After raising a child as a single mom, Kathleen Hoye re-entered the music scene in 2021 with a hard-won single about a traumatic near-drowning incident with her daughter, Riptide, produced by Grammy-Nominee Duane Lundy  (Jim James, Sturgill Simpson, Ringo Starr).

She then formed the The Katheen Hoye Trio, which offers a unique, atmospheric style of Celtic/folk/blues fusion (Chamber Folk) and original songwriting influenced by Kathleen's time living in Belfast Ireland, Chicago, Tennessee & Kentucky, and the eclectic talents of her band mates. 
Together they recorded their recent single, Different Kind, which is receiving national airplay and charted in its first week of airplay.

Kathleen has 25 years of songwriting and performing experience, is a classically trained vocalist, and has opened for Gillian Welch, Iris Dement, Leon Russell, Patty Loveless, The Indigo Girls & Paula Cole. 

THE TRIO:  Guitarist Mark Hamilton has performed at the Kennedy Center and has worked with artists across multiple genres, from indie rock/folk (Will Oldham) to gospel, gypsy jazz and hip hop (Static Major).  Angela Scharfenberger is a public ethnomusicologist (PhD, IU) whose experiences studying African music and culture inform both a percussive standup bass style and inspire a community building approach to teaching with the Louisville Folk School.