New music from Kate Ellis - 'Ones You Love The Most'

London-based, American-born singer/songwriter Kate Ellis released her debut single ‘Ones You Love The Most’ on February 10th 2017.

You can listen to the track on Soundcloud or here:

Release Date: 10 Feb 2017

Label: River Rose Records

Time: 3:55
Genre: Americana

Available for purchase: Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Spotify

The song has received airplay on Chris Country Radio (11 Feb: Baylen Leonard’s The Front Porch show) and Lee Williams (CEO and owner of CMR Nashville, and President of the British Country Music Awards) played it on his Friday Feb 17^th show broadcast on CMR Nashville "Europe's #1 Country Music Radio Station".

In her own words: “It tells stories (Short Cuts-style) of a cast of characters, from different backgrounds and circumstances, all living out this same heart-breaking reality in their lives, in different ways and with different consequences. The choruses were inspired by someone I knew who left her children, believing it was the best thing for everyone. In the first chorus, I had an image in my mind of the children being left behind by a mother who believes wholeheartedly that she is doing the right thing, but can’t see the awful reality of the pain she’s leaving behind for others to endure.” Referencing the sound of the song, she said: “The recording has that train rolling down the tracks feel of some Johnny Cash songs, and echoes of a New Orleans-style marching band.”

ABOUT KATE ELLIS:

Kate Ellis is an Americana singer-songwriter, who was born in Louisiana, grew up in New York and is now based in London, England. Having performed in festivals and concerts across the USA, London and Paris, the timeless sound of her music reflects her love of classic singer-songwriters from Gram Parsons and Gillian Welch, to Mary Chapin Carpenter, Leonard Cohen and Nanci Griffith.

Kate’s southern country-folk roots come from her father, an important early musical influence who once played guitar with Hank Williams on the famous Louisiana Hayride, where Elvis and Johnny Cash started out.

The story of her upbringing provides an interesting background to her musical journey - as well as being a musician, her father worked as a high-profile ‘Mad Men’-era Madison Avenue advertising executive, and her mother was a New York socialite during the sixties and seventies. Although Kate had a natural talent for classical piano and art in her early years, she found herself following a different path before pursuing music, attending law school and eventually becoming a lawyer.

Kate’s emotional and seductive vocals take you into a world of private beauty, reflection and feelings. The music is always intimate and evocative – you listen and want to be there.

A journalist for the Observer commented: "Kate Ellis writes hauntingly beautiful songs and has an amazing voice, I'm a fan!" While TheMediaEye.com said: "Kate’s contemporary country-folk classic sound, and a voice best described as a cross between Emmylou Harris and Suzanne Vega, make her debut album eagerly anticipated."

Her debut single ‘Ones You Love The Most’ released on 10th February 2017, and Kate will be playing live throughout the year.

Great to see @kateellismusic on @SpotifyUK's Your Coffee Break playlist: https://t.co/lJbHVUNB5J

— Lime Tree Music (UK) (@limetreemusicpr) 18 February 2017

What can you expect from her live shows?

The ‘acoustic’ line-up is myself on acoustic guitar, my husband on a second acoustic playing more lead lines with backing vocals, plus some slide guitar and harmonica, and a fiddle player who also picks up a melodica every now and then.  Sometimes for bigger venues, we have upright bass and drums as well. Regardless I try to create intimacy that allows the audience to really connect with the music because that’s what I like when I go to a show…Read more in this Interview BLOG feature

Dates so far announced:

SUN February 26, 2017 - Mondegreen Folk Club, Ryan's N16, London (181 Stoke Newington Church St, Stoke Newington, N16 0UL)

Tues March 7, 2017 - The Lucky Pig Cocktail Bar, London (4 Clipstone Street, W1W 6BB) Stephanie Jane Oliver, Bill Kacir, Kate Ellis + Support FREE Event

Sun June 4, 2017 - "Softly Softly" @ Kiss The Sky Bar, Park Road, London (18-20 Park Rd, Crouch End N8 8TD)

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