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12/01/2022 12:00 AMThe Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, the Kate, welcomes vintage pop vocalist Kat Edmonson with her holiday show, Holiday Swingin!, on Friday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m.
Edmonson and her band have recorded a Christmas album including Yule-tide favorites such as “Jingle Bell Rock,” “O Christmas Tree,” and “Let It Snow.” The album, Holiday Swingin’! A Kat Edmonson Christmas Vol. 1, was described by Jazziz as “impeccably hip” and included in The New York Times’ “Thirteen Albums That Revisit (and Redefine!) Holiday Classics.”
Raised on the music and film of the early-to-mid-20th century, Edmonson is a rare artist who embodies the spirit of the past while remaining resolutely au courant. She performs original songs and familiar classics in her live show, interweaving humorous anecdotes, philosophical musings, and her love of film with disarming candor and vulnerability. Her longtime band members’ keen and sensitive accompaniment allows Kat to freely veer off-script as she’s often inclined to do. She has been featured on Austin City Limits, Tiny Desk Concerts, A Prairie Home Companion, and The Late Show with David Letterman.
For more information or tickets, visit thekate.org or call 860-510-0453.