Jazz Articles about Katchie Cartwright

Katchie & Le Monde Cache: Tales & Tongues

by Edward Blanco
June 6, 2011

Vocalist Katharine “Katchie" Cartwright is certainly one extremely talented individual. A Ph. D. in ethnomusicology provides a clue of her caliber on Tales & Tongues. An educator, professional singer and musician, her experience with workshops throughout Europe, South America, the Caribbean, Asia and West Africa, has prepared her well for this particular project, where Cartwright--along with her group Le Monde Caché ("the hidden world")--presents a collection of standards from the world stage, using music from what she terms, the “global ...