Music
Press
Winner - Los Angeles 1997
Winner: "...this excellent work (Miss Duality) is a fine example of the art of songwriting as practised in the world today. We salute you and we honour your efforts and your talent."
- 2000
Finalist - 2000
Semi-finalist - Nashville 2003
1st Runner-up - Montreal 2004
"...the album consistently confounds expectations" - Halifax Daily News
"Her vocal range soars to angel heights and then plummets hawk like to a rich earthy register." - Evening Telegram St. John's
"Daring, unafraid to challenge the stereotype of the contemporary female pop singer. Phippard writes with an energy that punches her music into your ears."
- St. John's
"...an artist with true potential"
- Halifax
"Kathy, last night was glorious!''
Eric Thom, writer, on Kathy's live show at Kathedral, Toronto, Nov. 04 - Exclaim!!! Magazine
Discography
Premonition
Outside Lookin' In
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
KATHY PHIPPARD is an independent "femme alt/pop" singersongwriter from St. John's, Nfld., Canada with a colorful history. She has earned a JUNO award and two Gold Records through her three year escapade with Warner roots daddies The Irish Descendants, touring both Canada and internationally.
Her debut solo CD "Outside Lookin' In" was instrumental in honing her songwriting skills, and the title track was honored with 1st place in the Unisong Int'l Song Contest in L.A.
Her video of the same title has been played on the Much Music video channel in Canada.
November of 2004 brought the release of her second CD "Premonition".
Alt/pop/rock songs that deal with birth, death, love, and cloning give the listener a chance to laugh, smile, cry, and smirk in fifty four minutes or less.
Her song "Miss Duality" won 2nd place (rock/alt.) in the Billboard Int'l Song Contest, as well as"Guilty" being chosen as semi-finalist in ISC 2003.
A semi-finalist on CBC television's "Great Canadian Music Dream Contest", she has also made appearances on Gabereau Live in Vancouver, CTV News Net with Lisa LaFlamme, and City Pulse Entertainment in Toronto.
She has played showcase performances at the Philadelphia Music Conference, East Coast Music Awards, NEMO, and NXNE, as well as some of the the finest live music venues in New York, Toronto, and Montreal.
Kathy recently returned to Nfld. from a two month engagement in Casablanca, Morocco.
Good couscous!
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