Album Notes

After meeting at a local Pioneer Valley bluegrass session, Katie Clarke (vocal, guitar, banjo) and Charlie Conant (vocal, dobro, guitar) began performing together in early 2004. Their vocal harmonies and Charlie's crack dobro work immediately set them apart; in 2006 they added the hot mandolin licks of John Alphin and the bass and harmony vocals of Gail Hegeman to create a dynamic and exciting full band. Heavenly harmonies and the dobro and mandolin work of her cohorts sets the band apart, as does their repertiore of original material mixed with select covers of fine and often little-known songs of the old-time country and bluegrass genre. They appeal to many audiences from young hipster 20-somethings to older folks who grew up with Patsy Cline, the Louvin Brothers, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. Katie and her band have had the pleasure of opening for many nationally and internationally renowned artists and Katie was recently a finalist in the WRSI (local commercial Pioneer Valley radio station) songwriter contest.

Katie and her band have been wowing audiences all over New England with their crisp and eclectic mix of American roots music at performance halls, churches, festivals, private events and clubs. Often compared to local artist Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem, and nationally renowned singer-songwriters such as Gillian Welch and Kate Wolf, the band has earned a solid reputation as a crowd-pleasing group able to navigate the territories of bluegrass, folk, country, gospel, and old time music without sounding derivative. With what was at the time the Katie Clarke Trio, Katie released a CD of original tunes, Hard Rain, recorded and engineered by Mark Thayer at Signature Sounds in the Spring of 2006. This November (2007) they are pleased to launch their full length release, Wrap Me In Green, also recorded and engineered by Mark Thayer at Signature Sounds. The album is all original material.
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