Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Her audition: Kat Hammock, 18, of Encinitas, Calif., sang “Vienna.” Though she’s still a teenager, Kat took a seat behind her keyboard and launched into a Billy Joel cover, showing off a lovely, lilting vocal tone. Still, it wasn’t until the song was nearly over that Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani turned almost simultaneously. Having failed to land an artist at that point, Blake made a plea of desperation, and it worked. Of course, he also called Kat’s voice “magical.” Kat decided to join Team Blake.

Here’s more about Kat.

* On YouTube, she identifies herself as a 17 year-old singer-songwriter from San Diego and adds “I love singing, playing piano, and writing music!” She’s now 18.

* According to her Voice bio, she starting singing in church choir when she was in fourth grade and then devoted herself to learning piano.

* Kat grew up listening to the music of the 1960s and 1970s. She said she and her dad would play a guess-the-artist game while traveling and listening to the oldies.

* She described herself as an “introvert” in her Voice bio, but added that “I have a different personality on stage, for sure.”

* She’s already released a pair of singles available on digital music sites, including “Legacy” from 2017 and “Anyone At All” from last summer. Check out the latter below.

* Kat has a unique singing voice, which you should also check out on that YouTube channel. Her Post Malone mashup of “Better Now” and “Rich & Sad” is especially impressive.

* She graduated from La Costa Canyon High School in May.

* Kat has performed at Carnegie Hall on at least three occasions, at least twice as part of the Distinguished Concerts International New York program.

* That said, as a solo artist, Kat said she’s done a few gigs, performing at coffee shops, “not anything big though. I never thought I would be going to The Voice.”

* According to this brief story on star941fm.iheart.com, her musical influences include Billy Joel and Emily King.

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See also
Kat Hammock talks about her blind audition