visions, Mary-Kathryn blends elements of soft pop, rock and folk with world music influences as diverse as the continents to create a spiritual amalgam that transcends musical boundaries. Sophisticated without being elitist; understated without being simplistic, Mary-Kathryn displays an emotional
depth that can only be described as remarkable. The album features appearances by Hugh Marsh on Violin and Fergus Marsh on Chapman Stick & Bass, Tony Morra on Drums & Percussion, the Finnish vocal group Fire 4U, co-produced by Paul Buono and Mary-Kathryn and mixed by Tony Palacios at the Sound Kitchen.
While her earlier releases hinted at Mary-Kathryn's world music influences, her new millennium release, One Spirit, exploded with exotic rhythms and Old World passions. Middle Eastern cadences nestled comfortably against Native American inflections. Traditional folk melodies from France, Italy, and America melded seamlessly with musical influences from such faraway lands as India and
Ireland, Africa and Egypt. And shot through it all was a deep and abiding spirituality.
With Dreams & Visions Mary-Kathryn delves even deeper into the world music realm, painting word pictures on an aural canvas with exotic instrumentation, adroit production, and lyrics that are nothing short of Godhaunted. But as Billboard Magazine's reviewer so aptly put it, "the most affecting instrument...is Mary-Kathryn's lovely voice."
Available at www.cdbaby.com/all/marykathryn and Amazon.com. My music is also featured at www.garageband.com/marykathryn.
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Dec 12, 2008
Live Concert DVD coming soon!
Last October I did a concert set at Grace Center in Franklin, Tennessee and it's going to be available on DVD within the next few days. CDBaby is where you'll be able to get it (www.cdbaby.com/all/marykathryn) so check the link.
The concert includes songs from …
Dec 12, 2008
Wonder
"Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion." Ralph W. Sockman
Christmas is coming soon, and it always brings back memories of …
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Greetings from Poland!
Green, Nov 8, 2007:
Light is a great song. Keep up the lovely music.
jose lemur, Oct 8, 2007:
HIi, thank you for choose my friendship,
love and kisses!
Luis Zunel, Oct 6, 2007:
Hi Mary-Kathryn; very good music. I like it very much. Thanks for the add!.
Reaching the Day, Oct 6, 2007:
ROMAN(US), Oct 5, 2007:
hey !!!
thank you Mary-Kathryn for finding us, lovely sounds you have here!!!
best!!
Claudia Santiago, Aug 22, 2007:
Mary-Kathryn,
The New CD is amazing, beautiful, capitivating, inspiring....keep it up!
Your friend,
Claudia
greg, Jun 1, 2007:
Very intoxicating! Your music comes from a very deep soulfully spiritual place. Beauttiful.