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Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture (featuring Rainy Day Woman)
Kat Edmonson: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Kat Edmonson: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Tour Dates

03/08/2019 - The Side Door Jazz Club / Old Lyme, CT
03/09/2019 - Infinity Hall Norfolk / Norfolk, CT
03/10/2019 - City Winery / New York, NY
03/14/2019 - Iron Horse Music Hall / Northampton, MA
03/15/2019 - Stone Mountain Arts Center / Brownfield, ME
03/16/2019 - Vermont Arts Exchange / Bennington County, VT
03/17/2019 - City Winery - Boston / Boston, MA
03/20/2019 - World Cafe Live Philadelphia / Philadelphia, PA
03/21/2019 - The Hamilton / Washington, D.C.
03/22/2019 - The Soundry / Columbia, MD
03/23/2019 - Jefferson Center / Roanoke, VA
03/25/2019 - City Winery / Nashville, NT
03/26/2019 - Workplay / Birmingham, AL
03/27/2019 - City Winery / Atlanta, GA
03/28/2019 - The Ritz Theatre / Jacksonville, FL
03/29/2019 - Broward Center For The Performing Arts / Ft Lauderdale, FL
03/30/2019 - South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center / Cutler Bay, FL
03/31/2019 - Savannah Music Festival / Savannah, GA
1 Rainy Day Woman
2 You Said Enough
3 Oh My Love
4 Avion
5 Crying
6 All The Way
7 You Can't Break My Heart
8 Till We Start To Kiss
9 The Best
10 Dark Cloud
11 For Two
12 Who's Counting
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Kat Edmonson announces October tour dates in support of her third album, The Big Picture out September 30 via Sony Music Masterworks. A full tour will follow in early 2015. Edmonson's premiere track "Rainy Day Woman" is available via iTunes HERE and for streaming on SoundCloud HERE.  Check out her new video album trailer HERE. The album is her label debut and was recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Froom (Paul McCartney) in his Los Angeles studio. Of the album, Edmonson states, "There's no particular theme, but there are some commonalities, one of which is my ever-underlying influence from motion pictures and film scores. I have always felt that music and film go hand in hand, because that was how I was first exposed to music-from old movies and musicals-and to me there wasn't a separation between an actor acting, dancing and singing." See full tour dates below. 

  • A Holiday Swingin'! Kat Edmonson Christmas set for ZPAC / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: November 16, 2022 12:00 AM
    Kat Edmonson Comes To ZPAC Next Month. The performance is set for December 17.BroadwayWorld's Stephi Wild writes…On Saturday, December 17th, The ZLOCK Performing Arts Center (ZPAC) is proud to present a unique, one-night-only Live Holiday Concert "A Holiday Swingin'! A Kat Edmonson Christmas" with Award-Winning Jazz Vocalist and Songwriter, Kat Edmonson."I was inspired to record music that harkened back to ...
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  • Bill Charlap and Kat Edmonson set for 7th annual True Blue Jazz festival / Cape Gazette
    Posted At: June 30, 2019 12:00 AM

    Straight-ahead American jazz is alive and thriving in downtown Rehoboth Beach with the recent announcement of the Oct. 16-20 schedule for 2019's 7th Annual True Blue Jazz Festival. Founders and producers Eddie Sherman and Peggy Raley have created a calendar of events in keeping with the True Blue Jazz mission of Preservation Through Performance, and the True Blue Youth Jazz Initiative.   Th...
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  • Kat Edmonson returns to the Bay Area / The Mercury News
    Posted At: January 15, 2019 12:00 AM

    It's been more than five years since Kat Edmonson performed in the Bay Area, playing a morning set at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass back in 2013. She's been busy ever since. With an unmistakable voice that's equal parts ingenue and worldly, Edmonson has carved out a singular niche as a songwriter steeped in the sounds of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway. But rather than mining the American Songbook for material, s...
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  • Kat Edmonson set for live session on JPR: Jazz Sunday
    Posted At: January 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    On Sunday, January 27th at 1pm, JPR welcomes critically acclaimed vocalist and songwriter, actor and dancer, Kat Edmonson and her band into the JPR studios for a Live Session on 'Jazz Sunday.' Edmonson has played major stages across the United States, Europe and Japan. She's appeared in major motion pictures, performed on radio and television, and released four groundbreaking albums to date. Her ...
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  • Encore broadcast of 'JPR live session' with Kat Edmonson / Jefferson Public Radio
    Posted At: January 9, 2019 12:00 AM

