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Pousse Café
 Katya's
second album, Pousse Café, was featured on BBC
Radio 2, BBC Radio Suffolk, Campbell Burnap’s Jazz program
on JAZZFM, and Ned Sherrin’s music quiz show, Counterpoint.
The album was inspired by the sultry 1950’s recordings
of the late singer, Julie London, and has influences of Mel
Torme and Blossom Dearie.
Pousse Café, the album, is a multilayered musical cocktail
of varied yet beautifully complimentary flavours. A stunning
collection of forgotten gems delivered in Katya’s unique,
deeply melodic and sultry style.
Katya spent the winter of 2003 researching songs
that tell a story, are not often heard or overdone, and
make sense as a collection. The result is a recording that
tells the story of a love affair, from initial flirtation,
infatuation and devotion, to instability, heartache and resignation
only to come full circle by the end and ‘fall in love
again.’
Like some of the wonderful performers before her, Sinatra,
Julie London, Blossom Dearie, it is Katya’s sense of
dramatic nuance and commitment to melody and lyric that makes
Pousse Café special, and gives Katya her inimitable
vocal quality. Katya treats each song as though it were a four-minute
play, meaning the lyric as opposed to merely singing it.
Some of Katya’s strongest influences are apparent as
one listens, the edgy song adaptations of Mel Torme, the lyrical
phrasing of trumpeter Harry James and of course the melodic
and sensual delivery of Julie London.
Ultimately, the power of Pousse
Café is the golden voice.
It is haunting, subtle—it caresses and taunts. You want to hear more.
Listening, you will find yourself “ Falling in love
again”.
Listen to clips & buy
MP3's online...
About the
songs on this album...
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