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The best kept secret in music
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On the last night of Broadstairs Folk Festival i saw and heard a wonderful singer-songwriter called katus (as in Cat Tush ).
Mark Elf - Jews sans Frontieres
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Discography
Katus in a Bottle for release march 2006
on bluebloodrecords (Bristol)
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
My music is a bodily , physical beast. It springs from the geograhical and emotional journies i've made and i do feel very different depending on which language i sing in. Each stikes its own emotional chord that is beyond words so that it doesn't matter whether i, or the listener, understands the verbal meaning. My English songs feel more tethered to their words.
Pan-european troubadour, chanteuse, song-smith, KATUS nation hops through the new and old world singing it as she sees it.
Fresh , polyrhythmic guitar style and bewitching singing flute and incredible voice that gives her great diversity as a solo performer.
Aswell as penning her own songs in Eglish, French and Czech, she collects traditional a capellas and rare folk gems in Bulgarian, Russian or Gaellic, from St Petersburg to Skibereen and weaves them into her encyclopaedic set.
Her itch for the road and expert cultivation of 'the magic of the off-beat gig' have seen her pop up at such venues and events as Glastonbury , International Gypsy Guitar Festival(UK), Broadstairs Folk Festival(UK), Xianti Balkan Music Festival(Greece), Popovice Cultural Festival(CZ), St Georges Hall Bristol, Smallworld, Jazz Cafe,The Troubadour, Spitz, Stokenewington Fringe (London)
Roisin Dubv(Galway) Jazz Club Zelezna(Prague) to name but a few amid the tours of Eastern Europe , France and Ireland.
She began performing and writing songs four years ago in Bristol and very quickly followed her instincts east. Her 5th ever gig was to Nigel kenneddy in a jazz club in Poland. She has jammed with the likes of kennedy, Kroke , Donovan, and supported John Otway. In May she will be supporting one of her heroes, John Martin, at Holmfrith Picture Palace.
"better than red stripe!" N16Fringe
"I can't wait to tell Andy Kershaw about you!" John Howarth, The Oldham Tinkers.
"The physical change that grips her body when she switches languages is thrilling to watch." K.Angostino, Prague post
"Twisted tales of love , fate and passion culminating in a range of a capella songs that staple you to your seat." N16Fringe
"Frankly stunning." Venue
"Live or on CD, this integration of Europe's ancient and half forgotton folk melodies is what sets KATUS apart and makes her voice so genuinely unique." R. Mcdevitt
"She can sing.She can play.She's gorgeous.She can make it!" Nigel Kennedy
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