    Critically acclaimed vocalist and songwriter, actor and dancer, Kat Edmonson has played major stages across the United States, Europe and Japan. She's appeared in major motion pictures, performed on radio and television, and released four groundbreaking albums to date. Her newest album, Old Fashioned Gal, is out now on Spinnerette Records. On Friday, February 1st at Noon, JPR will broadcast an encore of ...
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  • Kat Edmonson's 'Old Fashioned Gal' is a glorious throwback / Music Connection
    Posted At: June 29, 2018 12:00 AM

    Usually it's the pain of a broken heart that inspires artists to plumb their emotional depths. On Old Fashioned Gal, songwriter and vocalist Kat Edmonson makes a case for a bitter winter cold being the ticket to tapping into some seriously cool soulful genius. The result is a glorious throwback to the music of Hollywood's Golden Age with originals that are all at once heartbreaking and uplifting, qu...
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  • Kat Edmonson makes Smooth Radio 97-108 'best Beach Boys covers'
    Posted At: June 7, 2018 12:00 AM

    The Beach Boys created a hugely inspirational legacy of fantastic songs. And like with any great artist, many of their fellow musicians and fans have attempted their own spin on their back catalogue. Here are Smooth Radio 97-108 very best covers of Beach Boys classics over the years. Originally a melancholic song from Pet Sounds, various artists have covered this over the years, but one particular gorgeo...
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  • Highlights from the Detroit Jazz Festival - Kat Edmonson / Dearborn Press and Guide
    Posted At: September 5, 2017 12:00 AM

    p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica; min-height: 12.0px} Call it the unfinished Detroit Jazz Festival. After three and a half glorious days of superb weather and fantastic jazz, an untimely late Labor Day afternoon thunderstorm on Monday, Sept. 4, dampened the weekend glow and forced the early suspension of the 38th annual event in downtown Detroit. Despite the closing nigh...
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  • Kat Edmonson on NPR: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein
    Posted At: May 12, 2015 12:00 AM

    Song Travels with Michael Feinstein, a syndicated series produced by South Carolina ETV Radio, is hosted each week by five-time Grammy-nominee Michael Feinstein. From jazz, blues, and classical to rock, pop, and country, Song Travels builds a bridge across genres, songs and songwriters. The series outlines the rich vitality and evolution of American music through on air performances and discussions. In e...
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  • Kat Edmonson fronts Asleep at the Wheel, on 'Letterman' as show enters final month
    Posted At: April 14, 2015 12:00 AM

    WATCH THE VIDEO Austin got in on the action big-time Monday night as David Letterman entered the final month of his long-running late-night show on CBS, with western swing band Asleep at the Wheel and former Austin singer Kat Edmonson performing a song just after a late-booked appearance by former Texas Longhorns golfer Jordan Spieth fresh off his Masters victory. Asleep at the Wheel leader Ray B...
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  • Kat Edmonson set to play NYC's Le Poisson Rouge / Daily News
    Posted At: February 27, 2015 12:00 AM

    EVERYONE WHO hears Kat Edmonson's voice finds it strange. Everyone, that is, but the singer. "I always assumed that I had a wonderful voice and that everyone would be drawn to it," Edmonson says. "It never occurred to me that it might seem strange or take some getting used to." High in pitch and tangy in tone, Edmonson's voice sounds like an animated character come to life. Once listener...
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  • Kat Edmonson plays NYC's Le Poisson Rouge / Wall Street Journal
    Posted At: February 27, 2015 12:00 AM

    Lately there seems to be an especially noteworthy new crop of young female singer-songwriters. Kat Edmonson's original songs and her delivery thereof somehow seems both retro and cutting edge all at the same time, contemporary but with a firm grounding in the 1960s. On her new album, "The Big Picture," "You Can't Break My Heart" combines James Bond fender bass lines and an Ennio Morricone trumpet, while ...
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  • Kat Edmonson - The New Yorker feature
    Posted At: February 16, 2015 12:00 AM

    After her tap-dance lesson, Kat Edmonson had lunch at a Cuban restaurant. Edmonson is a singer and songwriter who has a new record, called "The Big Picture." She is petite, with short, fine hair, delicate features, and pearly teeth. Her accent sounds Midwestern, but she grew up in Texas and now lives in Brooklyn. She began writing songs when she was nine years old, keeping them in a binder that says "Kat...
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  • Kat Edmonson plays Valentine's show in San Antonio / mySA.com review
    Posted At: February 16, 2015 12:00 AM

