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August 2007
At the table with margarita's and seltzer water, a darling couple, beautiful Steve, a lady in green, and a whole lot of laughter. It is a late Saturday brunch and we are talking about boys & girls we dated or fell in love with in high school, and the incident that provoked Larry, the neighbor, to give our host the fabulous new lounge chair that I was currently relaxing on. Our conversations swept through a variety of subplots including careers, arts and entertainment, when the near stranger on the couch asked me "so what's your story?" In brief? I got my first guitar at Christmas, the year I wore a granny nightgown decorated with cherries, and I've been writing songs ever since.
A More Formal History
Katharine Blodget (Has changed her name as of August 2007), a native of New York City, was inspired to begin singing and performing at age seven after seeing a revival of the classic musical Peter Pan on Broadway. "It's pretty embarrassing to admit now," she laughs, "but I was really just interested in learning how to fly!"
Despite her aeronautical aspirations, Katharine chose to enroll in acting classes and was later accepted to the Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts. While there, she honed her dramatic and vocal skills in theater productions, but also discovered Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Carole King, and P.J. Harvey; women whose example inspired her to focus on songwriting.
Eventually graduating from Skidmore College with a degree in psychology, Katharine spent two years conducting clinical research on schizophrenia at the National Institute of Health. In the evenings she performed with jazz and a cappella ensembles and at scores of open mic nights. It was only after organizing a successful benefit concert, though, that she decided to leave academia behind and pursue a career as a singer/songwriter.
Returning to the Big Apple, Katharine formed a rock 'n' roll power trio, recorded her first CD (entitled Beta) and quickly developed a large and intensely devoted live following. Not content to rest on her laurels, however, she sought out noted Downtown producer/engineer Edward Sperry and a crack team of NYC studio musicians whose recording credits range from Lloyd Cole to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Together, Blodget and Sperry constructed an album that freely combines acoustic instruments with highly processed electronic sounds and dub/dance-influenced modern editing techniques. The result is Thanks for Making the Bed, a disc that, while retaining the emotional rawness of the oldest traditional music, is guaranteed to challenge purists' notions about what can or should be labeled as "folk."
She is currently writing and rehearsing material for a third CD. "As I develop as a person, my music continues to develop as well," she says. "Who knows what's next?"
