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Artist
Peter Katz
12+ albums
folkCanadianacousticindiecanada
about
Winner of the 2005 CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award and the Grand Prize Winner of Toronto's IndieWeek, Peter Katz has been delighting listeners with his captivating blend of folk, jazz and rock music. His ethereal vocal work, profoundly honest lyrics and dynamic guitar style have earned him repeated comparisons to such greats as Jeff Buckley, Martin Sexton and Ron Sexsmith. Performing regularly to sold-out crowds in Ontario and Quebec and ever-increasing numbers across the country, Katz has been winning over fans the old-fashioned way: one at a time through great music and an intensely powerful live-show. As a testament to Katz’s remarkable grassroots efforts, his self-produced, self-released albums ‘The One Minute Mile Man’ and ‘Split’ have sold over 3000 copies in less than 2 years. Recent activity for Peter Katz includes a successful 2-month national solo tour with prairie-rocker Carrie Catherine (which culminated in a 350+ show at Revival in Toronto), invitations to play at such festivals as The Ottawa Folk Fest, Canadian Music Week, Winterfolk, NXNE (for which he scored a 91 % on his Chart Attack report card), as well as a special invitation to perform for 2 weeks at the prestigious Karmina Palace Resort in Manzanillo, Mexico. Katz has also managed to land several strong support spots with such notable artists as Bedouin Soundclash, The Cat Empire, Matthew Barber, Tomi Swick, Valery Gore and Emm Gryner. In addition to his blossoming music career, Peter Katz has also been
