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Katharine Whalen is a musician, singer, and songwriter originally from Greenville, North Carolina. [1] She contributed vocals, banjo, and ukulele as a member of the Chapel Hill jazz band Squirrel Nut Zippers , a group that she founded in 1993 with then-husband Jimbo Mathus .
Squirrel Nut Zippers is an American swing and jazz band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by James "Jimbo" Mathus (vocals and guitar), Tom Maxwell (vocals and guitar), Katharine Whalen (vocals, banjo, ukulele), Chris Phillips (drums), Don Raleigh (bass guitar), and Ken Mosher.
[4] [5] Vocalist Katharine Whalen's vocals drew comparisons to Billie Holiday, while the group's lyrics were noted for their humor and tongue-in-cheek quality. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The 20th anniversary reissue of the album featured a bonus track, "The Puffer", which had been penned by Stacy Guess, the group's former trumpeter who had left the group ...
[4] Entertainment Weekly's review called the band "adept but inconsequential," writing that Katharine Whalen's "sleepy Billie Holiday cadences verge on satire." [6] Spin called the album "self-congratulatory, jokey, essentially heartless cartoon music masquerading as 1920s 'hot jazz'."
Bedlam Ballroom is a studio album by the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 2000. [5] [6] It followed several major personnel changes.The album reflects a stylistic shift, with the band incorporating a broader ranges of styles, instrumentation, and production approaches. [3]
Katharine Whalen, vocals on “You You You You You”“ Dudley Klute, vocals on “The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side” Momus, vocals on “As You Turn to Go” Sam Davol, cello; John Woo, guitar; Claudia Gonson, drums, piano, background vocals; Ida Pearle, violin; Brian Dewan, zither
Roasted Right is the debut recording by the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, first released as a 7" in 1994, [1] and subsequently re-released with an additional track as an EP in 1997. [2]
In 1993, Mathus met and married Katharine Whalen.Together they formed Squirrel Nut Zippers.This group used Mathus' knowledge of theater, early American music and leadership along with Whalen's fashion and vocal style.