Catie Curtis
(born 1965) is an American singer-songwriter. She has recorded 11 albums. Her most recent, Sweet Life
, was released in 2008.
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Career
Curtis was raised in the small city of
Saco, Maine. She originally played drums, but later changed to
acoustic guitar. While attending
Brown University in
Providence, Rhode Island, she started playing on the local
coffeehouse circuit while also working as a waitress and
social worker. She moved to
Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 1990s, after deciding to make a career out of music.
Curtis has toured extensively in
North America in support of her albums, including playing at several festivals, such as the
Newport Folk Festival. She has also supported, among others,
Mary Chapin Carpenter,
Dar Williams,
Girlyman and
Bonnie Raitt. She also played on the final
Lilith Fair tour.
Her songs have been featured in
Alias
,
Dawson's Creek
,
Felicity
and
Chicago Hope
, as well as in several independent films. She won the Best Album Award from the
Gay and Lesbian American Music Awards for her self-titled 1997 album. In 2005, she and
Mark Erelli won the Grand Prize in the International Songwriting Competition for their song People Look Around, a song written in response to the
Hurricane Katrina disaster.
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A film documentary on Curtis, entitled
Tangled Stories
, has been directed by
Robert Millis. An interview with her is also featured on his current affairs program,
American Microphone.
Curtis has been with her partner Liz for 10 years. The two have two adopted daughters, Lucy and Celia. The family lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
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Discography
- Dandelion
(1989)
- From Years to Hours
(1991)
- Truth From Lies
(1995)
- Catie Curtis
(1997)
- A Crash Course In Roses
(1999)
- My Shirt Looks Good On You
(2001)
- Acoustic Valentine
(2003)
- From Years to Hours ... The Early Recordings
(2003)
- Dreaming in Romance Languages
(2004)
- Long Night Moon
(2006)
- Sweet Life
(2008)
References
- 2005 Winners
- Catie Curtis Reconnects