OH MY GOSH IT’S REALLY TRUE.  You all thought it just wasn’t ever gonna happen… and to be honest, I felt that way sometimes too.  HOWEVER!  If you would be so kind as to please click the link on the right-hand side that says “rockin’ the boots”… you will find 6 new bootlegs.  Mash-ups.  All featuring me, and all created by Lenlow.  The project… is complete.  I’m going to retire.
I hope you at least enjoy one or two of them… and please leave comments!  I like feedback!
Thank you for caring, everyone.  I loves ya.

katie enlow

First, let me apologize profusely (to whoever still checks this site) for abandoning you.  Honest-to-goodness, nothing new (musically) has happened since my last post.  And that’s a little bit devastating, don’t you think?  Since I moved back to Massachusetts from Chicago, I have been burdened by unemployment, which I managed to fix in June.  Hooray!  Also, this summer has been insanely packed with trips & commitments & the like.  Gah! 

So, I’m ready to get back on board with my music.  Singing in weddings is nice (and I really do feel honored to be a part of such special occasions), but I want more!  I have even given serious thought to auditioning for American Idol… but I don’t think it’s going to work out this year for me.  So there’s that.

Be on the look-out for some changes around here.  I have ideas.  Ideas that may involve a section for my original music.  Maybe. 

Thanks for stickin around, people.  I loves ya.

katie enlow

Come to Bootie NYC on Friday, March 30th to hear me sing! And to have a blast. Whether you like to dance your butt off or just hang out with your friends & listen to new awesome music…. Bootie is one huge party & you are guaranteed a good time.

Here are all the deets! Be there, people! Don’t miss it!

BOOTIE NYC @ Element
225 East Houston Street at Essex St. / Avenue A
http://www.ElementNY.com
Directions: F and V trains to Second Avenue
10 pm - 4 am
21+ w/ID
Free Bootie mashup CD to the first 100 people!
MORE INFO: http://www.BootieNYC.com
$10 cover, $5 before midnight with RSVP!
RSVP to: rsvp@bootienyc.com

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After the off-the-hook success of the first BOOTIE NYC party last month at Happy Ending, San Francisco DJs ADRIAN and the MYSTERIOUS D - “poster children of the American mashup scene” - return to New York to mash it up once again, this time at a bigger venue with a full dance floor and killer sound system.

Named the “Best Mashup Party in the U.S.” by Complex magazine, BOOTIE welcomes every style and has a crowd as mashed up as the music! It also has the distinction of being the only dance club of its kind in the U.S., devoted solely to the burgeoning artform of the illegal bootleg, more widely known as “mashups” here in America.

BOOTIE mashes up everything - not just hip-hop and rock, but also ’60s soul over electro, J-pop over classic rock, new wave over indie, pop over glam - to name just a few of the genre-clashed tracks you’ll hear, and dance to, at BOOTIE.

“Poster children of the American mashup scene”
ADRIAN & the MYSTERIOUS D aka A PLUS D - http://www.RebelDJs.com

From San Francisco, a special DJ set from internationally-acclaimed mashup producer:
PARTY BEN - http://www.PartyBen.com

From MASH AVE., Boston’s premiere mashup night:
LENLOW - http://www.Lenlow.com

Live sung mashup performances starring:

KATIE ENLOW - http://www.Kenlow.org
Mashup diva songstress from Boston

HOLESTAR - http://www.Holestar.com
Direct from London, England

ADRIAN ROBERTS - http://www.SmashUpDerby.com
lead singer for SMASH-UP DERBY, the world’s only live mashup rock band

FREE exclusive 10-track Bootie mashup CD to the first 100 people through the door!

http://www.BootieNYC.com

Finally, a little something for you guys.  I recorded these new pellas a long time ago, for a handful of producers and now it’s time to share them with the public.

Here are the new ones:

Blink 182 - All the Small Things
The Editors - Blood
The Firm - Can You Touch Me
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
U2 - Mysterious Ways
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

You can find them in the pella section over on the right.  If you happen to make something using any of my pellas, please send it to info@kenlow.org.

Have at it!

katie enlow

Not a new mash-up Read on…

So, we’ve been trying to come up with the official artist and album title for this Lenlow/Kenlow collaborative effort album. “We” being myself, Luke, Prank Monkey Records, and lots of our friends. It ain’t easy. Luke and I had originally thought that the artist would be listed as “Lenlow (feat. Katie Enlow)”, or “Lenlow & Katie Enlow”. Or something like that. The lovely fellas behind Prank Monkey mentioned that both of those ideas made them think of Donny & Marie.

Homey don’t play that.

Luke then suggested that the artist just be “Katie Enlow”. I really wanted Luke to get as much, if not more, artist credit as me because these songs are his idea, and he did most of the work — truly. After much discussion, we decided that the artist will be “Katie Enlow”… even though I still feel oogie about it.

So, in the case of the Enlows vs. the Osmonds…. judgement is for the plaintiff.

katie enlow

P.S. We’ve also got an album title, but you’ll have to wait just a bit longer for that info.

