the reviews
April 2008
Feminist Review
By Cheryl Reeves
“The songs released on her third album, Time Spent Lost, are seductive - exquisitely so - but they’re also deeply original poetic expressions of a gutsy soul navigating an odyssey of loneliness and heartbreak.”
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February 2008
Harris Radio
By Pete Harris
“Katie Sawicki's third album is a gem!”
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March 2008
Music-Reviewer
By Abigail Thornton
“This album is fraught with songs about loneliness and leaving loved ones, yet the lyrics are some of the most honest and heartbreaking I have ever heard.”
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March 2008
Perfect Porridge
By Greg Swan
"Indie-folk singer/songwriter Katie Sawicki is the girl next door crooner in the back corner of a dive bar you wish was going home with you tonight. Her new album, Time Spent Lost, is a rootsy romp through Americana. ...I can picture her sitting in the back of my station wagon with a battered acoustic guitar, stringing together emotive lyrics culled from billboards and bumperstickers as we ride along the open plains."
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March 2008
Outsmart Magazine
By N.F.
“Traces of Lucinda Williams seep into this finely crafted collection...”
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February 2008
Collected Sounds
By Amy Lotsberg
“The songs are well written with interesting melodies and again, fantastic lyrics. This is a great folk record.”
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June 2006
Boise Weekly
By Jennifer Gelband
"Her voice is like that of a rugged angel. She writes songs about loneliness, about being short-changed and about hipsters..."
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April 2006
Bay Windows
By Anthony King
"With honest emotion, Sawicki is quickly becoming the toast
of the town in the “dive bar circuit” with her blend of contemporary
and traditional acoustic folk songs."
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May 2006
Collected Sounds
By Amy Lotsberg
"Sawicki has a very emotional voice....you really feel what she's singing about. It's perfect for the genre. It can be strong or vulnerable, whichever the song requires."
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August 2005
Encore Publication
"Singstress, Songwriter, Lyrical Genius"
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March 2005
Ithaca Times
By Pamela Goddard
"She proves that she's got one foot in rural roots and the
other in urban attitude. .... Her music has a wonderful groove, ranging
from a rocking rhythm to real drive. You'll want to sing along to the
choruses..."
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February 2005
Curve Magazine
Volume 15#1
"Fast-rising on the coffee-house/dive bar circuit, this queer
indie folkie from Brooklyn impresses with a solid blend of bluegrass,
acoustic rock and pop, as evidenced by the opening banjo rambler 'Upstate'
and the confessional title track."
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October 2004
The Best Female Musicians
By Dennis Halsey
“"Being a great storyteller is truly the sign of a great singer/songwriter, and Katie most certainly is making a case on “Black Boots” to be included on the short list of the best. Katie's songs possess a vision and wisdom that is wise beyond her "three and twenty years." This is one of the most captivating songwriters I've heard in a long time. I will not be surprised at all if it is only a short time before she takes over the world."”
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April 2004
Indie-Music
By Genevieve Will
"“Katie Sawicki's second full-length album, Black Boots, is as natural as Joni Mitchell, as opinionated as Ani Difranco and seems to pay each of them some musical homage, however subconsciously. With a full voice and a mind even fuller of coming-of-age punch, Sawicki quietly but confidently says her piece on this beautifully organic experiment in bluegrass-indie-folk. Sawicki’s ease in her own sound creates a listening atmosphere as comfortable and laid back as swinging in a peaceful summer hammock."
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March 2004
Taxi Music
“ ... a distinctive character”
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April 2003
Edie Carey. Singer/ songwriter: www.ediecarey.com
“Katie’s thoughtful songwriting, powerful guitar-playing and natural, easy presence onstage... wins over even the toughest crowds.”
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OTHER ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, ETC.
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August 2005
Indie Sounds
Interview with Pete Harris from Indie Sounds.
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May 2005
THE NWI TIMES
“Katie Sawicki is a clear-voiced, singer-songwriter who blends strong musical elements of bluegrass with folk crooning that often recalls the vocal sound of an early to mid-period Joni Mitchell.“
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Feb. 2005
Collected Sounds Review
Sometimes it's hard to make a banjo sound cool but Sawicki succeeds.
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Katie Sawicki is a performing member of
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