about anna/kate
Anna/Kate Band is a 6-piece strong folk-pop band based in NYC. Initially established as 2 queers and a ukelele, Anna and Kate have been joined by multi-instrumentalists Mark Harad-Oaks and Kelly Wenof House, drummer Bryan Clark, and cellist/performer Temi Hason. Together, the band creates anthemic music about nature, abandonment, community, and the times in which we are living, as well as striking love songs, with signature harmonies; from she to she. The Band's debut album, "How to Hold," will be released in early 2018; recorded/mixed/mastered by Grand Street Recording, with guest producer Sean Cronin ("I Run With You," Shipwrecked"), featuring married string-duo Pete Lanctot and Ginger Dolden, pianist and solo artist Dane Terry, and featured vocalists Sharisse Francisco, John Bennett and Basit Shittu.
“If you haven’t heard of the Anna/Kate Band you’re in for a treat. The pair craft intricate, perfectly-harmonized folk pop tunes with quite a bit of weight...the band holds a special place in my heart. “I Run With You” reminds us of our common bonds as humans and what we all have to lose regardless of our political affiliations if we don’t take a stand.”
“Anna/Kate Band have just released their haunting, earthy second single out into the world, and we couldn’t be more excited. “Place in the Pines” feels like a snow-covered walk in the forest, haunting and beautiful as the duo croons, “Don’t know what I’m looking for/But I’m found” in perfect harmony. Anna/Kate Band are unparalleled in offering striking, theatrical lyricism within a laid-back, folky context. Smooth banjos and punctuating group vocals bring the whole song together. “Place in the Pines” is captivating and vibrant, a gorgeous lead-up to their debut full-length album...”
“‘I Run With You’ is released after a year of the most controversial presidential elections in US history with the election of a president set on reversing LGBT Rights. The New York based band themselves have described their sound as “queer folk-pop”, which certainly rings true on the first track of their forthcoming album.”
“An enjoyable, idyllic diary of my idealized twenty-something life... What strikes me most throughout the music is the pair’s warmth and humanity: these are songs of celebration, that focus on being present in the moment. Those are lessons to take with us no matter how old we are.”
“Anna Gothard and Kate Foster have compiled nine of their songs into an album of queer folk-pop anthems with gripping harmonies, all of them recorded over six months in Ingrid Michaelson’s revered Grand Street Recording Studio. Both Anna and Kate are trained in the art of jazz singing, which can be heard in the soulful delivery of their stories.”
