Kate Elizabeth Voegele (born December 8, 1986) is a singer-songwriter, musician, and actress from the Cleveland suburb of Bay Village, Ohio. She is currently signed to Interscope Records.
Voegele began gaining interest from record labels and management companies after recording a series of demos[citation needed]. The first demo «The Other Side» (released in 2003) was produced by multi-platinum, award winning producer Michael Seifert. Her second demo «Louder Than Words» (released in 2004) was produced by Marshall Altman. Kate signed a record deal with MySpace Records in 2006 and released her debut album Don’t Look Away (produced by Marshall Altman) in May of 2007. The album has since sold over 225,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
She is releasing her second studio-album, A Fine Mess, in May, 2009 which is being produced by Mike Elizondo
Voegele performed at Farm Aid in 2004 and 2005 with Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp. She released the EP «Louder Than Words» in February 2005.
Her song, «Only Fooling Myself» was featured in CBS’ dramas Clubhouse and Ghost Whisperer. «It’s Only Life» was featured on MTV’s Newport Harbor and the Lifetime Original movie Custody and also in The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 2 Trailer. «Facing Up» was featured on MTV’s The Hills.
Voegele’s song «I Won’t Disagree» was a winner of the New York City, Songwriters Circle in 2006.[1] Her song «Only Fooling Myself» also won praise at the 2006 USA Songwriting Competition at Borders Books & Music in Austin, TX.[2]
Voegele sang the national anthem at an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Utah Jazz at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY on December 23, 2005. She also supported The Relief Project charity event in New York City on December 22, 2005 as a guest singer with her father Will playing the guitar. Voegele later sang the national anthem at the Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball game in Cincinnati, Ohio in September 2006, and opened a show at the House of Blues, Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, September 30, 2006 for the popular country rock duo Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, also known as The Wreckers.
During the Spring of 2008, Kate opened for Hanson along with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers. During the Spring and Summer of 2008, Kate Voegele opened for Natasha Bedingfield and The Veronicas on the Verizon VIP Tour.
Kate has recently wrapped up her national headlining «Back 2 School Tour» sponsored by MySpace and the University of Phoenix.
Kate made a post on her website saying that her second album is due out this spring. «First of all, I’m working on my SECOND RECORD right now and it’s going GREAT!!! I’ve been writing a lot the last few months and also wrote a lot while on the road this past year, so all of that is going into this new album and I’m so excited for you guys to hear it! It’ll be out this spring and I’ll keep you posted every step of the way»
Kate announced on her official website that her second album, «A Fine Mess», will be released in May 2009. One of the songs from the album, «Manhattan From the Sky», was featured on «One Tree Hill». Although no other song titles have been announced for the album the music playing in the background of the teaser video suggests that «Lift Me Up» will be released on this album as well.
Kate has now announced some of the songs on her second album. She has confirmed that «Lift Me Up» will be released as well as a new song called «Sweet Silver Lining»
The name for Kate’s second album is «A Fine Mess», which is a lyric from the song «Manhattan From the Sky». Her first album «Don’t Look Away» was also name in this manner, that lyric came from the song «It’s Only Life». Another famous artist that names their albums like this is Alanis Morissette.
Kate has now announced the official release date for «A Fine Mess» as May 19, 2009.
[edit] Television Singing and Acting Guest Star Appearances
Kate Voegele recently began a recurring guest spot in seven episodes of The CW television series One Tree Hill on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Voegele plays Mia Catalano, a young singer and keyboardist for a rock band fronted by Jason (Kevin Federline). After Peyton (Hilarie Burton) signs the band to her upstart record label and becomes increasingly frustrated with Jason’s attitude, she eventually drops him and the rest of the band, but retains Mia as a developing new artist at the insistence of Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti), who is somewhat well-versed in the music industry as well. Mia performs songs on the series from Voegele’s real-life debut album Don’t Look Away including «Kindly Unspoken» in her very first episode. She also debuted her new song «You Can’t Break a Broken Heart» on the show.[3]
Kate Voegele performed several songs from her debut album Don’t Look Away on the The Early Show, Saturday, February 2, 2008 on CBS television network nationally. Kate’s band member Sam provided backup vocals and beat box support while Mark played the bass guitar.
Kate made a guest appearance on Mtv’s TRL on June 23, 2008. She’s also performed her song «Only Fooling Myself» on Live With Regis and Kelly.
Kate also performed on the show «The Bachelor» where she sang «I Won’t Disagree». Episode aired 1/19/09.
Birth name Kate Elizabeth Voegele
Born December 8, 1986 (1986-12-08) (age 22)
Origin Bay Village, Ohio, United States, The Netherlands
Genre(s) Pop, rock, folk-pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, actress
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano
Years active 2003–present
Label(s) Interscope Records/MySpace
Birth name Kate Elizabeth Voegele
Born December 8, 1986 (1986-12-08) (age 22)
Origin Bay Village, Ohio, United States, The Netherlands
Genre(s) Pop, rock, folk-pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, actress
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano
Years active 2003–present
Label(s) Interscope Records/MySpace
