Katriona Taylor new album Blind Passion plus live online concert Saturday 30 January 2021 at 8.30pm
Season 1, Episode 634, Jan 27, 2021, 10:30 AM
Katriona Taylor has just recorded her fifth album Blind Passion which celebrates music from blind artists like Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Diane Schuur & Jose Feliciano as well as some of Katriona’s own material.
Katriona will be streaming a live concert of Blind Passion with her band from her Wimbledon studio on Saturday 30 January at 8.30pm.
Katriona is a former lawyer turned singer and has performed on the UK Jazz circuit and internationally for 15 years. Katriona has performed with the likes of George Benson, Georgie Fame and The James Taylor Quartet to name just a few.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Katriona to find out how she got into singing and songwriting, why she wanted to record Blind Passion, how she has re-arranged some of the tracks on the album by a number of great blind artists, her thoughts on performing via a live stream as a visually impaired artist and how important music is for everyone during the Covid pandemic.
The interview includes a clip from Katriona’s rearrangement of Stevie Wonder’s track Master Blaster which features on her album Blind Passion.
For more information about Katriona Taylor , details about her album Blind Passion the live streamed concert and more about her music do visit her website -
https://www.katrionataylor.com.
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