Despite her aeronautical aspirations, Katharine chose to enroll in acting classes and was later accepted to the Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts. While there, she honed her dramatic and vocal skills in theater productions, but also discovered Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Carole King, and P.J. Harvey; women whose example inspired her to focus on songwriting.

Eventually graduating from Skidmore College with a degree in psychology, Katharine spent two years conducting clinical research on schizophrenia at the National Institute of Health. In the evenings she performed with jazz and a cappella ensembles and at scores of open mic nights. It was only after organizing a successful benefit concert, though, that she decided to leave academia behind and pursue a career as a singer/songwriter.

Returning to the Big Apple, Katharine formed a rock 'n' roll power trio, recorded her first CD (entitled Beta) and quickly developed a large and intensely devoted live following. Not content to rest on her laurels, however, she sought out noted Downtown producer/engineer Edward Sperry and a crack team of NYC studio musicians whose recording credits range from Lloyd Cole to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Together, Blodget and Sperry constructed an album that freely combines acoustic instruments with highly processed electronic sounds and dub/dance-influenced modern editing techniques. The result is Thanks for Making the Bed, a disc that, while retaining the emotional rawness of the oldest traditional music, is guaranteed to challenge purists' notions about what can or should be labeled as "folk."

Currently, Katharine is promoting her sophomore disc with an all-new live band and has become a regular at famed Lower East Side venues such as The Living Room and Arlene Grocery. She continues to gig up and down the East Coast, while writing and rehearsing material for a third CD. "As I develop as a person, my music continues to develop as well," she says. "Who knows what's next?"

CONTACT

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(917) 449-1670