Kathy Mar - My Favorite Sings

Filk Legend Kathy Mar's First New Release Since 1989!

Kathy Mar is one of the world's best-loved performers of science-fiction and fantasy folk ("filk") music.

A professional folk artist originally from Denver, Kathy been invited to perform at clubs, bookstores, on the radio, conventions world-wide, and even as an invited artist for NASA Ames Research Center's first public open house.

On My Favorite Sings, Kathy collected together her most-requested performances of folk and filk songs, loosely centered on themes of fantasy and spirituality.

Kathy's powerful singing is supported by Kristoph Klover's multi-layered arrangements, featuring mandolin, cello, harp, flute, recorder, dumbek, and violin. Backup artists include Margaret Davis, Cat Taylor, Mark Ungar, and Kris Yenney.

Arlo Rose designed the album packaging. Cover artwork by Christina Willrich.

About the Songs

  1. Flowering Green - Feminism meets fantasy and the village heartthrob gets what's coming to him.

  2. The 20th Century is Almost Over - Steve Goodman wrote this in the seventies. Although the chorus is now obsolete, much of the rest still has something to say to us.

  3. Santa Monica Pier - Christine Lavin has managed to evoke California in all its crazy glory in just over four minutes.

  4. Everybody's Moon - "Time and things belong to no one, but it's everybody's moon!" The lyric says it all.

  5. Merlin - A very spooky take on a traditionally heroic character. Just who is the bad guy here?

  6. Shapeshifter - Inspired by Patricia McKillip's Riddlemaster of Hed series, this is an image-rich song by a fine new songwriter/singer from Utah.

  7. No Such Thing - If we let the endangered species die out, how will we explain it to our children?

  8. New Life - Long before X-files Nate Bucklin was asking how we would respond to first contact.

  9. Rise Up - It's your first night as a vampire and you waken to this rich and beautiful serenade.

  10. Song of the Ripper - Exquisite poetry and insidious horror by the author of many excellent songs about dinosaurs, bureaucracy, and The Loch Ness Monster.

  11. Dirty Movie - "You don't recognize the actor's face but they've all got talent in just the right place."

  12. Daughters and Sons - A teaching song for a better world.

  13. Child's Song - That moment of joy and sorrow when we first spread our wings and leave the nest.

  14. Water, Fire and Smoke - A deeply spiritual meditation with a fine dijeridu performance that magically came together in just one take.

  15. Word of God - A perfect answer to creationism: "Humans wrote the Bible--God wrote the rocks!" "The profoundest act of worship is to try to understand."

  16. A Healing in this Night - Exquisite harpwork by Margaret Davis brings this song about the healing power of song alive. A fine piece of writing to comfort those in mourning or in pain. "There are songs that sing us all."

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