Bridging several genres of acoustic music from folk to jazz to African chant, this album takes you on a musical journey of inspired and inspiring original songs by international award-winning songwriter, vocalist/pianist Cathy DeWitt.

13 MP3 Songs
SPIRITUAL: Inspirational, FOLK: Gentle



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âThere are few people who I listen to over and over and Cathy DeWitt is one. There is a quality about her voice that is so inviting and warm. The range of her voice is amazing.â âTina Tourin, Director, International Harp Therapy Program

âCathy DeWittâs song âI Get Spring Fever in the Fallâ is a modern day standard. If you hear someone say âthey donât write songs like they used toâ you can correct them and say, âOh yes they do!â And then play them this gem of Cathyâs.â - Christine Lavin, singer/songwriter, XM Radio

Cathy DeWitt was destined to be a musician; itâs in her blood. Before she was born her father Bruce led his own band in New Orleans, often opening for Louis Armstrong at Pete Fountainâs place. At an early age she was picking out tunes by ear on the grand piano in the family living room. From her fatherâs Dixieland trumpet and stride piano to the Rachmaninoff and Chopin pieces her brother Peter, a prodigy pianist, played, music filled her house and helped create the eclectic performer she is today.

After strumming folksongs in coffeehouses, pounding the keys in a 12-piece rhythm & blues band, and singing jazz with great musicians throughout the U.S., London, and the Virgin Islands, she found an unexpected outlet for her talents in 1995. She became Musician in Residence for Shands Hospitalâs renowned Arts in Medicine program at the University of Florida, where she now sings and plays for patients at the bedside, in addition to performing with her mainstream jazz band MoonDancer and five-piece female folk/bluegrass group Patchwork. (See and hear also at CD Baby!) Around that same time, Cathy started playing and singing for Unity churches and spiritual events, sharing the stage with New Thought mentors like Dr. Bernie Siegel, Marianne Williamson, Alan Cohen and others. All of this work is the inspiration for her latest album, âDreamsong.â

As a jazz singer Cathy has been compared vocally with Anita OâDay and Diana Krall, and has won acclaim for her improvisational singing. Her song âEverybodyâs Somebodyâs Child,â featured on âDreamsongâ, won Honorable Mention in Unisongâs 2006 International Song Contest in both the Jazz and Overall Performance category, out of over 4,000 entrants. Her eclectic taste and versatile voice has been likened to Eva Cassidy and Prudence Johnson, Garrison Keillorâs regular Prairie Home Companion singer.

Even though she has recorded several CDs, âDreamsongâ is the first one that features only her own original music, songs with lyrics that were carefully chosen not for a similarity in style, but in theme. âThese songs were all inspired by something greater than myself,â Cathy says. âThey came in dreams, or from moments of great love, or from magical experiences of beauty and nature.â

Also a radio programmer, Cathy has intentionally created a very comfortable and connected flow from song to song, resulting in a musical journey of inspiration and joy for the listener.