Featured Artist 8/2007

KATHARINE BLAKE

I have been in adoration of this charming siren's voice ever since I first heard her in the group Mediaeval Baebes!  This woman has helped shape my ideas of what is "good" music... something well put-together, meaningful, fun to listen to, and no matter what genre it has to have beauty in it's own right.  In her debut solo album, Midnight Flower, Ms. Blake has certainly lived up to those standards she herself helped instill in me.

The CD is gorgeous, haunting, and melodic.  It evokes images of a dark night in a cottage, far away from the world and its troubles.  It pulls the idea of mothers singing to their children before bed.  It conjures polite medieval dancers in sets, moving in a dreamlike haze of opium and wine and cloaked in opulance.  For me, this is not just an ordinary CD, but a work of art!  Ms. Blake will have a difficult time topping her debut album, certainly... however, if her past work with Mediaeval Baebes and Miranda Sex Garden is any indication, she will rise to the challenge.

Katharine Blake is an artist that anyone should have in their collection.  Seductive, sultry, evocative- this is music that caresses your soul, knocks you on your ass, and leaves you begging for more.  Go on, buy the album- get a little culture going for yourself other than the bacteria in your intestinal tract!

Links for Katherine Blake:

Midnight Flower on CDBaby.com
(recommended for U.S. buyers!)
Midnight Flower on CCNow.com
(recommended for International buyers!)
Katherine Blake on MySpace.com