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Katy Carr has a mission: to publicise stories of the Polish forces during the second world war. In doing so she has created one of the most unusual, passionate and intriguing concept albums of the year. Born in Nottingham to a Polish mother and Anglo-Scottish father, she became fascinated by the era after meeting Kazik Piechowski, who escaped […]
An exploration of her mother’s Polish roots by an English singer-songwriter; but not a subjective trawl through family history, à la Who Do You Think You Are? Paszport is more oblique than that. Instead of sloshing through Carr’s personal world, the listener is invited into a series of narratives that embrace a variety of possible Polands, some […]
This is so very good it could actually give the terms ‘singer songwriter’ and ‘con- cept album’ good names. Now there’s a notion! London-based Katy Carr came from the East Midlands but her grandmother’s generation in the 1930s and ’40s were from Poland. Already known for a fascination with all things 1940s and flighty (she’s […]
‘Definitely one for the Mercury Prize Jury to consider’ The Times ‘Resonant, if slightly mad, debut by alt – folk star in waiting’ Q **** ‘Second album from English dance-folk prodigy. ’ Uncut *** ‘Out-Bushes Kate’ Metro ‘The DIY ethos of punk is back. Singer-songwriter Katy Carr shun’s the major labels to make music on […]
BLOGG 99 from Norway by Guttorm Andreasen Jeg rekker vel et par tips til før jul, og hvis det er slik at du bare har plass til kanskje en plate til i haugen før jul, synes jeg jammen meg du skal gå for den nye skiva til Katy Carr! “Couquette” er nydelig kammerpop med flotte […]
Self as Fractal Blogspot Monday Music #42 (Katy Carr) nov 09 This post has been a long time coming. Normally I don’t comment on snippets of songs, but this is an exception. Why? Read on. I mentioned Katy Carr on this very blog, before the days of Monday Music, when I would just find and […]
Tell me more: Carr transports herself back to Wartime England, where she takes on the characters of many women of the era who played such pivotal roles during such arduous and fearful times, from the entertainers like Marlene Dietrich to coquettes and women who worked in munitions factories. The Lowdown: Carr weaves a string of […]
Beware ! Masterpiece in sight ! L’Angleterre nous gâte en cette fin d’année musicale. Après l’incroyable et inattendue découverte de Gabby Young, je vous propose de découvrir sans plus attendre la grande artiste qu’est déjà Katy Carr. Cette demoiselle établie à Londres est une artiste le plus souvent accompagnée de son groupe The Aviators. Elle […]
Katy Carr: Coquette – Greg Kurstin and Inara George (otherwise known as Bird and a Bee) must be weeping into their mirror-mirror-on-the-wall! Here is Katy, challenging them for their pop-electronica crown, but with some of the most beautifully-recorded string arrangements I’ve ever heard- not so much lush and blossoming but twiggy and just resonant enough […]
‘Kommander’s Carr’ Katy Carr feature in Polish Observer 16-31 Dec 2009 About your history and love of Poland, your music, documentary and flying. Kommander’s Carr So please tell us about your Polish Roots… My mother is Polish. My Father worked in Poland during the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. He worked for a company […]
Katy Carr has long been a songwriter’s songwriter, innovative and more than a little out there. She sits on a rich vein of creativity that turn many of her songs into performance. “Coquette” is an album that will hopefully bring her a wider audience. The thirties and forties theme of the cover offer genuine clues […]
FORMER RAF pilot Katy Carr’s new album is inspired by people and events from the 1940s, but don’t expect Andrews Sisters nostalgia. Musically, this is edgy alt.folk that will sit well with admirers of Regina Spektor and Imogen Heap. Berliner Ring is a tribute to Marlene Dietrich, Violetta is sung in French and Orchidophile recalls […]