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Helga Davis WNYC judge Manhattan Battle of The Boroughs

NYC Subway Girl — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:31:52 +0000

I just love the song, (Comin' Back To Me) I loved the vulnerability that you had that night in the space and that you were just there, it was you and this guitar telling this very very personal and powerful story…

Helga Davis

WNYC + WQXR and NYC commuter

Battle of The Boroughs Manhattan judge

WGXC radio interview

NYC Subway Girl — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:17:00 +0000

June 8th I was interviewd on WGXC a Community Radio station in Hudson, NY

Here's an audio link to the full interview

an excerpt from my interview peforming What Fools Do words and music Cathy Grier SESAC singerfish publishing

Grand Central Commuter

NYC Subway Girl — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:26:00 +0000

I stopped to speak with you at GCT around 1pm today and bought two of your cds. I was getting my shoes shined, reading the paper and said to myself "who is playing that beautiful music?" I listened to "Coming Back to Me" tonight and really like it. I said to myself that there is a lot going in this voice...I heard Natalie Merchant, Lara Nyro, Joni Mitchell...you've got quite a range and your guitar work is impeccable. I didn't know that you opened for Laura Nyro, so that was a good guess. Anyway, my first and true love is folk music and I enjoyed stumbling upon your music today. Thanks and all the best!

Ron Schulman

William Russo, NYTWS

NYC Subway Girl — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:40:00 +0000

note from Billy after my Joe's Pub concert June 15, 2010

None of your recordings prepared us for the power of your live performance. You filled me to the brim emotionally and your virtuosity on the guitar is thrilling. Your La Vie En Rose had me in tears at the end when you went acapella. You've made my week so much better from having been serenaded by you.

All the Best, Billy and Richard

William Russo is the managing Director New York Theatre Workshop

Time Out NY, Joe's Pub

NYC Subway Girl — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:54:09 +0000

Local singer-songwriter and activist Cathy Grier plays a mean slide guitar and sings twice as beguilingly as pretty much any American Idol starlet half her age; at her best, she sounds like a bluesier Carole King.

check out the comments on my blog about the actual performance

Sedera Ranaivorinosy, WBAI - 99.5 FM

NYC Subway Girl — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:30:18 +0000

"With her folked-up blues, Cathy prolongs a tradition of socially conscious singers that have inhabited New York City since the second half of the 20^th century. When she plays, she has a presence and warmth that makes her music particularly communicative and perfectly in its place when performed in the subway."

Sedera Ranaivorinosy, WBAI

MP3 and transcript of the interview

Larry Wolfert, WRSU Rutgers Radio

NYC Subway Girl — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:29:19 +0000

“You’ve really got to see Cathy, she has such great energy and you can see that she loves what she’s doing, it’s contagious.”

Larry Wolfert, DJ WRSU radio

video excerpt

MP3 audio

comments on my blog

the five outsiders blog, jessica's street performers

NYC Subway Girl — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:28:00 +0000

I wanted to have someone really special. I started to go through some of the past musicians we’ve featured, and one of my absolute favorites is Cathy Grier. She’s got energy like nobody else and always “brings it.” She’s a great supporter of her fellow musicians. Not to mention, she’s been a cool supporter of The Five Outsiders

The Five Outsiders blog

Karen Iris Tucker, NY Blade

NYC Subway Girl — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:26:00 +0000

Grier carefully etches stories meant to prod listeners to action. Grier hopes to inspire activism-as a singer and songwriter-through her mix of gritty rock, sexy jazz, and dusty blues songs.

New York Blade News - Karen Iris Tucker

Smith Galtney, Time Out NY

NYC Subway Girl — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:25:54 +0000

“Grier mixes folked-up blues with a political mind-set, and there’s more than a little funk in there too.”

Time Out, NY Smith Galtney