Kate McDonnell has captivated audiences all over the world with her award-winning songwriting, her unusual deft guitar style, and her jaw-dropping voice.

Not a surprise, given that Kate comes from generations of musicians on both sides: her maternal grandfather (trumpet) and great grandfather (trombone and viola) performed with the National and Baltimore Symphonies. Kate’s father sang in  operettas in his younger years, and her mother continues to play anything she can hear on the piano in F#, just as her own mother did. All three of Kate’s siblings have the musical gift, so at any given night around the dinner table, they were bound to break into song.

Kate was reminded time and again that the muse does not like to be ignored. She hit the studio in the summer of 2020 to record her 5th album “Ballad of a Bad Girl”. Kate is joined by esteemed musicians Jerry Marotta (drums) and Tony Levin (bass). Produced by Kate herself, and recorded at Dreamland Studios near Woodstock, NY, this collection of 11 songs comprises two cover songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Richard Thompson, with the balance being original pieces. She is very excited to bring her new songs to her fans, old, new, and yet to be.