Into The Deep
Kathleen Haskard
© Copyright-Kathleen Haskard
(634479678622)
Record Label: Howlin' Hound
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Kathleen Haskard is a 4th generation native Californian who divides her time between a tipi in a Pacific canyon above Ventura County Line and the rooftops of Southeast London. Her ancestors include a Mexican folk hero and an Irish political activist who was a principle footsoldier in the American labor movement.
Kathleen's debut album, "Into The Deep", was released on indie label Howlin' Hound. Songs such as Adam's Apple, Jello Mould, Galileo, Strange Resistance, Longing, Out In The Light, Cheap Perfume and I Purr and I Roar underscore the biting wit and hard earned wisdom that permeates Kathleen's ironic view of life.
Kathleen has been a Bug Music songwriter for 11 years, through collaborations with Nashville writers Stacey Earle ("Losers Weep"), Texan Sandy Stewart ("Into The Deep") and LA-based acoustic artists Lowen & Navarro ("My Own Way Of Doing Things").
In April 2006 Kathleen had the honour of singing backing vocals as part of the 100 strong choir on Neil Young's album LIVING WITH WAR.
Kathleen has supported/toured with Chuck Prophet, Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, Lowen & Navarro, Suzy Boguss, David Lindley, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Renbourn, Clyde Stubblefield, Nick Harper & Glen Tilbrook and Robyn Hitchcock, She has also played Glastonbury, the Edinburgh Festival, Galway Arts Festival, Mexico's International Guitar Festival at Zihuatanejo, Queille and american festivals including Durango, SXSW (Austin, Texas), NXNW (Portland, Oregon) and the Folk Alliance.
Have a listen to Kathleen's new album, “Don't Tell”.
Produced by Chuck Prophet and Simon Alpin it was released in 2007 in the UK and 2008 in the USA.
Songs from the homefront and beyond....
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11th October 2007 London, England
author: p.stewart
I have to say Ms Haskard, your voice is so so smoothe and it has been a pleasure to listen to this, some very good songs and vocals that sound so delicous listening in the dark and with my headphones on. Got completely lost in the music. Thank-you !!
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Working from an acoustic roots base, Kathleen weaves her way through the blues (Cheap Perfume a slow raunch with slide guitar), soul country (Galileo), country gospel (Out In The Light), sax hazed jazzy lopes (Strange Resistance), plangent guitar mid tempo poprock (Adam's Apple), desert noir soundscapes (Longing) and old school Bonnie Raitt (a useful comparison point) country rock (Out In The Light).
Into The Deep with its comparisons between love and addiction serves as a good example of her lyrical flavours, many of the mostly love songs veined with physical and sexual imagery in which she's variously self-confessedly weak and defiantly strong. There's a sense of tension to the work, underlying her vocals too, which perhaps gives added resonance to a song titled I Purr and I Roar. Maybe that explains the photo of her in that cold bath!
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