Katy CARR.
Katy Carr is a multi-talented Londonbased performer and songwriter. She is an accomplished musician of piano, ukulele and banjolele, to name a few. She has four albums under her belt, each receiving outstanding reviews and critical acclaim. I once met Katy in London and quickly felt in love with her passion and empathy for war veterans, from which she draws inspiration for her music. In 2009 she invited me to her flat on Baker Street. It was full of instruments and exquisite vintage dresses. Her company is enchanting, the kind of person you could talk to for hours and never want to leave.
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Photography: Ben Wright Photography ©2015
Fast forwards half a decade and that’s exactly what happened on Friday 13th March 2015, when I decided to approach Katy for this issue of Doncopolitan. In particular I wanted to ask her about her experiences in the music industry. It has been five years since we last spoke. Katy is now an international star. She’s done the Royal Opera House and Glastonbury, and her music video for ‘Mała Little Flower’ has almost 200,000 views on YouTube. As I prepare for this catch-up, I wonder if Katy is interested in a magazine “up north”, nestled between the better known Leeds and Sheffield. As our conversation
unfolds, it’s like chatting with an old friend, and Katy is interested in the magazine and Doncaster. Katie, do you think it is harder as a woman to make it in the music industry? I think that it is harder for women to ‘make it,’ not only in the music industry but in any employment field across the entire globe. Motherhood, which is the most important job in the world, is not given the financial, physical or mental respect that it deserves. When a woman considers that the music industry is her chosen business field, she has to be very careful about accepting the terms and