Kathleen Grace Band CD Release Party Sat Oct 25th at Hotel Cafe

WHAT:
KATHLEEN GRACE BAND CD RELEASE PARTY
CD Release Party for their new album, MIRROR (Monsoon Records)

WHERE:
HOTEL CAFE
1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Hollywood

WHEN:
Saturday, October 25
Showtime: 8 pm

WHO:
Kathleen Grace Band
Kathleen Grace - vocals
Matt Politano - piano/vocals
Perry Smith - guitar
Sam Miniae - Bass
Qasim Naqvi - drums

COST:
Tickets: $10

“At once smart, alluring, evocative..." - Mike Joyce,The Washington Post



“The stuff of imaginative talent on the rise..." - Don Heckman, The Los Angeles Times

After two previous jazz-oriented releases, Grace and her band are set to dive into to new territory. Their upcoming release, Mirror, features almost exclusively original material that embraces the language of rock, folk and jazz as a democratic music all its own. The sound critics describe as “indie-jazz" has taken the group of inspired young players from rock festivals to performing art centers across the country.



Based in Los Angeles, the Kathleen Grace Band (KGB) was born out of a desire to fuse the musical language of jazz with the storytelling of the American folk tradition. Grace in her capacity as singer, songwriter and producer draws the listener in with vocal harmonies, grooves and textures inspired by her stories of love, power and loss. Each selection from the new project has a modern day fable at its center and lessons learned and unlearned color their meaning. The title track takes inspiration from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of Snow White. In telling her tale Grace blurs the lines between good and evil as she fuses witch with princess. In her song “Penny" Grace uses a pauper's plea to question contemporary myths of history and control. The song “Elijah" is an homage to her hometown of Tucson, Arizona and the summer storms that filled her imagination as a girl. And the CD's potential hit, “Am I Enough Yet", celebrates the power found in imperfection.