Following two full-length albums, Kate’s new EP features three songs: delicate pastoral acoustic gems which embody her closeness to nature and her home in Wales.
Kate herself plays flute, beautifully used on ‘The Dunes’ with its traditional-sounding chorus, and is joined by Marie Smith on cello and Daniel Wilkins on guitar and kora. Daniel imitates the harp perfectly on the title track, a perfect example of transporting an instrument from one culture to another. In passing, do Greeks still play the bouzouki, I wonder?
The final track, ‘Freefalling’, is about searching for a place in the world, a theme explored throughout her work. It was Kate’s affinity with the natural world which led her to undertake a summer tour of RSPB bird sanctuaries from Loch Garten to Saxmundham and I can’t imagine a better way to hear her than in the open air far from the intrusions of civilisation.
Dai Jeffries
Artist Web Link: www.katedoubleday.com
We all give our spare time to run folking.com. Our aim has always been to keep folking a free service for our visitors, artists, PR agencies and tour promoters. If you wish help out and donate something (running costs currently funded by Paul Miles), please click the PayPal link below to send us a small one off payment or a monthly contribution.
Thanks for stopping by. Please help us continue and support us by tipping/donating to folking.com via
You must be logged in to post a comment.