Katie Doherty

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Katie Doherty, born 1983, is a singer-songwriter based in the North East of England. [1] In 2007 she won the Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper) Culture Award for Newcomer of the Year. [2]

She studied music at Newcastle University [3] which included performance time at The Sage Gateshead. Through this she was discovered by the Folkworks initiative, which has championed her work in the past few years. At the Sage, she has supported Karine Polwart, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and Ray Davies

Doherty has also performed with fellow North Eastern musician Kathryn Tickell and recorded the song "Winter is Past" on Tickell's album Strange But True.

Her first solo album Bridges was released in October 2007, on the Park Records label. [4]

Katie Doherty has worked as musical director [5] for theatre productions at Newcastle's Northern Stage theatre Northern Stage theatre and the RSC RSC under the direction of Samuel West. She works regularly with November Club theatre company. [6]

Doherty is a regular guest with folk band Broom Bezzums. She added vocal harmonies on two tracks on their 2011 album, Wine From a Mug (the title track and "Empire Windrush"). After two German tours with the band she was asked to contribute more vocal performances for the 2012 album, Winterman. On the 2015/16 release, No Smaller Than the World, Doherty contributed the song from which the album title was taken, "Passing Through", also taking on lead vocals. Her singing features on eight further songs on this album. [7]

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References

  1. Call off the search, Evening Gazette (Teesside) , 16 September 2005
  2. Review: Katie Doherty, Gala Theatre, Durham, The Journal (newspaper) , 21 May 2009
  3. Katie calls the tune, Evening Gazette (Teesside) , 26 October 2004
  4. What Katie did after music school, The Journal (newspaper) , 20 December 2007
  5. "November Club - Katie Doherty". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  6. "Interview: Songwriter Katie Doherty on festive songs for kids' play - AUDIO". The Journal. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. "Germany's most famous English folk band gear up for UK tour". The Journal. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2020.