KAT EDMONSON SETS SPRING U.S. TOUR DATES

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

MAKES THEATRICAL DEBUT IN SOLD OUT OFF-OFF BROADWAY SHOW THE HANG

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February 14, 2022—Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist and songwriter Kat Edmonson confirms she’ll be hitting the road this spring, with stops in a selected number of U.S. cities including Pittsburgh, Charlotte and more. The shows will be intimate nights of originals and classics drawn from all of Edmonson’s previous albums. Complete list of dates below.

“It’s going to feel amazing to be back out, playing my music for people in-person again,” Edmonson says of the upcoming tour.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now and can be purchased HERE.

Edmonson recently made her theatrical debut, being cast as a principal actor in Taylor Mac’s off-off Broadway jazz opera The Hang. The show is officially sold-out and has been receiving an outpouring of praise, including a “Critic’s Pick” from The New York Times who describe of Edmonson, “…extraordinary artistry,” while Vulture praises “Synead Cidney Nichols and Kat Edmonson deliver weightless, soaring scat arias.” The Wrap describes, “Kat Edmonson emerges as the Teresa Stratas of Off-Off Broadway,” and Theater Mania says of the show, “It is a radical declaration of queer frivolity in our severe age, and it restores my faith that there is still room for dangerous ideas and weird people in the New York theater.”

She released her much-lauded jazz holiday album, Holiday Swingin’! A Kat Edmonson Christmas Vol 1., late last year, performing on CBS Saturday Morning on Christmas Day. Watch the performance HERE and listen to her interview with WNYC’s “All of It with Allison Stewart” HERE.

Kat Edmonson – TOUR DATES

March 26—Stone Mountain Arts—Brownfield, ME
April 8—Jefferson Center—Roanoke, VA
April 9—Middle C Jazz—Charlotte, NC
April 10—NPR’s Mountain Stage, Culture Center Theater—Charleston, WV
April 12—Club Cafe—Pittsburgh, PA
April 13—118 North—Wayne, PA
April 14—Norton Center for the Arts—Danville, KY

From the onset of the pandemic, Kat began streaming a weekly variety show, The Kat Edmonson Show, live from her living room every Sunday night. The livestream reached its 66^th episodes in 2021. Her Christmas show saw over 12,000 viewers.

During the pandemic, when the NPR “Morning Edition” Song Project called upon artists to write an original song inspired by the unique moment in American history, Edmonson penned “If You’re Scared” for the ongoing series. Read the interview and listen to the song HERE.

See what the press says about Edmonson:

Watch performances:

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“Her music is like fairy dust”

“Bewitching songcycle from a masterful vocalist”

“Every track shines here… Edmonson’s delivery is delicate and tender, her material
a beautiful bouquet filled with starry skies and happy endings.”

“her most ambitiously conceived and perfectly realized record so far.”

“an oasis of hope, excitement and optimism”

“an album to get lost in, to take the journey, sentimental and
intellectual, on the road to find out.”

“Brimming with melody and psychologic depth”

Edmonson’s LP Dreamers Do was released just prior to the pandemic to widespread acclaim. The album combines mid-20th century Disney songs with familiar classics, and features two new original songs from Edmonson. The album reached the #1 spot on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz chart, and debuted #1 at iTunes Jazz, #2 Most Added at Jazzweek and was named Deezer’s Album of the Week upon release.

In 2018, Edmonson released Old Fashioned Gal, which Billboard called “an intimate journey from doubt to resolve and implied triumph.” NPR Music raved the album is “a handsome showcase for her songwriting, which has grown ever more confident over the last decade,” while the Associated Press said the record “sounds like an alternate soundtrack to an Audrey Hepburn film.”

In 2014 Edmonson released The Big Picture, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers, #1 on Contemporary Jazz Chart, and #2 on Total Jazz Chart. Her 2015 performance on “CBS This Morning: Saturday” garnered the program’s highest rated viewership since 2006. Her 2012 LP Way Down Low was described by The New York Times as “fresh as a spring bouquet,” and her performances at WNYC’s “Soundcheck” and Daytrotter were included in “Best Live Performances” and “Best Sessions of 2012,” respectively.

The Texas native began crafting her signature sound while performing in Austin’s local club circuit for years before releasing her debut LP Take To The Sky in 2009. She went on to tour worldwide with high profile acts including Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, Gary Clark Jr., Shawn Colvin, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, Nick Lowe and more.