Thank you to Elephant Talk Indie! I won the Best Songwriter Award for 2021. Thank you for your support and all you do for our indie music scene!Stay tuned for the release of my live performance [...]

It was a wonderful surprise to find out today that I won Best Songwriter: The Homey Awards Hometown Heroes Delaware Valley. Thank you dearly to the great Mark C. Rogers and to everyone who voted. [...]

Thank you to the wonderful Chris Sikich and MAGNET Magazine for beautifully documenting the Philly music scene. It was an amazing experience to write about my time during the pandemic. From [...]

I am very excited to share with you my new single “Letter To Donny” recorded and produced by the wonderful Brett Kull. I am extremely grateful for all the hard work Brett put into [...]

Thank you to WHYY for featuring my live performance of “Reverie” on their House Concert series with very special guests Brett Kull and Jeremy Beck of Rise Twain. Stay tuned! This Friday September [...]

  ⭐️I am excited to announce that next Friday September 18th my new single “Letter To Donny” will be released on Bandcamp. Also, the music video will premiere that same day. [...]

A very special thank you to John Vettese at WXPN and Mark C. Rogers at Hometown Heroes Delaware Valley for spinning my new single “Letter To Donny” this week. Stay tuned for the music [...]

Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you and your family well. Sending you all so much love. I have been busy riding the waves of this current time period. Some days the waves are giant and [...]

I am excited to announce that a tune I wrote with Brett Kull “Another Light Year” from my new album “Long Night Moon” is in the semifinals of the International Songwriting Competition. [...]

Getting ready to rock with the great Brett Kull ⭐️ Tomorrow we are heading for an interview and live performance with Charlie Silvestri on his radio show Up Close And Acoustic and [...]

“Trade Winds” and “I Was Amazed” with Brett Kull and JD Beck of Rise Twain 12/20/19 Kennett Flash in Kennett Square, PA

“Trade Winds” music video premiere!!!! 🎧🎬Directed by James Adams. Recorded and produced by Brett Kull. 2019 has been quite the journey and I am so thankful for your [...]

A December to remember: I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving! I am thankful for my family, friends, and the healing power of music. Thank you for all of your ❤️and support [...]

Thank you to the wonderful Helen Leicht for playing “Trade Winds” off my new album “Long Night Moon” 🌝💫🌝💫 on Xpn Philly Local. Check it out! Available now on [...]

It’s here! Thank you to the awesome Daniel Drago for having me on his podcast 25 O’Clock! We chat about my new album “Long Night Moon” produced by Brett Kull, my recent racy Netflix [...]

Stay tuned for release dates for my new album “Long Night Moon” and the music video for “Life is Just a Dream” directed by James Adams!    Friday September 13th: [...]

Ready, set, go! I am excited to announce the release of my new album “Long Night Moon” coming this fall! Recorded and produced by the awesome Brett Kull at Chateau Fornance Studios in Norristown. [...]

I am very excited to announce that my tune “Magical Ending”  is featured on the Netflix show Yankee. (season 1, ep 18, last scene/credit roll). Thank you to BMG and the Giving Groove! [...]

Hello everyone! I am excited to announce that I am up for Best Solo Artist for WSTW’s Homey Awards this year. I love Hometown Heroes and it’s wonderful host Mark Rogers. They are so [...]

Thank you to The Daily Country! Katie Barbato demonstrates great talent and a generous heart on her new record, The Art of Falling (released September 21, 2018), a seven-track collection led by [...]

Thank you to the Vinyl District! “I wrote ‘Magical Ending’ about the search for happiness in life and what it means to me. After taking a hard look at myself and the world around me, I realized [...]

The 2018 93.7 WSTW Hometown Heroes Holiday Album is here!!!! I am so excited to have my original holiday tune “Winter Wish” on the album! Recorded with @mattteacher and @mike.lawson All proceeds [...]

I am so excited to be back on Sound Stage Radio on Thursday October 11th with the awesome Nicole Zell. Tune in at 5pm http://wche1520.com to hear all about my new EP “The Art of [...]

Needle Drop: Katie Barbato, “The Art of Falling”

https://fanlink.to/3iE “The Art of Falling” is now available on limited edition vinyl via The Giving Groove Benefiting Rock to the Future get your copy now at [...]

It’s here!!!! Thank you dearly to For Folk’s Sake for premiering my new music video “The Art of Falling” tonight! Directed by the great Daniel Collins and the song produced by the one and only [...]

This Friday! I am excited to be kicking off the Club Passim Campfire Festival! Tix available https://www.passim.org/  August 31st 6pm Club Passim Campfire Festival Cambridge, Mass in the round [...]

