Album Notes

"Katie Thompson is a classic country singer/song writer from what is probably Nashville’s most remote satellite, New Zealand. Katie exhibits her own sense of style, opting for cocktail dresses over blue jeans as she leads her accomplished band through a repertoire of classic country tempered by her Kiwi upbringing.

Her vocal delivery is intimate in the vein of classic story tellers like Emmy Lou Harris and Patsy Cline. Katie doesn’t deal in pyrotechnics or phony gospel riffing. She just tells a story as if she were talking over the back fence and her fresh sincerity is her most engaging quality.

Katie Thompson is no stranger to the stage or studio. She is the recipient of numerous performance and song writing awards and appears on the Kidney Society Summer Fusion Album. Her music can also be heard on Sellaband.com which will finance Katie's next project through worldwide crowd sourcing.

The 12 track debut album includes 3 fan favorite cover recordings but the real Katie Thompson will be found in the 9 original compositions. Her lyrics and stories are performed on a very personal level and accompanied by mature arrangements that display exceptional musicianship on the part of her band while never taking focus away from the well crafted songs. Of particular note is the guitar playing which plays a Knopfleresque role to Katie's Emmy Lou Harris."

Pete Strobl
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