Kate Wolf
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Kate Wolf (Kathryn Louise Allen) (January 27, 1942 – December 10, 1986) was an American folk singer and songwriter. Though her career was relatively short, she had a significant impact on the folk music scene, and many musicians continue to cover her songs.
Born in San Francisco, California, she started her music career in the band Wildwood Flower before recording ten records as a solo artist. Her songs have since been recorded by artists such as Nanci Griffith and Emmylou Harris (whose recording of "Love Still Remains" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999).
She died in 1986, at age 44, after a long battle with leukemia.
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[edit] Discography
- Back Roads (1976)
- Lines On The Paper (1977)
- Safe At Anchor (1979)
- Close To You (1980)
- Give Yourself To Love (1982)
- Poet's Heart (1985)
- Gold In California - A Retrospective Of Recordings (1986)
- The Wind Blows Wild (1987)
- An Evening In Austin (1988)
- Looking Back At You (1994)
- Carry It On (1996)
- Weaver Of Visions - The Kate Wolf Anthology (2000)
[edit] Music Festival
Kate Wolf's music is celebrated each year at the Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival, held at the Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, California. Many thousands of guests attend this outdoor festival, which is regularly headlined by popular folk musicians such as Nina Gerber and Greg Brown. The festival traditionally closes with Kate's song, "Give Yourself to Love".
[edit] Tributes and Covers
Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle wrote "Katie and the Dreamtime Land", one of his most popular songs, as a tribute to Wolf.
In 1998, a tribute album entitled, Treasures left behind: remembering Kate Wolf, was released by Red House Records. The album contains Kate Wolf songs performed by various artists, and the booklet contains tributes and remembrances about her.
Songs:
- "Give yourself to love" (Kathy Mattea)
- "These times we're living in" (Dave Alvin)
- "Friend of mine" (Nanci Griffith)
- "Sweet love" (John Gorka)
- "Here in California" (Lucinda Williams)
- "Like a river" (Peter Rowan & The Rowan Brothers)
- "Carolina pines" (Cris Williamson & Tret Fure)
- "See here, she said" (U. Utah Phillips)
- "In China, or a woman's heart" (Rosalie Sorrels)
- "Tequila and me" (Greg Brown & Ferron)
- "Back roads" (Nina Gerber)
- "Cornflower blue" (Eric Bogle)
- "Love still remains" (Emmylou Harris)
- "Thinking about you" (Terry Garthwaite)
Greg Brown wrote and performed "Kate's Guitar", which is available on his 2004 album, In the Hills of California, recorded live at the Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival.
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