Kat Goldman is one of those expressive spirits that draws you into her collection of songs like one jelly bean's coaxing you into eating the whole bag. You bite into the first song and you're hooked. The attraction to the music found on her debut CD, The Great Disappearing Act, is the eloquence of Kat's storytelling style. Escapism and the perpetual searching for one's self are strong themes of kat's lyrical journey.

Influenced by some of the great musical icons, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, Kat's on stage persona is a musical cocktail, a distinctive blend of coffee house comfort and snappy pop pertinence. With a unique structuring of melody and infectious hooks, the honesty and often whimsical humour fo Kat Goldman are the crux of her musical ID card. And no matterwhat size the crowd she's playing in front of, her incredibly persuasive and convincingly laid back banter between songs makes you feel you're in her living room. She has already graced the stage at NXNE, Taste Of The Danforth and Canadian Music Week as well as opened for Australian darlings The Waifs, Blue Rodeo's Bob Egan, Sarah Slean and Martin Sexton.

Born in Toronto, Canada, Kat grew up skipping around with a tambourine to family jamborees. She entered into the highly reputed Dance program at York university on a full scholarship. After hearing 'words of wisdom' uttered by an instructor "Leave your brain at home", she curtsied out of York's dance program and moved over to the music department. Her educational and soul seeking pilgramage led her to Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the most artistically nourishing neighbourhoods in America, where she started writing lyrics and frequenting folk cafes where open mic nights and musical jams were abundant and stimulating. Stumbling upon a Dar Williams CD was what inspired Kat to pursue her own music career more adamantly.