★★★★★
Since her performance on the second season of the Fox hit show American Idol, Kat Edmonson has performed with Willie Nelson, opened for Smokey Robinson, toured with Boz Scaggs and headlined at the Taichung Jazz Festival in Taiwan. Self-released by her former label Convivium Records, Edmonson's first album Take to the Sky debuted at number 21 on Billboard's jazz charts and rose into the top 10 for jazz radio...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-07-26
★★★★★
Three years ago, Austin's Kat Edmonson made one of the most charming debuts in recent memory with Take to the Sky. Edmonson's sophomore release ratchets her appeal several notches higher; her fragile warmth is underscored by a delightful, Nellie McKay-esque quirkiness, and her newly displayed songwriting gifts are tremendous...
- jazztimes.com
2012-06-21
★★★★★
There's a delicateness to the singing of Kat Edmonson that almost demands the label "chanteuse," breathy and ephemeral, but with an edge gilded by her twang. It's a slightly jarring and unsettled smoothness comparable to that of Lyle Lovett, and their duet here on "Long Way Home" playfully pivots on the phrasing. Yet Edmonson's sophomore outing succeeds on her own unique inflections, bolstered by the singer's emergence as an equally talented songwriter...
- www.austinchronicle.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Kat Edmonson Take To The Sky Convivium 2009 Jazz vocalist Kat Edmonson summed up her musical philosophy best when she told journalist Joey Guerra, "I just think good music is good music." The Austin-based singer's album Take To The Sky draws half of its repertoire from America's most timeless Tin Pan Alley songwriters, including the Gershwins and Cole Porter. The other half of the album draws from a wide range of contemporary popular songwriters, including the Cure and John Lennon...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
If Stan Getz were a vocalist, he would have sounded like Kat Edmonson. His light, breathy tone was in contrast to many of the heavy players of his day. Ms. Edmonson is a modern day vocal version of Mr. Getz. She is a song whisperer. Like the horse whispers who train the wild stallions with a gentle, confident command, she captures the listener with deft voice control often slightly above audible yet always with utter clarity. This recording "Take To The Sky" is POWERFUL!Ms...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-11-12
★★★★★
Kat Edmonson is a rare talent: A jazz singer whose voice transcends the standards. That allows the nine covers on the 25-year-old's debut to develop a different hue with each reworking. The Austinite's golden pipes landed her an audition on American Idol a few years ago, but here she comes into her own by resculpting classics such as Gershwin's "Summertime," which gets a delicate, almost somber walk-through...
- www.austinchronicle.com
2009-08-30
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