Biography
Kate St John is a composer, arranger, producer and instrumentalist (oboe, cor anglais, accordion, saxophone and piano). She was a member of The Ravishing Beauties, The Dream Academy and Channel Light Vessel, and has released two solo albums: Indescribable Night and Second Sight.
Although classically trained, Kate spread her wings early on, and has played with many singers and bands including Julian Cope, Marianne Faithfull, The Waterboys, Philip Glass, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Martha and Rufus Wainwright, the Carthy/Waterson family, the Thompson family and the MacColl/Seeger clan.
In the nineties Kate toured with Van Morrison and played on 5 albums, and was a member of Tom Wait’s Magic Bullets Band for his and Robert Wilson’s Black Rider shows.
