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Birth name
  
Kate Rogers

Years active
  
1998–present

Name
  
Kate Rogers

Genres
  
Pop music, trip hop

Origin
  
Toronto, Canada

Record label
  
Instruments
  
Voice, acoustic guitar, baritone ukulele, harmonica

Associated acts
  
Mark Rae, Rae & Christian, Aim, Jon Kennedy, The Coast, Tony D

Role
  
Musical Artist · katerogers.net

Education
  
Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music

Albums
  
Kate Rogers vs Grand Central, St. Eustacia, Repeat Repeat, Beauregard, Seconds, Gadabout EP


Kate Rogers (@katerogers) | Twitter

Similar People
  
Aim, Jon Kennedy, Tony D


Born
  
1974 (age 47 years), Toronto, Canada

Profiles

Kate Rogers - Mighty (QnC remix)


Kate Rogers is the cousin of Grand Central Records head Mark Rae. She was born just outside Toronto, Canada, and as a child studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

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She later attended Fashion Design College and during this period she recorded her first song at Grand Central's studio, entitled "Fine". The song was later released on the compilation album Central Heating 2 (2000).

In 1999, she appeared on a track for Aim's debut album, Cold Water Music, which was followed by appearances on the records of a several other Grand Central acts.

Rogers has recorded three albums of her own; the second, Seconds (2005), consists of cover versions of artists including The Smiths, Radiohead, The Pixies and Green Day.

In 2006, Rogers performed with Toronto indie band The Coast.

Rogers' third album, Beauregard, will be released on Rogers' own independent record label under the group name "Kate Rogers Band". Recording of the album is complete, and it was due for release in October 2008, but has been delayed. The other band members are:

  • Matt Bannister – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
  • Blue Dunlap – acoustic and electric guitar, lapsteel guitar
  • Tom Howell – piano, fiddle, vocals
  • Joanna Borromeo – piano, fiddle, vocals
  • John Dinsmore – upright/electric bass
  • Jake Wilkinson – trumpet
  • Joshua Van Tassel – drums
  • Ryan Granville Martin – drums
  • Rae & Christian - Still Life Freefall ft Kate Rogers (from Mercury Rising)


    Discography

  • Kate Rogers Vs Grand Central (October 2003) (This is a collection of all of Rogers' appearances on other Grand Central artists' records.)
  • St. Eustacia (February 2004)
  • Seconds (April 2005)
  • Beauregard (October 2008)
  • Compilations

  • Friends in Bellwoods II (2009): "The Same Party"
  • Songs

    Repeat Repeat
    Nothing Appeals to Me Here
    St Eustacia
    Feels Like Years
    WowBox
    54 Rounds
    Climbing Up the Walls
    Big Mouth Strikes Again
    Miss You
    Here Comes Your Man
    Broken Arrow
    Big Me
    Brain Stew
    All Too Familiar
    Mighty
    This Collective
    Stealing From You
    Not Ten Years Ago
    Joan
    Sail
    Good Fortune
    Go
    Cold Lonely Year
    Fine
    Not Okay
    The Apology
    Drag Your Ass
    The Lake
    Odyssey
    Anger Management
    King George IV
    Moving

    References

    Kate Rogers Wikipedia