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Kate Campbell


Country of origin:

U.S.

Type of music generally:

Country/folk

Status:

Most recent release, Damn Sure Blue (2018)

See also:

Kate Campbell's site

Kate Campbell also performs with Tom Kimmel and Pierce Pettis as The New Agrarians

Comparisons:

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Beth Nielsen Chapman

Covers/own material:

Own, covers, and co-written

General comments:

Kate Campbell's got three or four albums out, the first of which, "Songs From the Levee", is fairly twangy country/folk. It's a great album, if you like that sort of thing. (Sherlyn Koo)

she's a singer/songwriter type from Mississippi, pretty cool but [not my thing]. (meth@smoe.org)

Recommended first album:

Recordings:

  • Songs From The Levee (1994)
  • Moonpie Dreams (1997)
  • Visions Of Plenty (1998)
  • Rosaryville (1999)
  • Wandering Strange (2001)
  • Monuments (2003)
  • Twang On A Wire (2003)
  • Sing Me Out (2004)
  • The Portable Kate Campbell (compilation, 2004)
  • Blues And Lamentations (2005)
  • For The Living Of These Days (2006)
  • Save The Day (2008)
  • Two Nights In Texas (2011)
  • 1000 Pound Machine (2012)
  • Live at the Library (live, 2013)
  • The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1) (2016)
  • Damn Sure Blue (2018)

Wandering Strange

Release info:

2001—Eminent Records

Availability:

Wide in U.S.

Ecto priority:

Recommended for fans of country/folk, gospel

Group members:

Kate Campbell—vocals, piano

Guest artists:

Walt Aldridge—bouzouki, guitar, mandolin
Daryl Burgess—drums
David Hood—bass
Spooner Oldham—Hammond organ, piano, wurlitzer
Danny Parks—electric guitar
Ava Aldridge, Cindy Walker—vocals, backing vocals

Produced by:

Kate Campbell

Comments:

A compelling album that came out a few years ago I just discovered this year, from a great Mississippi singer-songwriter. An album of traditional and originally penned Gospel songs—"The Last Song" (about the song Jesus and the disciples sing after the Last Supper) is one of the best things I've heard in a long time. (jjhanson@att.net)

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