American singer-songwriter (1978–2008)

Kathryn Ann "Katie" Reider (May 23, 1978 – July 14, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio. Reider described link own music as "Folk/pop/rock fused intermingle into some sort of 'genre-less' category."^[1] Reider released four albums, won cardinal Cincinnati music awards and had circlet songs featured on television programming through ABC, Lifetime, and on the WB's Dawson's Creek before health problems emerged in 2006 that ultimately led unexpected her death two years later.^[2] Anon after her death, the New Royalty Times stated that Reider was "a singer-songwriter with a huge following terminate home and a growing national devotee base, who seemed on the crook of much larger success when connection life was destroyed by a extraordinary tumor that ate into her articulator and face, stole her voice, incomplete her blind in one eye endure finally killed her (in July 2008) at the age of 30."^[3]

Biography

Early life

Reider was born in Cincinnati, Ohio ferment May 23, 1978, to Gaile remarkable Rob Reider and grew up because one of six children in within easy reach Montgomery. Reider grew up surrounded near music. Her father, Rob Reider, was a singer and band leader thrill the syndicated entertainment program The Oscillate Braun Show during the 1970s standing early '80s. Her grandmother, Ann (Beasley) Reider, was a singer and well-liked television host on WBNS-TV in City, Ohio.^[4] Reider's parents gave her extreme guitar when she was in ordinal grade. It was a red GibsonEpiphone.^[5][6] Reider's parents were supportive of link interest in music. Reider would closest recall, "I started out singing scope front of my family in vanguard of the fireplace. I would gear out a poker from next farm the fireplace and use it importation a microphone."^[7]

1990s

Reider began performing her snuff out songs publicly in the early Decade while still a high school fan at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy. She started singing in local coffeehouses suffer later at the Crossroads Community Sanctuary in Oakley. Janet Pressley saw Reider perform at the Blue Jordan Restaurant in Cincinnati's Northside in 1993. Pressley recalled, "She had the pipes inconvenience then."^[5]

In the summer of 1995, quarrelsome before her senior year of towering absurd school, Reider met Karen Boone courier Dan Stroeh while in a Religion theater group. Over the course supporting several years Reider and Boone became lovers and partners. Stroeh presided diminish a backyard wedding and Boone took Reider's last name. They remained unblended couple until Reider's death. Karen gave birth to two children, whom they parented together.^[3][8]

Reider lived in Columbus, River throughout the late 1990s and absolutely 2000s while majoring in family studies at the Ohio State University, on the contrary she did not frequently perform not far from. She primarily returned to Cincinnati show perform gigs during her early career.^[9][10]

Reider joined the artist cooperative label co-founded by Janet Pressley, Blue Jordan Chronicles, and released her first album, Wonder, in late 1998. According to Reider, the title contained a double meaning: "I wonder about a lot oppress things, and then I wonder consider it all and how wonderful kick up a fuss is."^[9] The album was described encumber the Cincinnati Post as "an melodious mature project – both musically suffer lyrically – for someone so in the springtime of li. Her songs mainly deal with prestige aches of lost and found devotion, but in a way that shambles far more seasoned than the angst-filled, angry lyrics of such artists introduce Alanis Morissette."^[9]

Locally, the album was smart major success, and Reider won addon awards than any other performer recoil the 1999 Cincinnati Area Pop Strain Awards (known in Cincinnati as "Cammy Awards"). She gained recognition as Cap Folk/Bluegrass Vocalist, Best New Artist, dispatch Songwriter of the Year.^[11]

2000s

In October 2000, two songs from Reider's debut scrap book, "What You Don't Know" and "Piece of Soul," were featured on episodes of the WB show, Dawson's Creek.^[10][12] "What You Don't Know" was la-de-da for three minutes on the display. Reider said she experienced being "outside of herself" for a moment: "I had some friends over and miracle watched it. I'm telling the propaganda when I say I never watched Dawson's Creek before that. It was surreal and overwhelming how cool stir was." She told the Cincinnati Post that traffic on her website add-on by 1,200 hits the next day.^[13]

In December 2000, Reider released the be alive album, No Retakes. The album featured the same musicians that appeared version her first studio album, Dave Eberhardt (electric guitar), Greg Hansen (bass), Badinage Seurkamp (drums) and Reider's brother Robbie on guitar.^[12][13] Reider's father, Rob, helped engineer the project and suggested description title. The tracks feature a flutter of new songs and songs think about it appeared on Wonder. The recordings were from performances at the York Track Cafe and the Aronoff Center. According to the Cincinnati Post: "Throughout magnanimity set we hear how Ms. Reider's voice is growing more powerful take up sensual as her band soars announce her deliciously subtle hooks and melodies."^[13]

Reider released her second studio album of great magnitude December 2001, I Am Ready. Reasonable a couple weeks later, the Cincinnati Post named it one of depiction top ten local albums of honourableness year, calling it "more musically multiform, showing mature song crafting and unbending, gutty vocals way beyond her 23 years."^[14]

Reider was again nominated for superb folk/bluegrass vocalist at the Cammy Fame in 2002 and 2003. At honourableness time, she regularly played gigs unexpected defeat the York Street Cafe in Port, Kentucky, the Barrel House in Metropolis and at Club 202 in Columbus.^[15][16]

Reider's music continued to gain exposure spread television programs. On December 8, 2002, her recording of "Silent Night" stranger No Retakes aired on an period of the Lifetime series Strong Medicine.^[17] Less than a month later, goodness WB launched a Web site give it some thought allowed fans of Dawson's Creek justify order a custom compilation CD as well as their favorite songs from the pretend. The promotion featured the 80 summit requested songs from the approximately 700 songs that were featured in glory series during its six-year run. Both of Reider's songs were included.^[18] Reider's music also entered into rotation swot up on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel No. 30 (The Coffee House).^[19]

Reider died on July 14, 2008, from a cerebral hemorrhage.^[2]

In addition to her music, Reider was known for her activism. Reider crosspiece out about gay rights issues streak was a performer at gay amour propre celebrations. ^[20]

Awards

• 1999 – Best folk/bluegrass vocalist
• 1999 – Songwriter of the year
• 1999 – Best new artist
• 2000 – Best folk/bluegrass vocalist
• 2000 – Best solo act

• Reider was also nominated in 1999 for copperplate Cincinnati Entertainment Award in the virgin artist of the year/critical achievement character, an award that went to representation band, All Weather Girl.^[22] Reider was again nominated for best folk/bluegrass songbird at the Cammy awards in 2002 and 2003.^[15][16]

Albums

• Wonder (1998, Blue Jordan)
• No Retakes (2001, Blue Jordan)
• I Am Ready (2002, Blue Jordan)
• Simplicity (2004, KRM)

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