Kyro, Kate Burkart, Melissa Phillips
- When
- Sat Sep 25, 2010
- Where
- Hotel Utah Saloon
- Time
- Show @ 9:00pm
- Cost
- $8
- Tags
- Music
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Description
“I’m sick of taking the high road… it sure gets lonely up there.”So begins Kate Burkart’s “Faith To Fall”. The challenge: how to keep the faith and not take a fall?
It’s that kind of figurative thinking-out-loud that inspired the eleven original songs on Kate’s debut album. The tracks span wide stylistic territory: from bittersweet and countrified (“The Most,” “State of Grace”) to British-inflected folk baroque (“Parallel Universe”) to pan-cultural polyrhythms (“Cross the Street”) and less-is-more fortitude (“Faith to Fall.”)
Some of the San Francisco bay area’s best players were brought into the studio by producer Jerry Becker, with instrumentation including Wurlitzer and Hammond keyboards, Mellotron, cello, pedal steel, Taurus bass pedals, and an impressive array of vintage acoustic and electric guitars. Kate’s songs find some of their roots in Americana, country, folk and singer-songwriter genres, with influences from such personal favorites as Lucinda Williams, Lisa Germano and Emmylou Harris.
Still, for all its lyrical and musical range, the album presents a cohesive, organic sound that’s unadulterated Kate — direct, introspective songwriting, exploring themes of love, faith, and loss. Her voice combines strength and sweetness, with an honesty that brings the songs and the listener closer.
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