Kate E Lake, Scotland On Sunday, 9 August 2020
Kate E Lake | Academy of Music & Sound Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 9 August 2020
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Kate E Lake has had an interesting musical journey which has taken her from wanting to be Elastica’s frontwoman Justine Frischmann, to travelling to Dublin and Paris to study classical piano and then a stint singing jazz standards upon her return to Glasgow.
However, it was when she discovered a love for singing folk songs at parties, that she decided to strike out as a recording artist in her own right. Citing influences including Agnes Obel, Nils Frahm, Julia Houlter, Eric Whitacre and Debussy her quality compositions have a strong cinematic appeal, but could also slot seamlessly into a Celtic Connections bill.
Lake recently self-released her debut EP, ROAMS which saw here working with fellow Royal Conservatoire alumnus, Gus Stirrat. Details of her forthcoming activities can be found on her website (kateelake.com). And in the meantime, you can check out her latest video for the song Sparks at https://bit.ly/KELSparks or click play ⬇️
Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run music industry seminar and social night Born To Be Wide www.borntobewide.co.uk
Academy of Music & Sound sponsors Artist of the Week
The Academy of Music & Sound was founded in 1994, and has welcomed over 5000 students into courses in popular music, production and music business over the years. The academy has launched a NEW Rap/Hip-Hop course and continues to provide full time courses, HND, BA(hons) and MMus in Music. Visit http://www.academyofmusic.ac.uk/ for our courses
* For consideration as our Artist of the Week please visit https://www.newfoundsound.co.uk/scotland-on-sunday and review the checklist of what we NEED in order to feature bands / artists in Scotland On Sunday. Then email Derick Mackinnon with all of the information required (derick@newfoundsound.co.uk ) Scotland On Sunday