Free Katie Reider Downloads: Together We Keep Her Singing, via a new trueWidget

Katie Reider, a beautiful soul, voice, and performer, passed away July 14, 2008 from cancer. At age 28, just approaching the peak of her music career, the singer-songwriter developed a rare Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in her left jaw that progressed into her skull base. Over the course of only a year, the tumor took away her sight in one eye, her voice, and her gift for performance.

For ten years, the Cincinnati-born songstress Katie Reider sang her moving, heartfelt indie folk music for lucky fans. A prolific writer, Katie released four albums with her band: Wonder (1998), No Retakes (2001), I Am Ready (2002) and Simplicity (2004).

Fans remember Katie as the full package: “A great singer and a powerful songwriter, with that presence that no amount of practice is going to give you...she was a star."

As an artist, Katie sought to always be "Real, Transparent and Vulnerable." A genuine spirit, she had a special gift for reaching out to every person in the room during a live show. “She was always in the moment...she would focus in on the person that looked the saddest…her eyes could just pierce people..."

In her remembrance, Katie's friends and loyal fans have set up website 500Kin365.org, with the goal of introducing 500,000 new people to her music and her story over the next year.

trueAnthem is proud to help this moving effort to spread Katie's music and spirit. So, as part of New Music Wednesday we bring you Katie's trueWidget, including five gorgeous tracks and a memorial video. You'll love her velvet vocals and the personal touch she puts on her cover version of Sarah McLachlan’s hit "Building a Mystery."

Knowing her story, original compositions like "Found" take on new meaning:

Never knew her name but here I am
Growing older but I'm still young
Another place and another name...

I want to say thanks,
For giving me life
There's no hurting inside...

Just to see your face, you look upon mine
I want to say thanks
For giving me life
There's no hurting inside...

--Found--Katie Reider




http://www.500kin365.org/
Together we can KEEP HER SINGING.