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.