Catherine Howe is an Ivor Novello Award winner who has earned critical acclaim in dozens of music magazines both in the UK and the US, including Folk Album of the Year from The Sunday Times.
15 Facts About Catherine Howe
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Observer Music in 2007 said "Catherine Howe was a Kate Bush before her time".
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Catherine Howe trained as an actress at the Corona Drama School in London.
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Catherine Howe commenced an acting career in the late 1960s, performing in contemporary television dramas such as Z-Cars, The Wednesday Play, Doctor Who, Undermind and Dixon of Dock Green.
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Catherine Howe went on to appear in Barney Platts-Mills' film, Private Road.
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In 1970 Catherine Howe met Andrew Cameron Miller, an executive at Reflection, a subsidiary of CBS Records, resulting in her recording her debut album What A Beautiful Place at Trident Studios in London, in February 1971.
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Catherine Howe featured on soundtrack recordings in the UK and Europe throughout the 1970s, and provided the lead vocal for Ennio Morricone's theme song "Un genie, deux associes, une cloche" in 1976.
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Catherine Howe worked with the Italian jazz musician Piero Piccioni, recording two songs for his 1972 film God Under the Skin and singing in an Italian television broadcast with Piccioni two years later.
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One was with Mike Batt, Catherine Howe's self-penned "Sit Down And Think Again", another was a cover of Carole King's "Goin' Back" produced by Pip Williams.
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Catherine Howe contributed vocals to two tracks for an album by Michael Giles of King Crimson, Progress, recorded in 1978 but unreleased until 2002.
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None of Catherine Howe's albums sold in large quantity in their time, and after Dragonfly Days, she decided to retire from the music industry.
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In 1989 Catherine Howe had a daughter, Jenny, and later earned a first class degree in History and Religion from the Open University.
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In 2002, the Michael Giles album Progress was released on CD: Catherine Howe contributed vocals for tracks Sunset and Arrival.
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Catherine Howe continues to work on new recordings, giving occasional live performances.
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Catherine Howe has contributed verse and lyrics for publication in themed editions of Playerist Poetry Magazine.