Bob Dylan 85th Birthday Bash!
Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY, 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY
With Julia Alsarraf, Girl Blue, BlueBillies, Buggy Jive, and Chuck Lamb. Your host: Michael Eck.
In the round with Rees Shad and Grace Morrison
Held at The Borchard Community Center in Newbury Park, CA Split bill with Rupert Waites, an English singer/songwriter More information: https://www.facebook.com/firesideconcert
Please contact host Nina Jo Smith for more information: ninajosmith@gmail.com
Call (626) 399•0066 for details Or go to https://www.jeweleduniverse.com/ for details and tickets
Back at one of my favorite venues. Totally worth the drive to northern Missouri! For more info, see https://www.facebook.com/thebixler108/past_hosted_events
Labyrinth House Concert (or 9/21, depending on NFL schedule!)
Private Home, contact host through Facebook page, Kansas City, MO
It will be so lovely to get back to KC to see the lovely people there, especially Howard and Terri! And don't even get me started about the barbeque!
Split bill with Mike Herman
I met Mike Herman at Dorn Space's Awards Ceremony last fall and was really charmed by what he does--blues in his very own raspy delivery. Wonderful songs! (I was awarded for best female singer/songwriter willing to drive in the snow to get to a gig!)
Info & tickets (838) 202-4425 or dornspace@gmail.com
Kate will perform in a number of showcases at this private event open to performers, presenters, and music business folks
Kate will perform in a number of showcases at this private event open to performers, presenters, and music business folks
UK Tour reviews (May '25)
Audience and Online reviews
“Cracking! Really enjoyed the whole show…” Alan Perrow, Skipton
The “crowd loved it…” Gary Marks, Wrecking Ball, Hull
“…it was a great show…we hope to see you back before too long…” Jonathan Green, Stage/Sound Tech, Skipton Town Hall
“Never heard of her before but now a big fan. I really enjoyed the night.” Facebook feedback, Berwick
“I struggle to play Joni’s Coyote ‘right way round” – she does it upside down and backwards – AND really well! It’s not fair!” Dave Swindles, Keighley
“A consummate professional, excellent musician, singer and songwriter and a very slick performer, but Kate’s sense of fun and just the “joy of being here” shines through and really engages the audience.” Facebook review
“We don’t often make them like this over here and it’s our loss. Kate is a ‘proper’ contemporary folk singer in the classic Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Suzanne Vega mode. Her songs are relevant, observant, sometimes witty and sometimes hard hitting all done with an eye for detail, a lovely sense of rhythm and melody, and a gifted songwriter’s way with words.” ‘A.G.T’ online
Recorded Interview with Kate by Vivian Nesbitt on The Art of the Song
Listen to an interview with Kate about her songwriting, her unique guitar style, and how to ask for what you want in a hardware store! The Art of the Song by Vivian Nesbitt https://www.patreon.com/posts/65851808 (Photo by JJ Tiziou)
Meet KATE MCDONNELL AND HER RIGHT HAND MEN!
Kate is joined by Sam Zucchini (drums) and James Gascoyne (bass) in her new configuration. She still performs solo, as well.
August 2021
Whew! Haven't posted in a while! So happy to announce that Ballad of a Bad Girl charted at #6 in May and #5 in June on the Folk DJ charts. And it continues to receive very respectable airplay (in the top 20) ever since. This is very exciting!
Also, the reviews of Ballad of a Bad Girl are rolling in. Here's a recent one from Marilyn Rea Beyer:
In Kate McDonnell's songs you will find characters and witness scenes you'd have missed, or maybe just caught out of the corner of your eye. McDonnell zooms in to make you see and feel things you didn't even know were there - all with exceedingly fine guitar work and a mossy, alluring voice. I just love this record. Marilyn Rea Beyer, host - WFMT's The Midnight Special (Chicago)
You can still order Ballad of a Bad Girl singles or full album in the "Recordings/Store" page or hit "Order" below.
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New Release for 2021! Ballad of a Bad Girl
Kate's 5th album offers more of the same deft songwriting and musicianship as her previous recordings. She is joined by well-known musicians Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta, and shares songwriting credits with Anne Lindley on most of the songs. Listeners are also treated to a couple of surprise cover tunes. You can order an old-school CD and digital downloads here!
