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"Sing Your Song is wonderful -- I can't imagine the world without it." -Dar Williams "...the magic rests in Goldman's sheer joy in taking command of her art all over again." -Jason Schneider, EXCLAIM Magazine, April 2007 "Kat Goldman is a Canadian flower." -Eric Anderson "Kat Goldman has a keen ear for melody a sure hand with a lyric and could sing the birds out of the trees. One of my favourite singer songwriters." -James Keelaghan 
Videos of Kat in New York:BiographyFamous music fanatic Michael Wrycraft walked into a Toronto bar one night on College St. in 2002. He saw a young female singer-songwriter light up the stage. Enthusiastic, he went home with her two cassette tapes she was selling off the stage that night. He passed them on to his friend, Canadian folk legend James Keelaghan, who then passed them on to Winnipeg darlings "the Duhks". Before long, The (recently Grammy-nominated) Duhks were recording a version of Kat Goldman's song "Annabel" on their upcoming CD. Kathleen Edwards is known to spin her records, and her songs have been at the top of this last year's CBC radio national playlist. Who is Kat Goldman? Perhaps the mystique lies in the fact that Kat Goldman is one of Canada's best kept secrets. A Toronto native, Kat Goldman packed up her bags and traveled down to Boston Massachussettes when she was 20 years old. There, she picked up a guitar and began frequenting the fervent Cambridge coffeehouse scene, also becoming a regular busker in Harvard Square. Kat returned to Toronto in 1996, and started doing shows of her own in Toronto venues. Producer Gavin Brown (Sarah Harmer, Billy Talent) heard her music and went gaga. He wanted to work with her...and so began their collaboration on "The Great Disappearing Act", Kat Goldman's coming out studio record. This was truly a break-out achievement in her career. Suddenly Kat was opening for Sarah Slean, Martin Sexton, the Waifs, Regina Spektor, Al Stuart, The Strawbs, Dar Williams, Jonatha Brooke, and Eric Anderson who after seeing her show, called her a "Canadian Flower". Is it any wonder that this "Canadian Flower" was then picked up by Shawn Colvin/Dar Williams/ Suzanne Vega's management out of New York City? As Kat put it, "Suddenly I was working with the people who managed the careers of my very own heroes. I began playing some of the best venues in NYC- The Bottom Line, The Bitter End, and The Living Room". In September of 2004, Kat decided it was time to move down to New York City, the hub of creative industry. However, one week before she was to leave, she was struck in a near-fatal freak accident. While stopping inside a bakery, a car came crashing through the storefront window, pinning her against the back wall. Her injuries resulted in multiple surgeries and Kat spent the next 2 years recovering and learning how to walk again. She has now emerged this year 2007 with her triumphant sophomore album "Sing Your Song", described by Dar Williams as a record that "the world would not be the same without". Perhaps in time, Kat Goldman will no longer be Canada's best kept secret. 
Sing Your Song
1 Sing Your Song (Full Song)
Buy the album at MapleMusic.com
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