    Kat Edmonson and her band played the Valentine's show at San Antonio's Charline McCombs Empire Theatre last Saturday Night February 14. The singer-songwriter and her band performed the elegant pop music from her intoxicating "The Big Picture" album. Building on her previous works, The Big Picture is Edmonson's label debut and offers even more of her writing (she co-wrote 11 of 1...
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  • Kat Edmonson plays Dallas' Kessler Theatre / Fort Worth Star Telegram
    Posted At: February 15, 2015 12:00 AM

    Houston native Kat Edmonson played Dallas' Kessler Theatre last Friday the 13th, and the talented singer-songwriter once again showed her ability to improvise and do it well displaying the freedom to go anywhere in a tune. Now making her her home in Brooklyn NY, Edmonson has carved out a successful career as vocalist, who, not unlike a certain other Lone Star export, Norah Jones, has found ...
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  • Kat Edmonson plays ACL Live / austin 360 'Wednesday 'Music Pick'
    Posted At: February 11, 2015 12:00 AM

    Sony Music Masterworks released KAT EDMONSON's third album, The Big Picture, on September 30. The album is her label debut and was recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Froom (Paul McCartney) in his Los Angeles studio. Of the album, Edmonson states, "There's no particular theme, but there are some commonalities, one of which is my ever-underlying influence from motion pictures and...
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  • Kat Edmonson plays ACL Live / The Horn interview
    Posted At: February 9, 2015 12:00 AM

    Kat Edmonson's new record, The Big Picture, is a greatest hits compilation. It's not because the track listing features her previously released gems - it's full of brand new, gorgeous songs. It has to do with the spirit of the record. "I wanted each song to be showcased in a way that it would almost sound like a greatest hits compilation, rather than a themed album," Edmonson says. "The songs we...
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  • Kat Edmonson performs "Rainy Day Woman" on CBS: Saturday Sessions
    Posted At: January 4, 2015 12:00 AM

    Kat Edmonson' third album, The Big Picture features - "Rainy Day Woman." The album is her Sony Music Masterworks debut and was recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Froom (Paul McCartney) in his Los Angeles studio. Of the album, Edmonson states, "There's no particular theme, but there are some commonalities, one of which is my ever-underlying influence fro...
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  • Listen to Kat Edmonson perform on Mountain Stage / NPR Music: Mountain Stage
    Posted At: November 21, 2014 12:00 AM

    Kat Edmonson made her second appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live in Charleston, West Virginia. Originally from Houston, Edmonson eventually relocated to Austin, where her jazz-inspired singing soon made her a local favorite. Edmonson performed a fun set with songs from her new album, The Big Picture. Listen to Kat Edmonson's performance on Mountain Stage at NPR Music....
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  • Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture / Austin Chronicle review
    Posted At: October 31, 2014 12:00 AM

    After years of splitting time between the Big Apple and the live music capital, anachronistic chanteuse Kat Edmonson made the transition to full-time New Yorker. The move took her beyond the Austin wine bars and coffee shops where she paid her dues and landed TV ads with Coca-Cola and Zales. Now, the Houston native's third release and major label debut on Sony Music Masterworks, The Big Picture, empl...
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  • Kat Edmonson's live performance will be broadcast on Austin's KUTX
    Posted At: October 27, 2014 12:00 AM

    Austin, TX: KUTX will broadcast Kat Edmonson's LIVE performance from KLRU's Studio 6A Monday, Oct. 27th at 8pm. She'll perform music from her latest release, The Big Picture, which features original music inspired by classic films and soundtracks. Watch Kat Edmonson's performance on KUTX....
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  • Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture / New York Daily News review
    Posted At: October 26, 2014 12:00 AM

    A former "American Idol" contestant, Kat Edmonson has released two previous albums. Hefty portions of each were devoted to quirky cover versions of songs, from the standards to hits by the Cure or the Cardigans. For her major label debut, The Big Picture, Edmonson penned more of the material herself, showing an equally rare flair for songwriting. In "Rainy Day Woman," Edmonson enters the blowsy, R&B ...
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  • Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture / Daily Trojan review
    Posted At: October 22, 2014 12:00 AM

    Kat Edmonson's voice sounds like it belongs on a record player or gramophone; it's vintage in the modern era. Full of delicacy and a slight rasp, the American singer-songwriter's voice radiates charm and evokes a lost sound from seven decades past, more than four decades before she was even born. Edmonson released her latest record, The Big Picture, in September, and with it adds a litany of songs th...
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  • Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture / DigitalJournal
    Posted At: October 14, 2014 12:00 AM

    Singer Kat Edmonson has built a solid audience for her unique, retro-meets-future sound. But that doesn't mean she cares a whole lot about genres. "I don't know that anyone should," she explains. The spritely 31-year-old Texas native is making a splash with her latest release, The Big Picture (Sony Masterworks), a work that embraces a variety of new and old sounds, from country to 1960s pop to rockabilly...
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  • Kat Edmonson plays NPR: Mountain Stage / Charleston Gazette review
    Posted At: October 13, 2014 12:00 AM

