Peter Katz (musician)

Katz is a 2012 Juno Award nominee[1] and Emerging Artist of the Year nominee at the Canadian Folk Music Awards.[2] Katz has sold over 15,000 copies of his discs and performed with notable artists such as The Swell Season (The Frames), Dan Mangan, The Good Lovelies, Joel Plaskett, Bahamas, Royal Wood, Lucky Fonz III, Donovan Frankenreiter, Jordan Raycroft, and Garth Hudson from The Band, members of Levon Helm's band (on stage with Glen Hansard's band).[1]

Peter Katz
Peter Katz (from his 2012 Still Mind Still photo shoot)
Background information
Born (1981-12-26) 26 December 1981
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresFolk
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, piano
Years active2003–present
Websitepeterkatz.com

Peter Katz is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

Katz's 2010 studio record First of the Last to Know debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes singer-songwriter charts and features a guest appearance by Academy Award winner Glen Hansard (The Swell Season, 'Once'), Juno Award winners The Good Lovelies and Melissa McClelland (Whitehorse, Sarah Mclachlan).[3] In 2011, Katz released a live CD/DVD entitled Peter Katz and Friends: Live at the Music Gallery. It earned him a Juno nomination for Music DVD of the Year.[1]

Katz released a studio album called Still Mind Still on 24 April 2012. This new collection of songs was recorded mostly live off the floor at a cabin in the woods.[1]

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations
  • Juno Awards (41st Annual Juno Awards) Music DVD of the Year for Peter Katz & Friends: Live at The Music Gallery
  • Canadian Folk Music Awards Emerging Artist of the Year Award

Discography

Studio
  • The One Minute Mile Man (2004)
  • Split (2005)
  • More Nights (2007) *Billed as Peter Katz & The Curious*
  • First of the Last to Know (2010)
  • Still Mind Still (2012)
  • We Are the Reckoning (2015)
  • La somme de tous nos efforts (2017)

Live
  • Peter Katz & Friends: Live at The Music Gallery CD/DVD (2011)

Singles
  • The Camp Song (2008)[5]

Films
  • Peter Katz & Friends: Live at The Music Gallery CD/DVD (2011)
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References
  1. "NEWS: Peter Katz Nominated for a Juno and Announces New Album". Noisographyreviews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. "Canadian Folk Music Award Nominees". Rootsmusic.ca. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. "Best of Toronto 2014 - Music". Now Magazine. 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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