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Cat Clyde

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Cat Clyde is a Canadian songwriter and musician from Stratford,Ontario. She is on the Cinematic Music Group record label.[1] Her debut album, Ivory Castanets, was released May 5, 2017 and included the single "Mama Said" which received over 9 million streams on Spotify.[2] Her second album, Hunter's Trance, was released in 2019. Her country-folk sound draws on her early influences like Robert Johnson, The Mississippi Sheiks, and Lightnin' Hopkins. The Toronto Guardian described her wide-horizon sound as 'a fresh take on the classic sounds of yesteryear'. She also draws inspiration from musicians like Etta James to Janis Joplin and Lead Belly.[1]

Career[edit]

Cat began playing music and composing songs at a young age, teaching herself how to play guitar at age 14. During high school, she played in several bands and graduated from a music industry arts program in 2015.[3] Fader Magazine described her as a "bluesy new hope" in an interview with her prior to the release of Ivory Castanets in 2017. They praised the album which they described as "spellbinding folk songs".[3]

Cat began touring through the United States and Canada in 2017,supporting a variety of acts including ZZ Ward, Joe Purdy, Paul Kelly, L.A. Salami and Rodriguez, among others.[2] In 2018, she went on a sold out European tour with Shakey Graves.[2]

In October 2019, her song "I Don't Belong Here," from her album "Hunter's Trance," was used on the Turner Classic Movies television network as musical accompaniment to the "This Month on TCM" segment promoting upcoming programming between features on the commercial-free network.[4]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Média, Bell. "EXCLUSIVE: Cat Clyde Talks Her New Album 'Ivory Castanets'". www.iheartradio.ca.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 ""Five Minutes With" Toronto Musician Cat Clyde". April 3, 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Cat Clyde Is A Bluesy Bright Hope". The FADER.
  4. "This Month on TCM: October 2019" – via www.youtube.com.

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