Kate Walsh is an English

England

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 singer from Burnham-on-Crouch

Burnham-on-Crouch

Burnham-on-Crouch is a town in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies on the north bank of the River Crouch.-History:Historically, it has benefited from its location on the coast - first as a ferry port, later as a fishing port known for its oyster beds, and most recently as a...

, Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

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A graduate of the Brighton Institute of Modern Music

Brighton Institute of Modern Music

BIMM Brighton & Bristol Institutes of Modern Music in England is an independent college of popular music based in the cities of Brighton & Hove and Bristol...

, her first album

Album

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 was Clocktower Park (produced by Lee Russell

Lee Russell (Producer & Musician)

Lee Russell is an English record producer and musician.Lee has produced records for artists including: Kate Walsh, Ezio, Melanie Blatt, Paul Carrack, Dirk Darmstaedter & John Butler . Lee currently works mostly from his private recording studio .-External links:*...

), released in 2003 by Kitchenware Records

Kitchenware Records

Kitchenware Records is an independent record label based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. It was founded in 1982 by Keith Armstrong and Phil Mitchell, and was originally part of The Soul Kitchen, an artist collective and nightclub...

. The album was named for a meeting place in her home town. In 2007, she released her second album, Tim's House. It quickly became the No. 1 album on the UK iTunes Store

ITunes Store

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. The album also features her most popular song, Your Song. Her big break came when she gained iTunes customers' attention when her song Talk of the Town became the iTunes Free Single of the Week from the week beginning 20th March 2007.

Her third studio album, Light and Dark, was released in the UK on 31 August 2009. The lead single from the record, June Last Year, was released on 24 August. She is set to begin her UK tour at the end of September. http://katewalsh.co.uk/tour/

Her single 'Your Song' was featured on the 2008 film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 British coming of age film film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha starring Georgia Groome. It is based on two teenage novels by Louise Rennison: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers...

as well the 2008 film The Crew

The Crew (2008 Film)

The Crew is a 2008 British crime film based on the novel "Outlaws" by Kevin Sampson. It is set in the criminal underworld of Northern England especially Liverpool, Merseyside.-Synopsis:...

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Studio albums

Year	Album details	UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
2003	Clocktower Park Released: October 23, 2003 Label: Kitchenware Kitchenware Records Kitchenware Records is an independent record label based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. It was founded in 1982 by Keith Armstrong and Phil Mitchell, and was originally part of The Soul Kitchen, an artist collective and nightclub...  (#32) Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	—
2007	Tim's House Released: March 26, 2007 Label: Blueberry Pie (#01) Formats: CD, digital download	75
2009	Light & Dark Released: August 31, 2009 Label: Blueberry Pie (#02) Formats: CD, digital download	158
2010	Peppermint Radio Released: September 13, 2010 Label: Blueberry Pie (#03) Formats: CD, digital download	—
2011	The Real Thing Released: November 21, 2011 Label: Blueberry Pie (#10CD) Formats: CD, digital download	TBA

Extended plays

Year	Album details
2008	Live from London Released: 2007 Label: Universal Universal Records Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:... Formats: CD
2010	1,000 Bees Released: 17 January, 2010 Label: EMI UK EMI Records EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...

Singles

Year	Song	Album
2007	"Dont Break My Heart"	Tim's House
	"Your Song"
	"Tonight"
	"Your Song" (acoustic version)
2008	"Don't Break My Heart" (re-release)

External links

• Review of Clocktower Park
• The songbird who's outselling Take That with her homemade album
• Kate Walsh – refreshingly original
• Kate Walsh PR in Ireland
  Republic of Ireland
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