Indie Folk

11 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, FOLK: Power-folk



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Sawickiâs new album âFor the Quietâ, released March 2006, explores the many forms of contemporary and traditional folk in a new set of sophisticated indie songs. âFor the Quietâ is comforting, mobilizing and a great driving companion.

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BIO

Evolved from years of playing coffeehouses and dive bars, Katie Sawickiâs version of indie folk is about lyrics, harmony, and songwriting that sticks with you. Handed down by the influences of Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams, Gillian Welch and the most prolific of the underground independent folk scene. âThis is one of the most captivating songwriters I have heard in a long time,â says Dennis Halsey of Best Female Musicians. "Katie's thoughtful songwriting, powerful guitar-playing and natural easy presence onstage wins over even the toughest crowds," says singer songwriter Edie Carey. Sharing the stage with Melissa Ferrick, Edie Carey, Garnet Rogers, Pamela Means and others of a similar folk
genre, Sawicki has only recently entered the full time music world.

After puttering around EPs for years, in 2002, âScrapbookâ was releasedâa live recording from the best of Sawickiâs first shows in Ithaca, NY. But after some touring, a move to Brooklyn NY, and newfound ardor for independent music, Sawicki released âBlack Bootsâ, her first studio album, in April 2004. âBlack Bootsâ is a compilation of a new genre-bending indieâa singer songwriterâs modern folk interpretation of blue-grass, rock and sing along. Nominated for a 2005 Best Debut Female Recording from Outmusic, 'Black Boots' creates the growing space for a new kind of indie folk.