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Lovely & Local: Zoë Chatfield & Kate Callahan

Nominated for a 2012 Connecticut Music Award, American singer-songwriter Kate Callahan's credits include opening shows for folk legends Judy Collins and Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul, and Mary), troubadours Aztec Two-Step, John Gorka, Mustard's Retreat, and the late Bill Morrissey. She has also shared stages with folk-rock artists Rachael Sage and Regina Spektor. Stookey calls Callahan "real" and says her lyrics are "Zen-like."

Her deep and metaphorical writing has been compared to Neko Case and Leonard Cohen.

Callahan's music is driven by innocence and she's unapologetically optimistic in concert. WNPR host Colin McEnroe praised a recent performance, saying, "Kate Callahan is the only performer I've ever seen who occasionally seems to be channeling something vaster and far more ancient than herself, something more easily understood by Emerson than by any modern person."

McEnroe says "she swings out and away from influences, where startling music is made --Kate deserves to be called an artist these days."

Zoë Chatfield is and up-and-coming singer/songwriter who has been writing and performing fearlessly for a number of years. She was a finalist for the Connecticut Young Writer's competition, and won the The Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens poetry contest in 2012. She graduated in June from the Greater Hartford Academy of Arts and will be attending Smith College.

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