Katharine Elinor Margaret St John (born October 2, 1957 in London, England) is a musician, vocalist, composer, record
producer, and arranger. She plays the oboe, saxophone, accordion, piano and cor
anglais.
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Contents
- 1 Career
- 1.1 1980s
- 1.2 1990s-2000s
- 1.3 Production
and arrangement
- 2 External
links
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Career
1980s
Kate began her career in the Ravishing Beauties, an early 1980s group with Virginia
Astley and Nicky Holland. The band released no
records, and St John left in 1982. In the mid-1980s, she was a part of The
Dream Academy, with Nick
Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel. The Dream Academy's
biggest success was its 1985
song Life in a Northern Town,
a tribute to 1970s
solo artist Nick Drake. The band, after
being unable to keep its standings in the charts, broke up in 1991. During her time
with The Dream Academy, St John also worked with Tears
for Fears, Steve Nieve and recorded with Julian
Cope.
1990s-2000s
During the nineties, St John worked with Van
Morrison, Nigel Kennedy, Joe Boyd, Jools
Holland and Egberto Gismonti. In 1992, she made The Familiar, a
collaborative album with Roger Eno. Also that year, Eno
and St John, along with Bill Nelson, Laraaji and Mayumi
Tachibana, created the supergroup Channel Light Vessel, which
released two albums.
She has worked with her old Dream Academy colleagues at
various times, including Nick Laird-Clowes on a
track for the Invisible Circus soundtrack, and Gilbert
Gabriel on the unreleased album "Angels and Fools" by 'The Believers';
and on the track "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", a cover
of the song by The Smiths.
St John has released two solo albums with All
Saints Records: Indescribable Night
(1995) and Second Sight
(1997).
Production and arrangement
Kate has done work for various artists, including Aquarium
with Boris Grebenshchikov and HaLo. She has also
produced music for the comedian Harry
Enfield for his early sketch shows Harry Enfield's
Television Programme and Harry Enfield and Chums.
External links
