Kathy Kallick Band News
Dec. 11/18
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Seasons Greetings -
The Kathy Kallick Band's
Horrible World
has been out for less than three months, but is getting played throughout the world(s) of bluegrass/folk/
acoustic music radio. The well-regarded
FOLK DJ CHARTS
for Sept. - Nov., 2018
document
some of this action:
- TOP ALBUMS: Horrible World (#4, #2, #4)
- TOP ARTISTS: Kathy Kallick Band (#4, #1, #3)
- TOP SONGS OF THE MONTH: "Ride Away," "Pockets Full Of Rain," and "(It's A) Horrible World" are all receiving significant airplay.
Thanks for all the spins to all the DJs, including
WFMT's Rich Warren, who made the album
one of "Rich's Picks" when he debuted it, and includes it on his
, noting that,
"There's nothing this quintet can't do ... humor and contemplation and some political references [with] an impressive amount of finely-played musical horsepower, led by Kallick's versatile vocals."
Horrible World has received some blush-worthy reviews; here's an excerpt from one:
"Put a Kathy Kallick Band album on, and you know you're in for songs, arrangements, and performances at the highest level. And you will never have your intelligence insulted. As the title implies,
Horrible World carries a strong element of social commentary directed at this particularly unsettled, chaotic moment in our national journey, but the criticism is laced with hope and humor, the commentary subtext as much as text ... Amid all the superior original music and musicianship, 'Cotton Eyed Joe' is the standout, brilliantly reinvented ... Just about everything I love about American folk music is in that song. Kallick and companions lay down an adaptation for the ages."
- Jerome Clark,
Rambles
If you visit the
KKB home page, you'll see the 200+ DJs/radio shows/stations playing music from the album. And you can read the comments of several generations of musical peers who've had a listen to
Horrible World
. They include:
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Dale Ann Bradley, Justin Hiltner, Kristin Scott-Benson, Mike Compton, Molly Tuttle, Pat Enright, Pete Wernick, Rob Ickes, and Tristan Scroggins.
The
My Route To 66 birthday party and songwriting retrospective back in September was a big success and Big Fun. Thanks to all who made it possible, including the 16 other musicians, the
Freight & Salvage, and
Irene Young, who recorded the concert and shot the photos in this newsletter. See below for links to viewing a couple new songs done at that show with my wonderful and mighty band: Annie Staninec, Cary Black, Greg Booth, and Tom Bekeny.
All the best to you & yours during the holidays and throughout 2019 -
The Finale L -> R: Bethany Raine, Keith Little (partially hidden),
Annie Staninec
, Scott Nygaard, John Reischman,
Tom Bekeny
(partially hidden), Laurie Lewis,
Kathy
, Cindy Browne (partially hidden), Ed Johnson,
Cary Black
, Juniper Waller, Amy Stenberg, Sylvia Herold, Richard Brandenburg (partially hidden), Avram Siegel,
Greg Booth
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