Upcoming shows!!!!!!!! August 31st -September 3rd – Club Passim Campfire Festival Cambridge, MA Friday Aug 31st- 6pm in the round with McKain Lakey, Jessica Rhaye, and Kara Mckee   September [...]

I am very excited to be heading out to California in a few short weeks for some networking and a music licensing conference and I am gonna rock a show! 🙂  Saturday, July 28 at 5:30 PM – [...]

About to add the newest addition to my discography coming in September! Shootin’ for Noon 2000 Dangerous Daze 2001 The Tapestry Room 2003 Family Car Songbook 2004 Somewhere Over the Radar 2008 [...]

My good friend Anthony Renzulli invited me to sing with him on a cover of Bob Dylan’s 1964 hit “It Ain’t Me Babe”. It’s out now and available on ITUNES! ☮️  

Stay tuned for the release of “The Art of Falling”! Photo by the wonderful Lisa Schaffer

My tribute album to the late great Edna St. Vincent Millay, “The Millay Tapes”, is featured in “Through Their Eyes” an exhibit at her homestead Steepletop for the 2018 [...]

I am excited to announce that my tune “Best Days” is in the semi-finals for the folk/singer songwriter category in the International Songwriting Competition. Thank you to my partners in crime [...]

Happy fall everyone! We have been working hard on my new EP “The Art of Falling” at Sine Studios and only have a few more tracks to finish and then off to mastering! We have also been [...]

The Millay Tapes: Katie Barbato in Concert Date: August 12 Time: 2 pm Location: Steepletop Katie Barbato is a Philadelphia based singer, songwriter and musician. On this, her first visit to [...]

I had a wonderful time with Ray Naylor on his show ” The Performing Songwriter”. Check out my interview and live performances of some new tunes “War Inside of Me”, [...]

I am looking forward to a long overdue trip to Austerlitz in August to visit the great poet Edna St. Vincent Millay’s home Steepletop. I will be performing songs from my tribute album to [...]

I take the stage at 2:15pm on Saturday right after my good friend Dan Collins! Come on out for a weekend full of music, awesome food, and fun! Come hang on 9th Street Saturday 5/20! The festival [...]

Happy spring to everyone! Thanks for checking in and I look forward to playing some wonderful shows for you this season. I have been busy with pre-production on my new tunes. I am excited to be [...]

I am very excited to announce along with Matt Teacher, Mike Lawson, and Randi Lawson, the launch of our new record label The Giving Groove! The Giving Groove is not your ordinary record label. [...]

I am honored to announce that I have been nominated for Best Female Artist for the 11th annual Hometown Heroes Homey Awards! Thank you to 93.7 WSTW and the wonderful support of Mark C. Rogers of [...]

Stay tuned for Boston and NYC dates! I am excited to announce my new album “Times Have Changed” is now available on ITUNES and CDBABY! I am currently in the studio working on pre-production for [...]

I am excited to announce my new album recorded in Nashville and Philly titled “Times Have Changed” is available for purchase on ITUNES and CDBABY. Thanks for listening! You can [...]

Happy fall to everyone! Stay tuned for my new album “Times Have Changed”! It will be available on ITUNES,  cdbaby, and bandcamp shortly. I am so excited to share with you the new [...]

I am excited to announce I will be opening for Mutlu at Boot and Saddle on Saturday September 17th. Here is the link to buy tickets: [...]

I am excited to announce that I will be performing and releasing my new album Times Have Changed at the Philadelphia Folk Festival 8/20 on the Camp Stage with Heart Harbor and Matt Duke. Thank [...]

I hope you enjoy my first official music video by the wonderful Varga Productions! It is my rendition of the Irma Thomas classic “Times Have Changed.” The tune was recorded down in [...]

Folk-rock fans rejoice! Philadelphia’s Dirty Holiday released their debut EP, Nobody’s Sober, at the start of the new year and it is amazing. Though the band is a fairly new unit, its members [...]

Katie and her Philly based band Dirty Holiday released their debut EP “Nobody’s Sober” on January 1, 2016. It is available on ITUNES and at www.dirtyholiday.bandcamp.com. The EP [...]

Hello and happy new year! We have been staying warm and cozy in the studio working on our new record. It will be released this spring. I will keep you posted on our release party and tour [...]

Hello everyone and happy springtime to you! We have a great deal of exciting updates for you for the summer season including new recordings, shows, interviews, a movie, and the new band! I have [...]

Hey! Welcome to the new website. Enjoy the new tunes recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville with the amazing Obie O’Brien and Matt Teacher. I am currently busy with pre- production on [...]

My new album The Millay Tapes is available on iTunes and CDBABY. Request tunes off the album on WXPN, Roots Rock Review, and Hometown Heroes. Performed in front of a packed crowd at Sigma [...]