Kath Bloom
Litchfield, Connecticut, United States | INDIE
Music
Press
"May just be the purest, most natural heir to the literate confessional
songwriting of Joni Mitchell's Blue” Steven Rosen - Steven Rosen / Blurt Magazine
"May just be the purest, most natural heir to the literate confessional
songwriting of Joni Mitchell's Blue” Steven Rosen - Steven Rosen / Blurt Magazine
"The courageous majesty of Bloom's music is there in its cutting simplicity and in its poetry . . . there is not one thing even slightly derivative about Bloom – a modern rarity." Melissa Osborne - Melissa Osborne - Dazed Digital
"The courageous majesty of Bloom's music is there in its cutting simplicity and in its poetry . . . there is not one thing even slightly derivative about Bloom – a modern rarity." Melissa Osborne - Melissa Osborne - Dazed Digital
"If you're after some real emotion from one of America's undiscovered
greats then look no further." Boomkat - Boomkat
"If you're after some real emotion from one of America's undiscovered
greats then look no further." Boomkat - Boomkat
"Her unearthly, yet increasingly rugged, voice tackles a sentiment . . . in
a way that cuts away the cliché aspect and makes it honest. And then
she’ll add to it a thought that takes it beyond that level, to feel like poetry,
and then like revelation, like unbarring the secrets around us" Dave
Heaton - Dave Heaton / erasingclouds.com
"Her unearthly, yet increasingly rugged, voice tackles a sentiment . . . in
a way that cuts away the cliché aspect and makes it honest. And then
she’ll add to it a thought that takes it beyond that level, to feel like poetry,
and then like revelation, like unbarring the secrets around us" Dave
Heaton - Dave Heaton / erasingclouds.com
"Kath's voice is urgent and yet calming - a call of reckoning" Nat
Hentoff - Nat Hentoff - American historian, novelist, and syndicated coulmnist.
"Kath's voice is urgent and yet calming - a call of reckoning" Nat
Hentoff - Nat Hentoff - American historian, novelist, and syndicated coulmnist.
"One of this country’s finest living songwriters." Andria Spring - Prefix Magazine
"One of this country’s finest living songwriters." Andria Spring - Prefix Magazine
“Bloom sounds like a woman who has spent years in the wilderness... An earthy, unpretentious presence, she can snap a heart like a twig” Pitchfork - Stephen Deusner Pitchfork
“Bloom sounds like a woman who has spent years in the wilderness... An earthy, unpretentious presence, she can snap a heart like a twig” Pitchfork - Stephen Deusner Pitchfork
"One of the most beautiful singers ever. Heartbreaking." Devendra
Banhart - Devendra Banhart
"One of the most beautiful singers ever. Heartbreaking." Devendra
Banhart - Devendra Banhart
"Devastating songwriting." NPR Song of the Day - NPR
"Devastating songwriting." NPR Song of the Day - NPR
Discography
"Thin Thin Line" Caldo Verde Records 2010
"Loving Takes This Course - A Tribute to the songs of Kath Bloom" Chapter Music 2009
"Terror" Chapter Music 2008
"Finally" Chapter Music 2007
"Love at Work" 2001
"Come Here - The Florida Years" 1999
Reissues
Kath Bloom & Loren Connors "Sing The Children Over/Sand In My Shoes" Chapter Music 2008
Kath Bloom & Loren Connors "Restless Faithful Desperate/Moonlight" Chapter Music 2009
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Bio
Kath is some kind of legend. She comes from a special place where country, blues and folk are made beautifully translucent and emotive. She has a special gift - her almost supernaturally beautiful, wavering soprano is one that has to be heard, with a clear transparent moonlight quality that silences a room. Her songs will burn a hole straight to your soul.
Her music has been featured in Richard Linklater’s film Before Sunrise and was honored on a tribute album featuring Devendra Banhart, Bill Callahan, and Mark Kozelek. In 2010, her album Thin Thin Line was released on Mark Kozelek’s label Caldo Verde Records. Since it’s release, Kath has toured all over the US and Europe including a performance at the End of the Road Festival in England.
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