Kat Edmonson – Old Fashioned Gal (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:06 minutes | 374 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MRI
Old Fashioned Gal, the title of Kat Edmonson’s fourth record, certainly describes the singer. Edmonson doesn’t truck with modern styles, whether they’re musical or technological, but that doesn’t mean she’s stuck in the past. She’s working an older style — one that’s rooted in the first half of the 20th century — but she’s adding to tradition by writing a set of original songs that blend modern lyrical sensibilities with the style of the Great American Songbook. It’s a sly, subtle accent on a record that could be mistaken for an old-fashioned LP — the music and the arrangements are intimate, yet lush; the tempo is never hurried, which gives Edmonson plenty of time to luxuriate in her melodies — and that helps give this cabaret music an air of welcome freshness.
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Kat Edmonson – Dreamers Do (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:35 minutes | 536 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Spinnerette Records
With a sweetly mellifluous soprano echoing Blossom Dearie’s lighter-than-air approach as well as her gift for evocative songwriting, Kat Edmonson is a rare artist who embodies the spirit of the past while remaining resolutely au courant. Her unusually charming and seamless blend of old and new has garnered attention on “NPR Tiny Desk Concerts”, “Austin City Limits”, and “A Prairie Home Companion”.
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