Inspirations/Teachers: Billie Holiday, Hank Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Edith Piaf, Dolly Parton, Etta James, Rufus Wainwright, Patty Griffin, Jeff Buckley, Sarah McLachlan, Ed Harcourt, Jonatha Brooke, Imogen Heap, Over the Rhine, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Patsy Cline, Patrick Wolf, Stacy Jagger, Kenny Rogers, Neil fucking Diamond, indie films and classic cinema, friends and lovers, rainy nights, vodka gimlets, dreams, nightmares, all the musicals I grew up watching (Annie, Funny Girl, the Sound of Music, Singing in the Rain), and so much more...
Sounds Like
Something old and something new at the same time...
"There were always in me, two women at least,
one woman desperate and bewildered,
who felt she was drowning and another who
would leap into a scene, as upon a stage,
conceal her true emotions because they
were weaknesses, helplessness, despair,
and present to the world only a smile,
an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest."
- Anais Nin
"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. "
- Sir Francis Bacon
Katrina Parker is a recovering Southern Baptist and small town escapee, a former North Carolina to Nashville girl now scraping her way through the Los Angeles music scene, striving to find beauty in the farthest corners and most hidden places.
See Katrinaparker.com for show dates and updates on the new EP...oh, and welcome home lovers.
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Here's what some VERY nice people have said about Katrina's music...
“...A smoky, show-stopper of a cabaret voice.”
-Tulsa Weekly
“...Haunting and expressive...poignant and lovely...”
-The Patriot News
“…Listening to Katrina Parker’s music is like taking a journey back to the vintage days of WWII. The payoff culminates in powerful songs that produce a connection with the present.”
–Music Connection
“…A wonderfully talented new singer-songwriter…[Katrina Parker’s] music, voice, songwriting, and production are stunning. Her debut CD stands alongside impressive major label debuts on all counts, and there is no reason her next effort will not exceed her first offering.”
–One Way Magazine
“…Katrina Parker provide(s) moments of truth and grace…”
-The Houston Chronicle
“...Intelligent lyrics and vocal capability...”
-Paste Magazine
“…[Katrina Parker] sings love songs, but she sings them with realistic optimism and an adult perspective on her own emotional world, capturing the heart and spirit of the women of her generation in a way that other singer-songwriters often fail to accomplish.”
-Northeast In Tune Magazine
“…Los Angeles based artist Katrina Parker will softly steal in and capture your deepest listening desires…”
–Women Rising Music
“…Arming herself with a haunting voice and cleverly penned lyrics, [Katrina] Parker writes poignant songs with vocal jazz underlinings and a determined pop exterior...”
–Smother Magazine
“…Katrina Parker is definitely an artist worth watching.”
-The Music Edge
“…Sultry and commanding and inviting without even the slightest hint of pretentiousness…”
-1340 Mag
“Only Dreaming is an EP that incorporates a dreamy intimacy into adult pop music… If Katrina Parker has more songs in her, [this] may be the start of something very, very big."
-Phantom Tollbooth
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
Katrina Parker, How's it going? I just wanted to let you know that my debut CD "Like I'm Beautiful" is now available on iTunes, on sale for only $5.94 this week!
Hope that you enjoy and have a blessed day! Kelly Murray
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
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