Kate MacLeod

Songwriter/musician Kate MacLeod’s songs have been recorded by artists from California to the Czech Republic. A performer, studio musician, and leader of master classes and workshops, she is best known for her original songs and her unique fiddling style. Hailed as one of the “Ten Acts to Watch” by editors of the MusicHound Folk Essential Album Guide, Macleod is often compared to Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith and Richard Thompson. Based in Salt Lake City, she has been recognized as an outstanding artist by the Utah Arts Council and has been voted best lyricist, best folk/acoustic musician, best fiddler, best bluegrass, and best solo act in the annual Salt Lake City Weekly Reader’s Poll. Her songs have been featured on syndicated radio shows including A Prairie Home Companion, River City Folk, and the holiday program hosted by Judy Collins, Peace on Earth. A fine interpreter of songs by artist such as Bob Dylan, Jean Ritchie and Jack Hardy, Macleod also performs traditional songs from the British Isles and North America. Since 1995, she has released five studio recordings while also touring to Austria and throughout Europe. Her most recent CD, Breakfast, with her band The Pancakes, was released in 2005. Opening the concert will be Santa Fe-based singer-songwriter, painter, sculptor, jewelry maker, potter and massage therapist Martha Reich, who was a finalist in the 2006 New Mexico State Fair Talent Showcase. She has released two CDs, including The Color of Blue and her recent, Evidence of Life. She is joined by “transgalactic electro-cellist” Michael Kott, a professor of cello at the College of Santa Fe with whom she has been performing throughout New Mexico.

$17/$12 Members & Students. Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044)