Her influences are Lucinda Williams, Lisa Germano, and Emmylou Harris and on her debut album Faith to Fall San Francisco’s Kate Burkart has done them proud. I’ve been listening to this album for a while now and after the second time through I said “Hey this woman writes some great songs! As I listened last night I realized that this album wasn’t about the music even though producer Jerry Becker (Train) brought in some of the best musicians in the San Francisco area to play on the album. No even though the instrumentation includes an array of vintage acoustic and electric guitars, Wurlitzer and Hammond keyboards, Mellotron, cello, pedal steel and Taurus bass pedals, this album is not about the picking, it’s about Kate’s songwriting and Kate’s vocals! Kate’s music is rooted in the Americana, country, folk and singer-songwriter genres and her songs explore themes of love, faith and loss. I enjoy Kate’s voice and the music backs up and adds to the songs rather than overpowering them and that’s the way Kate designed it! This is what she says about what she tried to accomplish: Read More