Kate York (born 1976 or 1977) is a singer-songwriter known for her work on the TV show ''

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''.

Music career

Born in southern California, York moved to

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, in 1999. York has been part of several bands, including Skyline Motel (with

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, and

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) and Thompson, York & Nash (with

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and Megan Thompson). York has co-written songs for and with a number of recording artists, including

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, Foreigner,

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, and

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. She secured sync placements in TV series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and films such as ''

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'', '' New Years Eve'', and '' Wild Rose.'' York achieved notoriety through her contribution of nearly twenty songs to the TV series ''Nashville''. One of her songs, "Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" (co-written with Buxton), received a

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nomination for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. The nomination was pulled, however, because the song was not written for a show character, which was one of the nomination requirements. York's most critically acclaimed song (as of December 2021) is "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" (co-written with

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and

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), which was featured in the 2018 film '' Wild Rose''. The song made the Oscar short list and received best original song nominations from the Chicago Indie Critics Awards, the

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, the Guild of Music Supervisors, the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, Music City Film Critics' Association, and the Online Film & Television Association. It won the 2020 best original song award from the Awards Circuit Community Awards, Critics Choice Movies Awards, Denver Film Critics Society,

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, International Online Cinema Awards, and the North Dakota Film Society.

Songwriting credits on ''Nashville''

The following is a list of songs which York wrote or cowrote for the 2012 TV series ''

''. Co-writers in parentheses. * "All We Ever Wanted" (

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) * "Anywhere From Here" (

and

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) * "Believing" (Tami Hinesh and Emily Shackelton) * "Breathe In" (Allen Salmon and Andrew Combs) * "Everything I'll Ever Need" (Dylan Altman) * "For Your Glory" (

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and Jack Mooring) * "Heart on Fire" (Buxton and Blair Daly) * "I Will Fall" (

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) * "I Will Never Let You Know" (

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and Kevin Rhoads) * "Keep Asking Why (McCarley) * "Little Fire" (Buxton and

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) * "The Night Is Still Young" (Siskind) * "Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" (Buxton) * "One Works Better" (Tofer Brown,

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, and

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) * "Stronger Than Me" (Buxton) * "Trouble Is" (

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) * "Your Love Keeps Me Alive" (Siskind)

Other songwriting credits

Co-writers in parentheses. * "Bad Guy" (

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and Betsy Roo) * "Breakaway" (Stella and

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) * "Can't Go Back" (Hemby and Golan) * "Christmas for Two" (

) * "Church" (

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, and Andrew Wells) * "Eternal Gifts" * "Give My Life for Love" ( Mick Jones,

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, and Cliff Downs) * "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" (

and

) * "More Beautiful You" (

) * "On & On" (

) * "Smoking Your Weed" (

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and

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) * "Strong and Silent" (

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and Fancy Hagood) * "The Thing That Wrecks You" (

and

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) * "One Less Question" (

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and

)

Albums

* ''Kate York'' (2004) * ''Sadlylove'' (2006) * ''For You'' (2008) * ''Fly Away'' (2011) * ''New'' (2012) * ''Kate York and Joe Pisapia'' (2016) * ''Out of My Head'' (2019)

Photography

York is also a photographer. She and Sonya Jasinski produced the book ''Nashville: Behind the Curtain'', which included candid photographs of the people and place of the titular city.

References

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