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THE KATE kicks off Season 4 with world-class drummer/percussionist and 1980’s superstar, Sheila E.! Her episode will air in markets from coast to coast, including Connecticut, New York, Chicago, Colorado, San Francisco, and Los Angelas (and many cities in between)! Go to aptonline.org to check your local listings or stream it below. Season 4, Episode…

Wrapping up this season’s tapings with a BANG, our next and final show for Season 4 of THE KATE features JJ Grey & Mofro on Monday, March 4th!! Tickets are on sale NOW and we expect to sell out quickly. The show is at The Kate – Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Their deep, soulful…

A boundary-breaking post-modern mix of the sublime to ridiculously virtuosic vocals from Irish traditional and folk to poetry and Irish rap music. Their own original songs are stupendously entertaining. They are troubadour brothers with a wicked sense of humor and skill for depth. Owen and Mícheál ‘Moley’ Ó Súilleabháin are the product of the internet age…

Austin-based Latin pop songstress Gina Chavez and her 5-piece band join The Kate for Season 4! See for yourself what has made Chavez a 10-time Austin Music Award winner, including 2015 Musician of the Year! “Most striking is Chavez’s ease as she moves between social and love songs, between North American and Latin genres, and…

Marc Cohn joins season 4 of The Kate and brings along very special guests, the Blind Boys of Alabama! Please join us at 7:30 on Monday, January 7th for the live show taping at The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center. Tickets are on sale NOW; just in time for gifting this holiday season!   PURCHASE TICKETS…

Desmond Child hit The Kate stage with everything he had! He regaled the audience with hits he wrote for Bon Jovi and Aerosmith and Ricky Martin; he recounted the stories behind those chart-toppers AND relished the crowd with not one, but two amazing special guests, Deborah Cox and Mandy Gonzalez! But don’t shed a tear…

What a special evening we were treated to when Sheila E brought down the house on Sunday night!  She had the audience on their feet and at one point, in tears, as she asked us to share a hug with a stranger and to bring that love back out into the world with us.  She…