Kathy Mar
Kathy Mar at CONduit 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kathy Mar at CONduit 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Background information
Born (1951-01-07) January 7, 1951
OriginDenver, Colorado, United States
GenresFilk
Instrument(s)guitar
Websitehttp://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 Zander Nyrond, 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'. 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

References

  1. ↑ Filk Hall of Fame "HoF Inductees: Kathy Mar". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
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