Katie Moore is a Canadian singer and songwriter based in

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, Quebec, who records and performs with

Socalled Joshua Dolgin (born December 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Socalled, is a Canadian rapper and record producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop, klezmer, and other styles such as drum & bass and folk music. A pianist and accordio ...

and El Coyote, and as a solo artist. She released her debut album, ''Katie Moore'', in 2004. Her second album ''Only Thing Worse'', was released in 2007, and followed up with ''Montebello'' in 2011. In 2011, Moore's song "Wake Up Like This" won the

SOCAN Songwriting Prize The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, SOCAN Songwriting Prize, formerly known as the ECHO Songwriting Prize, was an annual competition recognizing the best in Canadian emerging music, both anglophone and francophone, fro ...

, an annual competition that honours the best song written and released by 'emerging' songwriters over the past year, as voted by the public. The album won a GAMIQ for Folk/Country Album of the Year. Her 2015 album, ''Fooled By the Fun'' was listed in No Depression as "One of the top Americana releases by a Canadian this year". In 2017, Moore released a duets album with longtime bass player Andrew Horton, entitled ''Six More Miles,'' which was nominated for Folk/Country Album of the Year at the GAMIQ awards in 2018. In addition to her own career as a solo performer, she is also known for her collaborations. Moore first became noted as a vocalist/songwriter for the Socalled song "You are Never Alone" on 2007 album ''Ghettoblaster''. She has collaborated with Patrick Watson, and with Sam Shalabi's band Land of Kush. Moore has worked as guest vocalist for Plants and Animals.,

the Barr Brothers The Barr Brothers is an indie folk band founded in Montreal, Quebec in 2006, consisting of two American brothers Andrew (drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards) and Brad Barr (guitar, vocals), as well as bassist Morgan Moore, pedal steel guitarist ...

, Chilly Gonzales and Feist. In 2018 Moore released an album with El Coyote, Nashville influenced, alt-country supergroup based in Montreal that focuses on the songwriting of Angela Desveaux, Katie Moore and Michelle Tompkins (Sin and Swoon) and backed by Mike O’Brien (Sin and Swoon), Joe Grass (Patrick Watson, Klaus), Andrew Horton (the Firemen, Notre Dame de Grass) and David Payant (Silver Mt Zion).

Discography

* ''Katie Moore'' (2004) * ''Only Thing Worse'' (2007) * ''Montebello'' (2011) * ''Fooled By the Fun'' (2015) * ''Six More Miles: Duets with Andrew Horton'' (2017)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Katie Canadian folk singers Canadian women country singers Canadian women folk singers Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian country singer-songwriters Singers from Montreal Living people Anglophone Quebec people Year of birth missing (living people)