Veteran folk-rock songstress brings in a team of bluegrass heavyweights for a smooth-sounding, hit-and-miss hodgepodge of covers and a handful of her own old originals.As of this writing, there have been 46,837 rootsy singer-songwriter album releases in 2009. So what is veteran folk-rocker Catie Curtis to do to stand out among the overwhelming glut of strumming and emoting? Not by going back to...
Why are so many Folk Singers sad? They have broken hearts, come from broken homes and live broken lives. To be sure such angst provides the motivation for a lot of great songs but a little happiness is good for the soul too. Modern movies aren't much different either. How many critically acclaimed movies end [...]
i headr this song on NPR Art of the Songwriter. i had never heard of Catie couric before, in fact, I had a hard time Googling her 'cause i thought it was Katie!! She is now my new favorite songwriter and love of my life. I try to do a lot of songs about Katrina and our lying government; this one has 'em both. I like it better than Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927". How I girl from Maine can sing ...
Veteran folk-rock songstress brings in a team of bluegrass heavyweights for a smooth-sounding, hit-and-miss hodgepodge of covers and a handful of her own old originals.As of this writing, there have been 46,837 rootsy singer-songwriter album releases in 2009. So what is veteran folk-rocker Catie Curtis to do to stand out among the overwhelming glut of strumming and emoting? Not by going back to...