Kathy Mar
{{short description|American filk singer (born 1951)}}
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| image = Kathy Mar at CONduit 17.png
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|01|07}}
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| origin = Denver, Colorado, United States
| instrument = guitar
| genre = Filk
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| website = {{URL|http://www.xocolatl.com/kathy}}
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Kathy Mar (from Chinese Ma (surname) by analogy with non-rhotic accents) is an American filk singer.Filk Hall of Fame {{cite web |url=http://www.filkontario.ca/hof/inductees/mark.html |title=HoF Inductees: Kathy Mar |accessdate=2012-03-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307012908/http://www.filkontario.ca/hof/inductees/mark.html |archivedate=2012-03-07 }}
Pegasus Awards
- 1989 — Best Filk Song - Arafel's Song (Tree of Swords & Jewels) (with Mercedes Lackey)
- 1989 — Best Writer/Composer
- 1991 — Best Love Song - Velveteen
- 1993 — Best Writer/Composer
- 1994 — Best Filk Song - Drink Up the River
- 1996 — Best Filk Song - When Giants Walked
- 2004 — Best Writer/Composer
Albums
- Songbird — Off Centaur (cassette OCP-24) 1982
- On a Bright Wind — Off Centaur (cassette OCP-36) 1984
- Bamboo Wind — Off Centaur (cassette OCP-54) 1985
- Plus Ca Change — Thor Records (cassette FK1003) 1988
- Plus C'est La Même Chose — Thor Records (cassette FK1006) 1990
- Made By Magic — with Zander Nyrond, Dandelion Digital CD DD-005CD, 1994
- My Favorite Sings — Prometheus Music CD PM-1000, 1999
- Plus Ca Change / Plus C'est La Même Chose — DragonsGate Music CD 2000
- Kathy Mar - Live — Love Song Productions CD/DVD LSP2004 2009
External links
- [http://www.xocolatl.com/kathy Official site]
- [http://www.last.fm/music/Kathy+Mar last.fm page with Kathy's music available for free streaming]
- [http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/people/kathy-mar.html Official Pegasus Award site listing Kathy Mar's awards]
References
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Category:People from San Leandro, California
Category:American women guitarists
Category:American anti–Vietnam War activists
Category:American street performers