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SUMMARY:Kat Wright
DESCRIPTION:“There’s soul flowing in and out of her rock ‘n’ rol
 l with a serpentine seduction. Some of soul music’s sweet\, grand dame
 s belt\, shout\, seethe\, and succumb\, while Wright sings gently like a
  heartache’s apology. It’s funky in spots and beautiful all over. An
 d it hurts a little … like it should”.\n\nAfter touring for the last
  decade as a 7–9-piece soul band with horns &amp\; keys blazing\, this
  new era finds Kat Wright being born anew – more herself than ever –
  revealed\, simply in a startlingly honest &amp\; glimmering naked light
 . With restrictions imposed by the pandemic\, Wright &amp\; her cohorts 
 have recently come to enjoy writing &amp\; touring in a stripped down fo
 rmation\, mostly trio or quartet\, in contrast to the big band she front
 ed for the better part of the last decade where she was described “a y
 oung Bonnie Raitt meets Amy Winehouse”. Fans of Wright’s singing &am
 p\; style have been thrilled to discover this paired down line up which 
 puts the groups true talents front &amp\; center to shine\, instead of d
 renching them in horns and fanfare. You’ll still hear the Raitt &amp\;
  Winehouse influences\, but now also likenesses with Brandi Carlisle &am
 p\; Norah Jones. The resulting music is more intentional\, more distille
 d\, more potent – a direct balm for the trying times we face today. It
 ’s truly a scenario of “less is more” – allowing Wright’s voic
 e to really finally take center stage\, to shine and ache and yearn and 
 howl – unburied\, out in the open\, beaming.\n\nA quote from the folk 
 publication Red Line Roots from November ’21 sums it up best: “The f
 irst time I saw Kat Wright live was a festival gig where the band’s ho
 rn section alone was comprised of 3 people. Wright has that special bala
 nce of power and grace in her voice that can shimmer and float to the to
 p of a big band setting\, I don’t think anyone who has witnessed her p
 erform could deny that. But the intimacy and vulnerability that she and 
 collaborators Bob Wagner and Josh Weinstein has crafted with their newly
  (and COVID necessary) formed (trio) outfit is something truly magnifice
 nt.
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LOCATION:181 State St\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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