Kathy Chiavola
Kathy Chiavola is an American bluegrass, country, vocalist and guitarist. Raised in Kansas City, Missouri, she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in vocal performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music before pursuing doctoral studies under opera singer Eileen Farrell at Indiana University. In 1978, she pivoted from classical music to acoustic roots, relocating to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1980. She worked as a sideman and session bassist, touring with The Doug Dillard Band, Vassar Clements, and Country Gazette before launching her own ensemble. She was named the SPBGMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 1997 and won an IBMA Recorded Event of the Year award in 2001.
In the newsletter
- No. 9 Fall 1996
- No. 10 Winter 1997
- No. 16 Fall 1998
- No. 23 Spring/Summer 2000
- No. 25 Winter 2001
- No. 32 April 2003
Wrote
- RAG, MAMA, RAG...: More About Choices (No. 9)