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Members: Kay Ashley: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, tamboura

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Kay Ashley
San Francisco, CA        Folk / Pop / Singer-Songwriter

Bio

It all started in a gravel pit in the North Maine Woods. A reluctant graduate student in geology, Kay Ashley was withering under the flinty stare of the noonday sun, hacking away at 10,000-year-old glacial sediments with an army issue hoe pick, all while providing lunch to the legendary northern Maine black flies--and she thought, "there must be something better than this." So, Kay decided to leave the rocks in the gravel pits where they belonged, and to return to her first love: music. This ...

Comments

Ben Aaron
Ben Aaron: Love the Nick Drake cover, "Pink Moon". You have a wonderful voice, Kay. Please keep up the great work. From a fellow folkie, ---Ben Aaron  Sep 24
Savear
Savear: Your music is hot please allow our sound to inspire your movement. You are invited to be a part of The Space Age Money Click take over. We are hosting a $250 contest for a collaboration with Savear. MC L leader of the 7...  Aug 29
Steven G. Terry
Steven G. Terry: Love the music~~  Jul 27
LOST CITY BAND
LOST CITY BAND: Lovely music Kay, sweet vocals, the best cover of Pink Moon I've heard !!!!!  Jul 22
Stony Lix
Stony Lix: awesome - very talented and beautiful voices - awesome sounds going on in these songs  Jul 18
Michael McGuane
Michael McGuane: beautiful...yes it is  Jun 06
Pedro Frias Band
Pedro Frias Band: Hi, nice to meet you, Pedro Frias  May 18
TheCOPY21
TheCOPY21: HI YOUR IS WONDERFUL..& GREAT MUSIC FROM YOU SO WE GLAD IF YOU HAVE OPINION ON OUR MUSIC BEST REGARDS TheCOPY21 WE LOVE YOUUUU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J0KidVIeQM  Dec 01
Claudia Russell & the Folk Unlimited Orchestra
Claudia Russell & the Folk Unli...: Hi Kay - Very lovely music...welcome to the Bay Area...maybe we can do a show together. Looking forward to meeting some time.  Mar 01
Jim Robson
Jim Robson: Greetings Kay, I have recommended you on my Reverbnation page. Your songs are truly excellent and extremely well-produced. Love your voice - touches of Joni. Please add me as a fan? -Jim.  Jul 14

Press

“Kay Ashley's gorgeous, moving "Heliotrope" occupies a charmed point triangulated by Joni Mitchell's "Hejira," Paul Simon's "Graceland," and Nick Drake's "Pink Moon."”
—  Andrew Hultkrans, SPIN Magazine

Chart Position

Folk charts
for San Francisco, CA.

Artist Stats

Fans: 2,124
Song Plays: 585
Visits: 1,345
Video Plays: 1,899
Widget Hits: 8,986

Status

Status: Singing every Tues in June w/ @katekilbane: http://bazaarcafe.com/

Blog

HELIOTROPE release party on 3/24
Mar 13, 2009 at 02:07 AM
Tue Mar 24 09 07:00 PM | New York, NY US Venue: Drom Address: 85 Avenue A, New York, NY, 10009, US Details: "HELIOTROPE" CD RELEASE PARTY! A full-band extravaganza! With a horn section featuring Michael Leonhart, V. Jeffrey Smith, and elizabeth!... And a choir featuring Jamie Leonhart, elizabeth!, Allison Tartalia, Shelley Nicole, Jenn Foster, ...

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