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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Infobox musical artist
 
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| name = Kate Earl
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| image = Kate Earl 2013.jpg
| captionname = Kate Earl performing at Pieter Performance Space in Los Angeles in 2013
| backgroundimage = solo_singerKate Earl 12 21 2013 -5 (11491357015).jpg
| birth name background = Kate Joy Smithsonsolo_singer
| birth_date birth_name = [[Anchorage]],Kate [[Alaska]],Joy U.S.Smithson
| origin birth_date = [[Chugiak, Alaska|ChugiakAnchorage]], [[Alaska]], U.S.<ref name=allmusic/><ref name="interview"/>
| genre origin = [[Pop musicChugiak]], [[Electro-swing]]Alaska, U.S.<ref name="allmusic" /><ref name="interview" />
| years_activegenre = 2004–presentPop music, [[electro swing]]
| years_active = 1998-present
| label = [[Record Collection (record label)|Record Collection]]/[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] (2004-20072004–2007), [[Universal Republic Records]] (2008-20122008–2012), [[Downtown Records]] (2012-Present2012–2015), [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]] (2015–present)<ref name="Independent"/>
| associated_acts = [[Brett Dennen]], [[Dawes (band)]]
}}
'''Kate Earl''' (born '''Kate Joy Smithson'''<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://earlmusic.co/about/}}</ref>) is an American [[singer-songwriter]] based out of Tennessee.
 
==Early life==
Earl was born in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]. She has been married three times.<ref name="Independent">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/earl-interview-new-album-tongue-tied-single-jazz-swing-listen-stream-buy-tour-dates-a7881166.html |title=Earl Interview: 'I Want to Transcend Any Sort of Chaos' |work=Independent |date=August 7, 2017 |accessdate=June 2, 2018 |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin}}</ref>
Earl was born to Charles and Pomposa Smithson in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]. She is of [[Philippines|Filipino]], Dutch and Welsh descent.
 
She informed her audience at a Rick Astley Concert in April 2017 that she has been married three times.
 
==Musical career==
She began playing piano at four, sang in her church choir, and began playing the guitar when she was seventeen.<ref name="interview" /> The young singer nursed the dream to lead a musician's life in between shifts at her parent’sparents’ small-town gas station in [[Chugiak, Anchorage|Chugiak]], Alaska.
That dream became a reality when KateEarl moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 2004, where her talent was promptly recognized and led to a record deal with [[Record Collection (record label)|The Record Collection]] whose music was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Records]]. Her debut album, ''Fate Is the Hunter'', was released in May 2005.<ref name="allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kate-earl-mn0000619441 Kate Earl -– Music Biography] AllmusicAllMusic</ref> Earl officially changed her name to Kate Earl before the release of her second album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://celebmix.com/album-review-tongue-tied-earl/ |title=Album Review: 'Tongue Tied' by Earl |work=CelebMix |date=August 2, 2018 |accessdate=June 2, 2018 |last=Mendez |first=Michele}}</ref>
 
Earl left [[Record Collection (record label)|Record Collection]] in 2007, and signed with [[Universal Republic]] the following year. A self-titled album, ''[[Kate Earl (album)|Kate Earl]],''<ref name="interview">{{cite journal |last=Wilson |first=Sarah |date=April 2005 |title=Kate Earl |journal=Interview |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=62–65 }}</ref> was released as a digital download on August 18, 2009, and in physical copy on November 3, 2009.<ref name="allmusic" />▼
 
In 2012, Earl signed with Downtown Records. Her latestnext album, ''[[Stronger (Kate Earl album)|Stronger]]'', was released on November 20, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|last=Collar |first=Matt |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/stronger-mw0002438182 |title=Stronger -– Kate Earl : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |dateaccessdate=November 21, |accessdate=2012-11-21}}</ref> and was written and recorded with [[Brett Dennen]], [[Blake Mills]], and other well-respected Los Angeles musicians. The first single from the album, "One Woman Army", was released on September 18, 2012. Earl joined the [[Goo Goo Dolls]] and [[Matchbox Twenty]] as the opening act during their Summer 2013 US and Canadian tour.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}▼
▲Earl left [[Record Collection]] in 2007 and signed with [[Universal Republic]] the following year. A self-titled album, ''[[Kate Earl (album)|Kate Earl]],''<ref name="interview">{{cite journal |last=Wilson |first=Sarah |date=April 2005 |title=Kate Earl |journal=Interview |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=62–65 }}</ref> was released as a digital download on August 18, 2009 and in physical copy on November 3, 2009.<ref name=allmusic/>
 
In 2014, Earl decided to go indie and self produce her newnext album, - ''Ransom''.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}▼
▲In 2012, Earl signed with Downtown Records. Her latest album, ''[[Stronger (Kate Earl album)|Stronger]]'', was released on November 20, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|last=Collar |first=Matt |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/stronger-mw0002438182 |title=Stronger - Kate Earl : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-11-21}}</ref> and was written and recorded with [[Brett Dennen]], [[Blake Mills]], and other well-respected Los Angeles musicians. The first single from the album, "One Woman Army", was released on September 18, 2012. Earl joined the [[Goo Goo Dolls]] and [[Matchbox Twenty]] as the opening act during their Summer 2013 US and Canadian tour.
 
