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As the daughter of a Baptist preacher from Sledge, Mississippi, Kate's formative yearswere spent in the very core of the civil rights movement of the 1960's, and the indelibleexperiences of 
those years have shaped her heart, character and convictions eversince. As a child of the South, her musical tastes were forged in the dampered, smokyfires of soul, R&B, Southern rock, country, and folk music.
Her endearing, clear-water vocal delivery, eloquent gift for storytelling (which has drawnrepeated comparisons to such bastions of the Southern writing tradition as FlanneryO'Connor, Eudora Welty and William Faulkner) and easy command of a full-range ofAmerican music styles, have combined to earn Campbell recognition as a formidabletalent by critics, musicians and a discerning public.
Kate Campbell’s music continues to inspire and enthuse a growing audience. BalletMemphis featured songs from each of Campbell’s six CDs as well as a live performanceby Kate and band at a ballet entitled South Of Everywhere. Campbell continues toimpress audiences across the US and overseas and tours extensively in support of herCDs including tours to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia.
Sally Van Meter
Over the last twenty years, Sally Van Meter has gone on to include musical collaborations with well-known artists that include performances 
and recordings with David Grisman and the late great Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice, Chris Hillman, Jerry Douglas, Peter Rowan and the Rowan Brothers, Laurie Lewis, Russ Barenberg, Kathy Kallick, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Maura O'Connell and the inimitable Leftover Salmon. Sally's many years as a performer, session player and music teacher have gained her a reputation of rock-solid musicianship that has earned her such praise as "...capabilities far more than skin deep", ... "tasteful player with great chops", ...Sally's playing is noted for her rich tone, expressiveness and her attention to back-up."
More on Kate Campbell
Since making her recording debut in 1995 with the heart-rending Songs From TheLevee, singer/songwriter Kate Campbell has since put together a body of work matchedonly (perhaps) by Emmylou in consistency, Lucinda Williams in terms of pure,wrenching, honest self-examination and self-revelation and no one for its sheer displayof broad-based, intimate artfulness. While doing so, she has managed to include thelikes of Guy Clark, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Maura O’Connell, Buddy Miller andthe heart of the Muscle Shoals classic soul and R&B hit-making machine as bothadmirers and collaborators in her distinctly literate musical vision.
Kate's sublime Moonpie Dreams(1997) and Visions Of Plenty (1998) each garnered "Folk Album Of The Year"nominations from the Nashville Music Awards (as well as enthusiastic airplay by Triple-A, folk and Americana stations), while the southern-folk tinged Rosaryville (1999) andthe gospel flavored Wandering Strange (2001) extended the upward-bound arc.
On Monuments, Kate’s musical vision combined and extended these influences into asound that is both rootsy and contemporary. Twang On A Wire followed close behindand paid homage to the 1970's Nashville female country singer-songwriters whoinspired Kate as a teenager when she began writing songs and playing the guitar. ThePortable Kate Campbell and Sing Me Out offered new renditions of Kate’s earlier songsalbeit with fresh and innovative arrangements. Kate’s latest CD, Blues AndLamentations, encapsulates the musical under-story heard in all of Kate’s music – aform of blues that mines the veins of country, folk, gospel and pop. Each of Kate'salbums is a singular, distinctive and incomparable slice of music from one of the mostunique artists recording today.
Campbell has played - and wowed - the prestigious Cambridge Folk Festival (England),Merlefest, Philadelphia Folk Festival, and Port Fairy Folk Festival (Australia), beenfeatured on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Live FromMountain Stage, and had her story (and haunting song "When Panthers Roamed InArkansas") included in the debut issue of The Oxford American's ultra-hip SouthernMusic series. An interview with Kate (along with Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Shawn Colvin,Nanci Griffith and others) also appeared in the fascinating book Solo: Women Singer-Songwriters In Their Own Words.