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"Ashby-Craft Proves that Love Is all There Is.....a refreshing change from much of the material being released nowadays....Ashby-Craft absolutely shines"
- Ray's Reviews Prince Edward Island,Canada
Kate Ashby-Craft has been nominated in the 2007 Toronto Exclusive Magazine Music Awards in the folowing categories:
Best Provincial Adult Contemporary CD/Album "Love Is All There Is"
Best Provincial Adult Contemporary Female Artist
Best Provincial Adult Contemporary Web Site
Artist of the Year Overall(Solo) - Toronto Exclusive Magazine
“ throughout all of Craft’s songs, she melds her passion for life and music and reflects in her styling and rhythms. She has a unique method that makes her a standout in her genre”
Melody Geear northeastintune.com
- Melody Geear/northeastintune.com
....Love Is All There Is contains twelve great songs and Atlantic Seabreeze gives this album very high ratings on its rating list. - John Gavin www.atlanticseabreeze.com
....inspiration and a thematic thread wind its way through this project, topped off with clearly talented vocals. - Brett Holmes,Lucid Forge,Stratford,Ontario
“ …..Kate has a rather bluesy, soulful voice that almost has an operatic feel to it, very powerful indeed and if you’re looking for music that will inspire and uplift, then have a listen to Kate Ashby-Craft.” - Francesco Emmanuel,Muse's Muse,Toronto,ON,Canada
“…Kate Ashby-Craft has a bluesy soulful sound that makes her voice as unique as her music.
Love Is All There Is provides the adult contemporary listener with a raw sound different from most other recordings of today.”
- Dave Carter,The Beacon Herald,Stratford,ON,Canada
" an enjoyable adult pop album of songs all exploring love in one way or another,Ashby-Craft sounds completely immersed...the musicians are great,but her delivery is what makes it." - Eric Lewis/Times&Transcript,Moncton,NB,Canada
Discography
" The Many Faces Of " LP 1979
" Give Your Heart A Break " single 1986
" Lovin' Dangerously " single 1986
" The Heart And The Mind " CD 1995
" Love Is All There Is " CD 2006
Both singles made the Canadian Country Charts and several songs off of my first CD are receiving internet, community and commercial airplay around the world.The song "You're My Addiction " off of my first CD earned me a nomination for Best Singer from American country radio in Airplay International's King Eagle Music Awards held in Nashville , September 2003.
In September 2006,Kate released her new CD "Love Is All There Is". This album received rave reviews and charted on several college radio charts.
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I am very pleased to tell you that out of 6,000 entries,my song "You Are My Woman/You Are My Man" was chosen as a semi-finalist in the prestigious 2009 UK songwriting contest.
I am also excited to tell you that I just signed a licensing deal for my newest CD "Love Is All There Is" with W.O.A. Records for all of India.
I am also still enjoying playing the role of June Carter Cash in the musical tribute show to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.
I have been performing all my life and sang my first lead role(Cinderella) at the ripe old age of 12(I started off as a classical singer).I have also toured both in Canada and the U.S.A. and have sung most genres of music. I love variety and write in most genres as well. In the 80s I won a province wide talent search in my home province of Nova Scotia, Canada and at that time I was doing country music so I released two country singles both of which charted on the Canadian Country Charts. In the 90s I started seriously writing and released my debut CD The Heart And The Mindin the fall of 1995.This album which fit in the Country/Folk/Pop genre was well received and is still getting airplay around the world. The second single that was released off the CD (Youre My Addiction) garnered me a nomination from American Country Radio for Best Singer in Airplay Internationals, King Eagle Music Awards held in Nashville in September 2003.
In September 2006 I released my new CD Love Is All There Is ".This album ventures into the Jazzy/Pop genre. Also at this time, I started working with a publicist and we did a major marketing campaign all across Canada seeking CD reviews and airplay. I am thrilled to say that the reviews are favourable and we are also getting some very nice airplay. As a matter of fact this CD charted at number 7 on CHLY 101.7 in Nanaimo, BCs jazz chart in February 2007 and was number 8 on the Folk/Roots/Blues chart on CILU 102.7 FM in Thunder Bay,ON in April 2007.
I am also very pleased to tell you that I have been inducted into the International Artist's Registry.I am one of 48 artists that were selected out of a thousand applicants.
In October 2007 I was nominated for four music awards in the Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards for all of Canada.
For more information or to see three music videos plus listen to a live one hour radio interview please visit www.kateashbycraft.com or email me at
poplar@kateashbycraft.com
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