Author Archive: Katherine Rhoda

I’m back in Maine after six months in the UK. After the decimation of my musical work last year due to the pandemic, it feels quite novel indeed to be entering a few dates into my upcoming gig calendar, beginning…
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The online New England Folk Festival 2021 is this weekend! I’m not playing live in it this year, but did make three short videos for it – Vintage Grange Songs, Historical Songs of Women’s Suffrage, and Marxophone & Harpeleik –…
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This winter I updated my profile at Creative Ground, the online directory of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and achieved “NEST eligible” status with them. Their New England States Touring (NEST) grants “fund nonprofit organizations to present…
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In early November, after an all-clear breast cancer followup (YES!), I flew to England to rejoin my true love David Wallace-Lawrence. He came here last February to find us new lodging, and got trapped by the pandemic. As I’m younger,…
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While researching songs from progressive movements of the past, I found this gem in Socialist Songs with Music, compiled and published by Charles H. Kerr in 1901 in Chicago. Eerily relevant to our time, especially since the attack on the…
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I hope this post finds you and yours well enough during these challenging times. Please be good to yourself and to us all. As someone said, there is no them; there is only us… Most of my musical work has,…
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I’ve had a busy but low-key few months, dealing with breast cancer, fortunately caught early. I just finished radiation treatments this week. My prognosis is excellent, and I’m very grateful for the excellent support and care I’ve received! I had…
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Early detection saves lives! Thanks to my routine annual mammogram, I’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, fortunately caught early. I’m unafraid, hopeful of full recovery, and very grateful for health coverage and excellent care! This development has derailed my near…
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Inspired by this summer’s programming at the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society, focused on the 100th anniversary of Maine’s ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted women the vote, I’m excited to be working on learning historical songs…
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I’m back home in Hiram, Maine, after three months in Teesdale, in the North East of England, where my true love David Wallace-Lawrence and I spend time each winter with family and friends. We enjoyed taking part in the rich…
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