Jun 16th, 2008 · Kathleen Edwards is a 29-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter with a taste for rock 'n' roll, folk and especially country music. Given her country of origin, it's no surprise that her songs find metaphors in hockey skates and border crossings instead of red dirt farms or the Blue Ridge Mountains. On Asking for Flowers, she steps up her game even further.
Jun 16th, 2008 · Kathleen Edwards and bandmate Jim Bryson play songs from her latest album, Asking for Flowers, which critics are already calling her best yet. Edwards performed this set at the NON-COMMvention in Philadelphia on May 31.
May 16th, 2008 · The smart, funny alt-country singer-songwriter joins host David Dye for conversation and a performance from her latest album, Asking For Flowers. With lyrics that range from the emotional to the political to the hilarious, the disc has been widely hailed as her best yet.
May 6th, 2008 · All it takes is a single line to make you fall in love with Kathleen Edwards' "I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory." Canada's answer to Lucinda Williams is reminiscing about her days banging out cover songs in bars, when she hits a perfect line in the chorus: "You're cool and cred like Fogerty / I'm Elvis Presley in the '70s."
Apr 11th, 2008 · The Canadian singer-songwriter, who draws from familiar country-rock and folk traditions, recently released Asking for Flowers, her third album. Now back on tour, she recently made a stop to play a few acoustic renditions of new tunes.
Feb 4th, 2007 · When Kathleen Turner made her first movie 25 years ago, she wasn't convinced she could produce a convincingly sexy stare. Today, she still commands attention, in the role of Martha in the touring version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Oct 10th, 2005 · Hear a full concert online by the experimental country-rock group My Morning Jacket with an opening performance by Kathleen Edwards. Both shows were originally webcast live on NPR.org from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club.
May 19th, 2005 · In the early 1990s, a new kind of feminist icon emerged. Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of Bikini Kill, wrote lyrics about domestic violence and rape... and became a symbol of the riot grrrl movement. Her new group is Le Tigre.