Rebecca Katz's favorite four-letter word is "folk."

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Rebecca has been singing, making up songs, and making noise on various instruments since she was very young. At 13, she picked up her dad's guitar so she could be the cool counselor at summer camp. A year later she wrote her first original tune and has been writing ever since.

In college at Brandeis University, Rebecca played more than 80 shows on-campus. Now cutting her teeth as a performer in the rich Boston folk scene, she has played the Nameless Coffeehouse, Toad, and Oasis Coffeehouse, among other venues. She has also had the honor of opening for nationally-touring artists Pamela Means, Teddy Goldstein, and Ryanhood.

Rebecca truly has an acoustic heart. An explorer of a myriad of genres, she will always come home to one hundred percent handmade music. Currently completing her Master's in English Literature, Rebecca considers herself a lifelong student of language and songwriting. Like her hero, Nanci Griffith, she is equally devoted to penning new songs and passing on traditional tunes and favorites by fellow writers.

For two and a half years, Rebecca co-hosted the Watch City Coffeehouse, folk presenter Bob Weiser's weekly radio program featuring traditional and contemporary acoustic music on 100.1 FM WBRS. She also served as a sound engineer and Live Music Director at WBRS, and taught private guitar lessons for two years at Cambridge Music Center in Porter Square (Cambridge, MA).

Above all, Rebecca enjoys connecting with people through music. Equipped with a clear, confident voice, she can as easily evoke laughter from her audiences as improvised harmony. Equal parts songwriter and storyteller, she is all-heart all the time, and brings her special touch to every room she plays.

Rebecca's debut album, Spendin' On Today, engineered by Mark Thayer at Signature Sounds Studio, was released in September 2007.