Kate Campbell

Jamae Kathryn "Kate" Campbell (born October 31, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American folk singer/songwriter.

Kate's songwriting follows in the southern literary tradition with an emphasis on a sense of place, race, and religion. Her story-filled songs feature quirky characters and often deal with the region's complex issues. John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, and Mac McAnally have provided guest vocals on her albums.

In addition to her Americana/Folk flavored albums, her catalog includes the all-acoustic Sing Me Out; Twang on a Wire, which features covers of songs made famous by female country artists of the 1960s and '70s; the piano-based 1000 Pound Machine; and two gospel CDs (Wandering Strange and For the Living of These Days) recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals with Spooner Oldham on keyboards. Her producers over the years include Johnny Pierce, Walt Aldridge, and Will Kimbrough.

Campbell sometimes performs with Pierce Pettis and Tom Kimmel as the New Agrarians.

Discography

 * Songs from the Levee (1994, re-issued 2004)
 * Moonpie Dreams (1997)
 * Visions of Plenty (1998)
 * Rosaryville (1999)
 * Wandering Strange (2001)
 * Monuments (2003)
 * Twang on a Wire (2003)
 * Sing Me Out (2004)
 * The Portable Kate Campbell (2004)
 * Blues and Lamentations (2005)
 * Sidetracks (Digital EP) (2005)
 * For the Living of These Days (with Spooner Oldham) (2006)
 * Save the Day (2008)
 * Two Nights in Texas (2011)
 * 1000 Pound Machine (2012)

Compilations
Campbell appears on the following compilations, among others:


 * Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson (2002)
 * Freight Train Blues: Classic Railroad Songs Volume 4 (2000)
 * Songs Inspired by To Kill A Mockingbird
 * New Country August 1995
 * Evening Star Compilation Volume 2
 * Leak CD Magazine Issue 4 Fall 1994
 * Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 1
 * God in Music City
 * Best of Woodsongs Old-time Radio Hour Volume 1
 * Best New Women of Country
 * Viva Americana
 * Crowd Around the Mic WNCW Volume 2
 * Bird Songs