Kathy Mar

Kathy Mar
Kathy Mar
	Kathy Mar at CONduit 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Background information
Born	January 7, 1951 (age 70)
Origin	Denver, Colorado, United States
Genres	Filk
Instruments	guitar
Website	http://www.xocolatl.com/kathy

Kathy Mar (/ˈmɑːr/; from Chinese Ma by analogy with non-rhotic accents) is an American filk singer.

Career[]

Mar worked as a professional folk singer and street performer in Denver, Colorado for many years before discovering filk. Her first recordings were for Off Centaur Publications (Songbird, On a Bright Wind, Bamboo Wind) and she went on to record two albums with Thor Records (Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose) which have recently been re-released as a double CD. She also recorded an album for Dandelion Digital (Made by Magic) with British songwriter , one of the first filk CDs ever produced. Her album of filk and folk covers on Prometheus (My Favorite Sings) was her most successful release. She was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in its second year of existence.^[1] With Lindy Sears, she instigated the 'Dandelion Conspiracy' to promote filk to general science-fiction conventions.

She was Filk Guest of Honor at Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention.

Personal life[]

Mar lives in a commune in San Leandro, California. She has had four children: Michael (1970–1982), Melanie (1972) and twins Nicolas and Cassandra (1985). She lives with her primary life partner Dean Dierschow, also her roadie, in what she refers to as 'a wonderful ongoing courtship'.^{[citation needed]} She was involved in the antiwar movement in the 1960s, and sang in Kansas City for the first Moratorium.

Pegasus Awards[]

1989 — Best Filk Song - Arafel's Song (Tree of Swords & Jewels) (with Mercedes Lackey)
1989 — Best Writer/Composer
1991 — Best Love Song - Velveteen
1993 — Best Writer/Composer
1994 — Best Filk Song - Drink Up the River
1996 — Best Filk Song - When Giants Walked
2004 — Best Writer/Composer

Albums[]

Songbird — Off Centaur (cassette OCP-24) 1982
On a Bright Wind — Off Centaur (cassette OCP-36) 1984
Bamboo Wind — Off Centaur (cassette OCP-54) 1985
Plus Ca Change — Thor Records (cassette FK1003) 1988
Plus C'est La Même Chose — Thor Records (cassette FK1006) 1990
Made By Magic — with Zander Nyrond, Dandelion Digital CD DD-005CD, 1994
My Favorite Sings — Prometheus Music CD PM-1000, 1999
Plus Ca Change / Plus C'est La Même Chose — DragonsGate Music CD 2000
Kathy Mar - Live — Love Song Productions CD/DVD LSP2004 2009

External links[]

References[]

^ Filk Hall of Fame "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] Filk Hall of Fame "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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