Katy Moffatt... The most memorable American roots music -- be it western, country, folk, rock or the blues -- is always informed by a simple fact of life: you live and you learn. Just ask Katy Moffatt. Or better yet, listen to her sing, be it a song from her own prolific pen or a choice cut from a favorite songwriter. It’s clear that Katy sings and writes with the voice of hard-won authority. Debuting in 1976 with Katy on Columbia Records, Moffatt has continued to grow and expand her own artistry so effectively that November 2002 saw the reissue of her first two Columbia albums on compact disc. Captivated by Broadway show tunes, the Beatles and Motown, she was an avid listener to Top 40 radio and says, “I used to come home from school, have dinner, go to bed, and set the alarm for midnight. Then I’d get up and do my homework and listen to the radio. It was my favorite time -- I could be alone with the music.” By high school, she was absorbing Tom Rush, Judy Collins and Leonard Cohen. Later, Tracy Nelson and Ella Fitzgerald, became vocal touchstones for Moffatt, who recalls that “as soon as I started performing, I knew this was what I wanted to do. After college, she spent time in Austin opening shows for the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker and Willis Alan Ramsey before landing in Denver, where she was eventually discovered by Columbia Records. A move to California in 1979 landed her within a burgeoning community of like-minded country rockers, and after recording another unreleased album, Moffatt appeared on the groundbreaking A Town South of Bakersfield compilation amid kindred spirits such as Dwight Yoakum and Rosie Flores. On her 1999 Hightone Records album, Loose Diamond, Katy teamed with labelmate and Grammy winner Dave Alvin as her producer for the first time. Together, they crafted a collection of songs to convey all the power and soul in her voice in a direction clearly aimed at a roots country audience. In recent years, Moffatt has been able to enjoy a career that’s become as broad as her varied interests. In early 1996, Rounder issued Sleepless Nights, her collaboration with traditional singer Kate Brislin, and later that year she was heard duetting with the legendary Country Dick Montana on his posthumously released solo album, The Devil Lied To Me (Rolling Stone magazine called her participation, a “vocal star turn.”) After some 30 years of solo performances from New York to Vancouver, from London to the Blue Mountains of Australia, Katy delivered her first live solo offering. Up Close and Personal, released by Fuel / UMVD Records in 2005, is yet another very special collection of music in answer to an expressed desire of aficionados the world over. Now, with Fewer Things, Katy continues her unique path, cutting through to a place where the honesty, power, and purity of her sound reside and flourish like a wild rose. You can learn more about Katy Moffatt by visiting the Official Katy Moffatt website. Just click here > Katy Moffatt

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