In 2015, Earl submitted two songs to the BBC Introducing programme, "Good Witch" and "We Promised", and was chosen, as one of six from 200,000 entries, to appear on the BBC Introducing Stage at that year’syear's Hyde Park festival. She was soon signed to BMG Records in the UK, and changed direction into “proper"proper jazz”jazz", original, old-school, authentic jazz, drawing on her childhood love of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Big Band swing.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}▼
▲In 2014, Earl decided to go indie and self produce her new album - Ransom.
 
The first single taken from her forthcoming2017 album ''Tongue Tied'' is ‘Tongue"Tongue Tied’Tied", which was nominated Radio 2's Record of the Week for the week starting Saturday 25 February 25, 2017. The up-tempo[[uptempo]], [[Syncopation|syncopated]], [[electro swing]] "Tongue Tied" utilizesuses a sample from "Disco Bob" by Professor Bobo and Bosko Slim. "Disco Bob" was used as the soundtrack of TV ads for Homebase.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}▼
▲In 2015 Earl submitted two songs to the BBC Introducing programme, "Good Witch" and "We Promised", and was chosen, as one of six from 200,000 entries, to appear on the BBC Introducing Stage at that year’s Hyde Park festival. She was soon signed to BMG Records in the UK, and changed direction into “proper jazz”, original, old-school, authentic jazz, drawing on her childhood love of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Big Band swing.
 
Earl was announced as the opening act for [[Rick Astley]] on his UK tour starting March 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Tim |title=Be bewitched by magical jazz singer Earl – supporting Rick Astley at the New Theatre, Oxford |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/15160332.bewitched-magical-jazz-singer-earl---supporting-rick-astley-new-theatre-oxford/ |website=Oxford Mail |date=March 16, 2017|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref>
▲The first single taken from her forthcoming album is ‘Tongue Tied’, which was nominated Radio 2's Record of the Week for the week starting Saturday 25 February 2017. The up-tempo, syncopated swing "Tongue Tied" utilizes a sample from "Disco Bob" by Professor Bobo and Bosko Slim. "Disco Bob" was used as the soundtrack of TV ads for Homebase.
 
Earl performed on episode three of [[The Bachelorette (season 9)]]. She sang two singles, ''Loyalty'' and ''One Woman Army'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2947714/soundtrack?ref_=tt_ql_trv_7 |title=The Bachelorette (TV Series) Episode #9.3 (2013) Soundtracks |publisher=IMDBIMDb |accessdate=2018-04-April 27, 2018}}</ref>, from her album [[Stronger (Kate Earl album)|Stronger]] for Bachelorette Desiree Hartsock and her date Chris Siegfried.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wayne |first=Julia |url=http://www.wetpaint.com/season-9-episode-3-hey-595428/ |title=The Bachelorette Season 9 Episode 3: Hey La Hey La His Girlfriend's Back |publisher=Wetpaint |date=June 4, 2013-06-04 |accessdate=2018-04-April 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelorette/episode-guide/season-9/03-episode-3 |title=S9 E03 Episode 3 |publisher=ABC |date=2013-06-10June 1, 2013|accessdate=2018-04-April 27, 2018}}</ref>▼
Earl was announced as the opening act for Rick Astley on his UK tour starting March 2017.
 
In 2023 Earl released ''Rise'' via Position Music <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.positionmusic.com/album/Mjk3Mzg3Ni04YjcyNDg |title=Rise by Earl |website=Position Music |access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref>
==Popular culture==
▲Earl performed on episode three of [[The Bachelorette (season 9)]]. She sang two singles, ''Loyalty'' and ''One Woman Army''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2947714/soundtrack?ref_=tt_ql_trv_7 |title=The Bachelorette (TV Series) Episode #9.3 (2013) Soundtracks |publisher=IMDB |accessdate=2018-04-27}}</ref>, from her album [[Stronger (Kate Earl album)|Stronger]] for Bachelorette Desiree Hartsock and her date Chris Siegfried.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wayne |first=Julia |url=http://www.wetpaint.com/season-9-episode-3-hey-595428/ |title=The Bachelorette Season 9 Episode 3: Hey La Hey La His Girlfriend's Back |publisher=Wetpaint |date=2013-06-04 |accessdate=2018-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelorette/episode-guide/season-9/03-episode-3 |title=S9 E03 Episode 3 |publisher=ABC |date=2013-06-10 |accessdate=2018-04-27}}</ref>
 
==Discography==
 
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Fate Is the Hunter (album)|Fate Is the Hunter]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Kate Earl (album)|Kate Earl]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Stronger (Kate Earl album)|Stronger]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Tongue Tied (2017album)|''Tongue Tied]]'' (2017)]]
* ''[[Rise (Kate Earl album)|Rise]]'' (2023)
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|5530478}}
* [http://earlmusic.co/ Earl Music] Kate Earl's official website
* [https://archive.org/details/KateEarl Kate Earl collection] at the [[Internet Archive]]'s live music archive
 
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