    The anticipation for this week's "Mountain Stage," the second date in the five weekend stretch of shows at the Culture Center in Charleston, probably wasn't nearly as high as last week's, which featured Norah Jones. Charleston, South Carolina's Shovels and Rope and Texan-turned Brooklynite Kat Edmonson aren't the same kind of draw, don't have the same wattage of star power, but st...
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  • Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture / Examiner.com interview
    Posted At: October 7, 2014 12:00 AM

    On her brand-new perfectly titled release, The Big Picture, Kat Edmonson creates an album of songs that celebrates her influences – both musical and cinematic – in a gorgeous collection that is her smartest, most focused, and most accessible to date. The Big Picture marks several firsts: her first recorded album for a major label (Sony Masterworks), her first working with noted producer Mitch...
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  • Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture / The Boston Herald: The Edge interview
    Posted At: October 3, 2014 12:00 AM

    Artists often bristle when writers tag their music "throwback," "classic" or "retro." Texas singer/songwriter Kat Edmonson is fine with the labels. "I'm happy to hear them," Edmonson said ahead of her Wednesday Regattabar show. "I even came up with my own term for what I do, ‘vintage pop.'" The Big Picture, Edmonson's first for major label Sony, will be released this week. She drew much...
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  • Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture / NPR Weekend Edition Saturday interview
    Posted At: September 27, 2014 12:00 AM

    Singer Kat Edmonson has always looked to the past for inspiration. Her music video for the song Rainy Day Woman, for example, evokes the technicolor days of the 1960s; with her short-bobbed hair and big eyes that peer out from under an umbrella, Edmonson looks as if she stepped out of Breakfast At Tiffany's. Her new album The Big Picture comes out September 30th and is inspired by old movies and musi...
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  • Kat Edmonson's 'Rainy Day Woman' is Today's Top Tune on KCRW
    Posted At: September 26, 2014 12:00 AM

    Texas native Kat Edmonson has a sophisticated cosmopolitan sound that is reminiscent of cool jazz vocalists of the late 50's and 60's on her new album The Big PIcture. Listen to 'Rainy Day Woman' on Santa Monica: KCRW 'Today's Top Tune.'...
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  • Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture / NPR: First Listen
    Posted At: September 21, 2014 12:00 AM

    Preview Kat Edmonson's new Sony Masterworks release - The Big Picture on NPR: First Listen. Cultivating her childhood love of old films, Edmonson references '60s, jazz, and the Brill Building's songcraft throughout the album. Writing and co-writing every track except one, at only 31 years of age, Edmonson's take on older musical styles is fresh and fluent. NPR describes her...
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  • Kat Edmonson releases The Big Picture / The New York Times feature
    Posted At: September 13, 2014 12:00 AM

    Beginning her career in Austin, Texas, Kat Edmonson developed her "antique pop" sound playing in coffeehouses, hotels, and wine bars. Moving to New York a few years ago, Edmonson discovered listeners with a strong affinity for her unique style. "Some of my development in making this album has been in accepting who I am and finally believing there's an audience for me," she says. Edmonson'...
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  • Kat Edmonson releases new track / Paste Magazine
    Posted At: September 8, 2014 12:00 AM

    Kat Edmonson releases her major label debut on Sony Masterworks with - The Big Picture. Produced by Grammy-nominated Mitchell Floom, the album is influenced by Edmonson's appreciation for film and soundtracks. Every track is unique.  HEAR THE TRACK AND SEE THE FULL Paste Magazine POST HERE...
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  • Kat Edmonson releases music video / USA Today feature
    Posted At: September 2, 2014 12:00 AM

    Kat Edmonson releases her third record this month which features material inspired by the lush orchestral works we often hear in hyper-stylized '60s classic films. She now releases her music video for "Rainy Day Woman." VIEW THE MUSIC VIDEO AND READ THE FULL USA Today ARTICLE HERE...
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  • Kat Edmonson signs with with Sony OKeh/Masterworks
    Posted At: April 17, 2013 12:00 AM

      "Fresh as a spring bouquet" - The New York Times "A timeless sound" - NPR "All Things Considered" "She's being compared to the greats" - NPR "On Point" "One of the greatest vocal albums I've ever heard" - The Boston Globe Kat Edmonson has signed a worldwide deal with Sony Masterworks. The label will launch her album Way Down Low on the OKeh/Masterworks imprint, coincidi...
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