Catie Curtis

Catie Curtis (born 1965) is an American singer-songwriter. She has recorded 11 albums. Her most recent, Sweet Life, was released in 2008.

Career

Curtis was raised in the small city of Saco, Maine. She originally played drums, but later changed to acoustic guitar. While attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, she started playing on the local coffeehouse circuit while also working as a waitress and social worker. She moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 1990s, after deciding to make a career out of music.

Curtis has toured extensively in North America in support of her albums, including playing at several festivals, such as the Newport Folk Festival. She has also supported, among others, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dar Williams, Girlyman and Bonnie Raitt. She also played on the final Lilith Fair tour.

Her songs have been featured in Alias, Dawson's Creek, Felicity and Chicago Hope, as well as in several independent films. She won the Best Album Award from the Gay and Lesbian American Music Awards for her self-titled 1997 album. In 2005, she and Mark Erelli won the Grand Prize in the International Songwriting Competition for their song People Look Around, a song written in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

A film documentary on Curtis, entitled Tangled Stories, has been directed by Robert Millis. An interview with her is also featured on his current affairs program, American Microphone.

Curtis has been with her partner Liz for 10 years. The two have two adopted daughters, Lucy and Celia. The family lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

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