I’ve been in the studio a couple of times since I last posted, but most recently (yesterday) I had a very successful session. I re-recorded a pella from 2 years ago for Fondue Meltdown to have their way with, and then I moved on to another tune for the Enlow EP. I sang the song TBD by Live and it’s in the final mixing and production stages now. It went better than I was expecting, which is always nice!

As for the other album project, I’m waiting on my producer friends to get that moving along. My biggest concern is that when I move to Massachusetts in October (wow that’s soon), recording will not be as easy as it is now. Zim has been wonderfully generous with his time and skills, and I’m just plain not gonna find that anywhere else! So Luke and I are working on a solution for that one.

But in the mean time– get excited about the EP! It’s going to be quite nice.

katie enlow

Last night I recorded two ‘pellas.  Both of them are for the Lenlow/Kenlow EP… and I have just now decided that this Enlow EP needs a great title.  I know some clever people, so… if you’re one of them, help a sister out.

Anyway!  I recorded California Soul by Marlena Shaw for Luke to use in California’s Where It’s At (the boot I performed at Bootie LA)…. and then I recorded One Is The Loneliest Number, for Luke to use in a different boot.  Not sure if that boot will make the EP cut, but we shall see.  OH the excitement.

I will say, it felt good good good to be back in the studio.  I really love singing.  Did you know this?

katie enlow

What does a girl have to do to get in the studio these days??  The past three attempts have all been thwarted.  Most recently, I was scheduled to record just this past Thursday and then Wednesday I got a cold.  It was surprisingly short-lived, as today, Saturday, I feel almost 100%… but of COURSE I was unable to keep my studio time because of my congestion and cough.  It’s a bit frustrating, but we rescheduled for this Tuesday night.  Cross your fingers, say a little prayer, knock on wood… whatever works, friends.

In the meantime, check out what I’m listening to!

katie enlow

Bootie LA was a blast. Thanks to everyone who showed up! It was great to meet the DJs: A+D, Party Ben, DJ Paul V, and the BRAT. I was the featured artist for the Midnight Mash Up Show, and Adrian and I did P-Funk Is Playing At My House, which went better than I think either of us expected! Party Ben stormed the stage with cowbell in hand for the cowbell solo… that was beautiful. After P-Funk, I performed a mash-up by my brother Lenlow called “California’s Where It’s At”. I sang Marlena Shaw’s “California Soul” over a lovely instrumental mix Lenlow made. Thought it appropriate, what with being in California and all. This mash-up is the poop, and will not be released until the Enlow EP project is complete. Get excited. Go ahead. Yeah.

Back to Bootie! I had a great deal of fun that night, singing, dancing, meeting, greeting… and dancing some more. There will be some new photos in the gallery pretty soon (if I can get a little help from the boys)…. so be on the lookout!

Whoever got the full-length bootleg CD I made and gave away on Saturday has not yet visited kenlow.org!! If you’re here because you got a free CD… read the post just below this one. Do it! I’ll make it worth your while…. with COOKIES. Or something equally as awesome.

katie enlow

I’m burning a bunch of CDs to give away at Bootie LA.  There are just 4 bootlegs on each disc, all featuring me (surprise).  So, I’m burnin, and burnin, and just for giggles I made one CD entirely different from the rest.  Instead of those four boots featuring me, I made a full length CD of some of my favorite boots by a variety of ‘leggers.  I will also be giving that away, but it won’t say anything different on the outside.

If you are the one person who gets the full length bootleg mix cd, drop me an email, and I’ll send you a prize.  Ooh yes, I like that.

katie enlow

I’m just so clever… let’s take a mo’ to appreciate that…

Ok! So I have been singing quite a bit in the past month. Most of that singing has been at wedding ceremonies (of which there were THREE in 4 weeks…. true story), but I did make it into the studio to record Dunproofin’s tune. He seems very happy with how it came out, and that’s all I care about! I aim to please my producers, first and foremost. Because let’s be honest… I wouldn’t be doing this if it weren’t for them. I think we just had a moment.

Until I get some more songs to record for this remix album, I will be working on a few bootleg pellas for the Enlow EP project. Stay tuned for more details RE: that.

In other news, I will be performing at Bootie LA on May 6th, courtesy of Adrian & Mysterious D. Wicked excited. So if you are in the LA area, come out to The Echo for a great big party. I will deliver.

http://www.bootiela.com/

Ok, kids. Play nice.

katie enlow

Yes it be Katie’s birthday, and as she is too modest to shout about it (and probably the fact she is sleeping off her excess partying) I thought I’d post it for everyone to read for her

Happy Birthday!

And I’m a big dork.  Podcastic?  What is that?  Aaanyway.  The fine Canadians behind the Thunderbird Six podcasts sent us an email asking if I’d be interested in an interview with them for this podcast.  I said you bet!  They were looking for a bootlegger to interview as well, and I said, my brother!  So, *POOF*  http://www.thunderbirdsix.org/episodes/t6_episode28.mp3

Warning… I think I sound like a nonsense-spewing idiot, and Luke thinks he’s a dullard.  I’m pretty sure we are not normally like that.  Being interviewed ain’t easy, kids.  You have to, like, make sense and stuff.

We’re cool, I swear.

katie enlow