Kathy Sparling
Country of origin:
U.S.
Type of music generally:
Contemporary folk
Status:
Most recent release, As You Believed (2010)
See also:
Kathy Sparling's site
Comparisons:
Natalie Merchant, Jill Sobule
Covers/own material:
Own
General comments:
Kathy Sparling is a thoughtful and precise singer. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Recommended first album:
As You Believed is her debut
Recordings:
As You Believed (2010)
As You Believed
Release info:
2010—Kitchen Songs—KS002
Availability:
See Kathy Sparling's site
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
Kathy Sparling—vocals, ukulele, tenor guitar
Guest artists:
Steven Strauss—ukulele (1, 2, 6, 10), electric ukulele (8), bass (1, 3–6, 8–14) vocals (2, 11, 14), keyboards (5), sequencing (2, 4, 8), sandblocks (1)
Charlie Hancock—paino (1–3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13), organ (10)
John Hanes—drums (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11)
Kurt Stevenson—guitars (4, 9, 14), vocals (2, 11, 14)
Bobby Santos—congas (2, 5, 12, 13), tambourine (11), bell tree (2), triangle (5)
Federico Gil Sola—drums (4, 12), bomba (9)
Julian Smedley—violin (3, 9)
Steve Kirk—guitar (5, 11)
Dennis Finnegan—guitar (12)
Tim Fox—guitar (13)
Don McClellan—pedal steel guitar (2)
Wally Sound—bass (2)
William Abernathy, Sheiliani Alix, Mark Brosamer, Ed Oasa, Jane Robbins, Sarah Rogerson, Scott Sparling, Steven Strauss—the ukulele strumming chorus (2)
Produced by:
Steven Strauss
Comments:
Kathy Sparling's debut sees her craft thoughtful, insightful songs and sing them in a sweet voice. The whimsy of "The moon is coming with us" is balanced by the hard-earned wisdom of "Voyager". She's not afraid of writing songs about seemingly trivial things and making them count. It's a lovely debut. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Thanks to stjarnell@yahoo.com for work on this entry.
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