Kathleen Grace

MIRROR, the new cd from the Kathleen Grace band is out NOW!



Buy it on CD BABY, ITUNES and AMAZON.



WASHINGTON POST PRESS:



" Wednesday's performance suggested that Grace's role models, who include Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman and Nancy Wilson, have only encouraged her to find her own way. She has a lovely voice -- a lithe, ethereal soprano.Grace spent part of her show providing listeners with a sneak peek at her new seven-track release "Mirror," casting a dreamy spell with the self-penned title cut and infusing Newman's "Let Me Go" with the requisite bluesy ennui. At once smart, alluring and evocative." - Mike Joyce, Washington Post



"Short take: Eclectic L.A. chanteuse gets it right



Mix jazz with pop and you're likely to end up with Diana Krall or worse. L.A. vocalist Kathleen Grace, whose influences run from Wayne Shorter to Nick Drake, is considerably more inspired on this, her third album.In providing a missing link between the cocktail lounge and the concert hall, Mirror does them both proud. " Bill Forman, COLORADO SPRINGS INDEPENDENT



Blog Critics Magazine



Written by Jordan Richardson

Published October 23, 2008

"The Kathleen Grace Band lives somewhere between cheeky and poignant, plugging their brand of jazz, rock, and folk into the purity of music and coming up with awe-inspiring results.Based out of Los Angeles, Grace and her band have worked through the music scene in the area with their attention to detail, extraordinary storytelling abilities, and delightfully pure music.Their third release is Mirror, a selection of tracks with modern day fables serving as the cores of the songs. These stories of love, power, loss, and passion are charming and textured. They serve as reminders of our humanity, of our reflections, and of the inner compartments of our hearts."

TUCSON CITIZEN, Chuck Graham

While academically trained musicians peer into the crystal ball of murky music theory to search for the future of jazz, a smaller group of independently minded young musicians looks to the far more accessible fields of pop and folk music for inspiration.



By turns haunting, bittersweet, insightful and buoyant, Grace, along with her favorite creative colleagues Perry Smith, guitar, and Matt Politano, piano/backup vocals, mix new jazz colors that don't require a college semester of music appreciation to appreciate. Grace's supple soprano has a pop singer's immediacy coupled with a three-octave range that can take her anyplace The mystery of Grace's art runs deep. What we know for sure is this musical road map can take you somewhere important.



Midwest Record

"Charting a new route that your won't be able to pigeon hole straight away, Grace is a jazzy vocalist that mines a Rickie Lee Jones groove with a smoother voice and veers it into classic singer/songwriter territory. A smart and polished presentation, Grace has loads on the ball and the open eared looking for a new kick are sure to find it right off here. (Monsoon)"

- Chris Spector



JAZZTIMES Jan/Feb 2009



"Stunning.(Kathleen Grace) proves herself as sultry and street-smart as Peggy Lee, armed and ready for conquest" - Christopher Louden



Thank you Philladelphia Inquirer and MichaelHarrington for recommending the Philly show in it's "7 days" column



Thanks also to Portfolio Weekly and Jim Newsom for the great article about the east coast tour and my former life as a drum major read all about it

"The music was absolutely lovely." Tracy Brown Best of SXSW Blog, Dallas Morning News



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