Ky Hote - Performer, Songwriter, Guitarist

Ky Hote, a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas has roots in NYC and on the road. While other artists sing Woody Guthrie songs and write about riding the rails, Ky Hote has been there, done that. San Francisco to Maine and from Florida to Alaska, Ky has hitchhiked, rode freight trains, buses, cars and kept his guitar by his side all the way. His vast catalog of original songs reflect his travels and the people he met. He is a humorist and a visionary whose work often comments on relationships and the world we share.
  • 1974 - 1979 NYC: Coffeehouses, bars, festivals, street performances
    • Gerdes Folk City, The Speakeasy (Greenwich Village), The Hey Brother! Coffeehouse
    • Performed with Suzanne Vega, David Amram
"I could feel your energy from all the way across Washington Square Park!"
... David Peel 1977
  • 1979 - 1984 Traveled and performed across 49 states and through Canada.
  • 1979 - 1989 Austin, TX, Asheville, NC, Boulder, CO: Singer/Songwriter
  • 1982 Runner-up Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Contest
  • 1983 Houston, TX: Co-founded Music Inks Sounds, recording studio collective
  • 1986 Host - Underground Kerrville Revue Cactus Cafe, Austin
          now in its 24th year
  • 1987 - 1990 Music specialist - Circle Pines Summer Camp (Delton, MI)
  • 1988 Runner-up Austin Chronicle Music Poll (Best Acoustic Folk Band)
  • 1990 Circle Pines Center included "Silent Pauses" in camp songbook
  • 1991 Producer - Circle Pines: The After Lunch Singing Tapes
"One of the most interesting piecespromises to be 'Midiville Mass for Monday Morning,'
a selection written by (Ky Hote) for electronic instruments and recorded voices,
which was inspired by... medieveal composition... and... paraphrasing.(It)
features complex polyphony, a seamless texture and a meditative quality."
...The Equinox, Keene NH, 1994
  • 1990 - 1994 Keene State College (NH) - BA Music Composition degree
  • 1990 - Present Performs with Owl Morrison as Ky Hote and Owl
  • 1992 Music editor - Keene State Equinox: interviewed Two Nice Girls
  • 1993 Producer - Dar Williams concert
  • 1994 "Sonata Primera" chosen as theme for KSCTV News
  • 1995 - Present Producer, performer, engineer, DJ, etc. - Barnstormers Music Recording Studio
  • 1996 Established Onehand Productions, website creation and consultations
  • 1998 - Present Performer of Celtic and other Traditional musics
            solo and as part of Featherstone and Crannog
            (TX, CO, TN, MI, FL, OH, NJ, PA, DE)
            http://www.kyhote.com/promo.htm
  • 1999 - 2000 Host - Yoko Ono Birthday Hoot at Gaby & Mo's (Austin, TX)
  • 2000 CD Mantras and Diatribe included interactive video of "Puzzle Peace"
The Austin Chronicle described him as
“classical composer/Kerrvert/folk rocker...
(whose) earnest rasp and hard folk style is a refreshing kick in the ass."
  • 2001 - 2002 Host - John Hartford Tribute at Artz Rib House (Austin, TX)
  • 2001 - 2003 Artist Relations - Alice's Restaurant (Niederwald, TX)
  • 2002 - Present Staff Historian of the Kerrville Folk Festival
  • 2003 Host - Alice Fest featuring Arlo Guthrie
  • 2003 - Present Austin, NYC, Florida George Harrison Tributes
            Performer, host, producer, arranger
for more info and booking contact Beth Broadhurst at creative.energy.booking(at)gmail.com

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