kathleen haskard is a native californian surf chick who has swapped the pacific waves for the underground wells of south east london. her ancestors include a mexican folk hero and an irish card carrying member of the communist party who was a prime mover in the american labour movement.
kathleen h is a bug music songwriter (a writer roster that includes johnny cash, steve earle, robyn hitchcock, the estate of stevie ray vaughn, buddy & julie miller, richard thompson etc). her songs unearth the beauty in the banal. they speak of personal politics and that relationship thang. her sense of irony, wit and nearly black humour keeps her live audiences coming back for more.
the debut album into the deep was released on november 9th on indie label howlin' hound. songs included in this collection are: jello mould, adams apple, into the deep, longing, strange resistance, cheap perfume, out in the light, galileo and i purr and i roar.
nashville based co-writers include; stacey earle (steve's little sister), angela kaset (something in red), sandy stewart (tina turner, fleetwood mac, stevie nicks, belinda carlisle, bow wow wow), denise draper (harley allen and neil young) and barbara cowart (emmy lou harris). in los angeles her collaborators include eric lowen & dan navarro (the bangles, pat benetar, the temptations, the four tops and lowen & navarro).
her cuts include a song on stacey earle's debut album, simple gearle. the song 'losers weep', features steve earle on backing vocals. there's also 'my own way of doin' things' on the latest record from lowen & navarro, scratch at the door.
kathleen h regularly plays festivals in the usa i.e. the folk alliance, sxsw (south by southwest) in austin, texas and nxnw (north by northwest) portland, oregon.
