Kathleen Haskard

Taken from the DONT TELL album, the song Will Someone Explain was given an Honourable Mention in the current round of PeaceDriven Songwriting Awards.

"The Peacedriven Campaign is a grassroots effort with projects including the Peacedriven Songwriting Award, recognizing songwriters that use music to inspire social change!
The mission of the Peacedriven Campaign is to energize social activists as well as empower a new generation to act. Our major concerns are violence, human rights, poverty, education and environmental protection."

"Dont Tell is always melodic but there are never straight lines. The vocal lines are placed against collages of noise, very carefully indeed. Because of this, Don’t Tell is like a fresh wind on dusty roads."
Hanx : Patrick Donders

"Stand-out tracks include the opening “Second Star,” a slow-burning gem on which Prophet simmers with intent, “Losers Weep,” a co-write with Stacey Earle hides an illicit secret in its poignant old-time delivery and “Hallelujah,” a simplistic ballsy rocker that wouldn’t have seemed out of place on an early Patti Smith record. There is honesty about Haskard that is endearing. Like her this is a record that comes across bold and brash at times but scrape away a little and you unearth a fragile heart of gold."
Americana UK.

Read it in full in the reviews section.

"Differently beautiful, her voice, phrasing & song structure dangle between the Americana of Lucinda Williams and the punkrock of Patti Smith. Don't Tell is a successful roots album with a hard, sound message....a plate which everyone must have in their plate cupboard." Rootstime

Debut album Into The Deep available here.......

In the gallery there are lots of photos of the earlier US Acoustic Tour this year.

The short film that accompanies the Dont Tell album track Play Me was shot in Houston, directed by artist/filmmaker Brian Zievert and edited by Rachel Meyrick.

UPCOMING DATES

USA

Oct 2 8pm - Kulaks Woodshed - Los Angeles

Oct 9 8pm - House Concert - Berkeley

Oct 20 8pm - The Garage - Winston-Salem NC

Oct 22 10pm - The Evening Muse - Charlotte NC

Oct 25 10pm - The Acoustic Coffeehouse - Johnson City TN

Oct 26 8pm - The Basement - Nashville TN

Nov 14 8pm - Grubs Cafe Bar - East Grinstead

Nov 17 9pm - 12 Bar - London

South Africa

Dec 8 8pm - Ibumba Festival - Bulawayo

Sept 26 The 3/3 edition of Wilderness Literary Review has published a poem of Kathleen`s called Of Shoes And Men. UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion judged the same poem and awarded it the Top Prize in a recent London Arts Week Poetry Competition. Read the poem here.

There is a cool review of an LA show courtesy of Paul Lamont, publisher and editor of Outsideleft. Peter Williams took the pictures.