Northern California’s Bay Area has long been one of the world’s most fertile cultural melting pots. For decades, disparate traditions and ethnicities have met and mixed there, producing stand-alone new hybrids. Its all-embracing music scene has fueled the development of distinct genres and world-class artists, as the examples of Carlos Santana and Azteca, among many others, strikingly illustrate. With the debut recording of her Sephardic Music Experience, vocalist Kat Parra makes a strong case for her inclusion in the Bay Area’s pantheon of globally noteworthy music innovators. …read more

This was just too nice of a review not to share with you all! I hope you don’t mind a little gloating on my part, but this review from Canadian blogger, Jordan Richardson, is one of the nicest reviews I’ve ever received.

I Hear Sparks: Kat Parra – Dos Amantes
The thought of giving it all up in pursuit of a passion is one of the most romantic notions in human existence. Thoughts of workers in dead-end jobs quitting to play guitar in smoky nightclubs are ripe with the potential for legendary prose, as their natural pursuit of art remains the envy of us all.

Kat Parra embodies that very natural pursuit, having left her job as a graphic designer to pursue her passion for singing and music composition. In the small span of time since, Parra has created two acclaimed records and has performed at a host of venues across the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. …read more

Thank you everyone who came out to Yoshi’s SF to help celebrate my new CD. It was a magical evening where all the stars aligned and the music came together in the best way possible. I’ll be posting some videos of the concert here soon. Stay tuned…