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Kate White

New CD Release June 15th!

About Me


Kate is a concert artist, worship leader, songwriter and violinist. She grew up in a musical family, where she studied classically, but also played fiddle and sang in her family bluegrass band.
Kates songs are very much a reflection of her life experiences with God. In sharing about her music, Kate says, I believe God is calling me to write songs of faith, humility, honesty and surrender. God has done such a healing and grace-filled work in my life! I am learning that my walk with Him is about the journey / wrestling we do with God along the way. Its my heart to write from an honest place. I pray that these songs would reflect this process and touch the human heart, lifting it longingly to God.
Kates latest album, Here, definitely does just that. The listener is unexpectedly disarmed and taken to a deeper place of the heart, where Kates lyrics, and tender yet sometimes haunting melodies, express the spiritual tension of trusting God with the unknown and seeing Him in the darkness as well as in the light. Yet throughout the entire project, there is an abiding sense of Gods peace and mercy that He can redeem the painful places in our lives. And Kate should know.
As a teen, I really struggled, Kate remembers. At one point, I ended up in a violent and controlling relationship with a boyfriend. We looked like the perfect couple, but I was living in a private world of physical, emotional and verbal abuse. I wanted to tell my parents, but couldnt. It wasnt until I was in college that I was finally able to break it off. God was amazing and provided the support I needed to be strong and stick with my decision. It was also at this point that I really started growing in my walk with God.
Kates hunger for God eventually led her and her husband, Jeff, overseas to Budapest, Hungary where the Whites served with Church Resource Ministries for nearly 10 years. While in Europe, the Whites helped plant two churches and Kate grew in songwriting, worship and song translation, singing and playing on local, national and international worship teams. She also recorded two projects there that reflected a journey of honesty with God and eventual healing called Journey one in English and one in Hungarian.
Kate shares, Our time in Hungary was life-changing for me. The Hungarian people are so genuine, and my soul hungered for this kind of relationship with God and with others. They poured out their hearts in times of need and in worship. As I grew in my own expression to God, He began to pour Himself out through me to others in worship as I sang and played. He also poured His healing touch into my own heart.
About her musical styling, Kate acknowledges, Im a mixture of Enya, Alisson Krauss and Paula Cole. My songs are mostly acoustic-driven with definite Celtic, Hungarian and Bluegrass influences along with some pop/rock or country stylings.
In response to Kates CD, one of her fans wrote, There is a transparency with God and a spiritual maturity in her music that speaks to my heart so deeply. I didnt expect to go there. Its as if she knows what Ive been longing to say to God but didnt know how. Kates songs and instrumentals have connected me emotionally with the hope and redemptive mercies of God. I use her CD now when I have my quiet times to help me enter into fellowship with God. To this Kate says, I was so humbled when he said he was using my CD in this way. As a project, I couldnt imagine a greater purpose than to draw others closer to the heart of God. Its my prayer that HERE would do just that.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/19/2005
Band Website: katewhitemusic.com
Band Members:When I travel, sometimes it's just me, but for the most part, I am blessed with an awesome band! For starters there's me (Kate) on violin, keyboard (we don't use this a lot, but when we do, I play it) and vocals, Glenn Farley on acoustic guitar and backing vocals, Roger Schenk on acoustic guitar and vocals, Scott Minter on Mandolin and Mandola and Robert Wayne on djembe and percussion.Three of us, Glenn, Scott and I, also do a lot of instrumental music from Renaissance to Celtic and Bluegrass.
Influences: James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Martin, Alisson Krauss, Paula Cole, Nicole Nordeman, Eden's Bridge, The Corrs, Forras and other Hungarian Folk Bands/singers, Margaret Becker, Shawn McDonald, David Crowder, Vicky Beeching and Tim Hughes.
Sounds Like: I've been told that I sound a lot like Norah Jones or the lead singer of the Corrs. I often tell people that I'm a cross between Alisson Krauss, Enya and Paula Cole. That should give you some idea.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New CD Update

Hey, Everyone,I am VERY excited about my new CD and apologize to all for it's delayed release. We were shooting for end of April and, well, we got behind a bit in the studio, then I went on tour with...
Posted by Kate White on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:19:00 PST

Prison Ministry

This year, one of the band's highlights has definitely been doing concerts in prisons. Wherever we tour now, we always try to include a prison. We hooked up with Prisoners For Christ and have been g...
Posted by Kate White on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:33:00 PST

Street Praise - about the slide show!

September 2, 2007 - Sunday Street Praise Category: MusicHey, my guitarist, Glenn put this on his blog and it describes my new slide show, so I wanted to post it! We played Street Praise Labor Day We...
Posted by Kate White on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:25:00 PST

Evacuated from Tahoe!

Hey, everyone,Well, today we were evacuated from South Lake Tahoe! My family has planned a family reunion there for over a year! I also planned a tour around our travels, so I had to cancel Sunday's...
Posted by Kate White on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:11:00 PST

Evacuated from Tahoe!

Hey, everyone,Well, today we were evacuated from South Lake Tahoe! My family has planned a family reunion there for over a year! I also planned a tour around our travels, so I had to cancel Sunday's...
Posted by Kate White on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:12:00 PST

"Heart and Soul"

"Heart and Soul" by Glenn, guitarist, KWBThe Kate White Band was in Southern Oregon last weekend. Why Eagle Point, you ask. Family, in a word. Scott, our mandolin player grew up there so his church ho...
Posted by Kate White on Wed, 09 May 2007 02:24:00 PST

Alaska travelogue

Hi,This is Glenn, Kate's guitarist, sitting in on blog-service. We just got back from our week in Anchorage and Kate heads right back out to Texas for a World Vision Conference. I volunteered to po...
Posted by Kate White on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:08:00 PST

It's 15 below!

Hey, Friends,It's 15 below up here in AK, but absolutely beautiful. The weekend started at CHANGEPOINT church - wow, an amazing place. I was honored and humbled to sing and play with their worship t...
Posted by Kate White on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:00:00 PST

On Tour!

We head out tomorrow 1/5 to AK for a 10 day tour! We are looking forward to ministering up in Anchorage! I will try and blog regularly about the tour, so stay posted!I Jesus' able hands,Kate...
Posted by Kate White on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:40:00 PST

City Harvest concert and homeless shelter

Wow...we had such an amazing weekend and Christmas. On Friday night, our band played at City Harvest Church for their recovery group and they were an amazing group of people! Fully seeking God's hea...
Posted by Kate White on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:12:00 PST