Kate Prascher

Kate Prascher doesn’t want you to look at her. She wants you to see what she sees. She wants to know if you see it too. For her, songs are a chance to say things that don’t usually make it into polite conversation. A chance to say the quiet parts loud and the loud parts quietly.

Prascher’s songs are a recognition of our everyday darkness. They wade through the undercurrents of memory and draw half-portraits of characters both real and imagined. They shine a light on the complex web of our relationships.

Prascher grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and now makes her home in the Hudson Valley. She studied piano and sang as a child and began playing roots music after she moved to New York. Once she heard bluegrass music live for the first time, Prascher dove headlong into playing mandolin and guitar, going to late night jam sessions and writing her own songs.

Prascher has played the Knitting Factory (New York), Jalopy Theatre (Brooklyn), the Leaf Festival (North Carolina), Club Passim (Boston) and the Ossipee Music Festival (Maine). Her album Shake The Dust will be out in August 2024 and features Bobby Hawk (Taylor Swift), Bennett Sullivan (Bright Star, Ben Sollee), Nate Sabat (Mile Twelve) and Jason Borisoff (Cricket Tell the Weather). Expect new songs from a voice that has been described as having an “intangible vintage feel.”