Danny Katz: 80s flavored folk-pop. The prodigal son of Coldplay and The Indigo Girls, Danny is currently touring to promote "Japanese Satellites," his seventh studio album. Proficient in guitar, piano and jiuta-shamisen, Danny entertains audiences throughout the U.S. and Japan with unique covers, such as a folk version of Missy Elliot's "Work It," and his originals, which cover topics from the quirky to the hopelessly romantic. While he recorded a comedy album, "More Than Meets the Ear: Sections from Transformers the Musical," in 2007, "Japanese Satellites" is his first major project since 2006's "Strangely Beautiful."
Japanese Satellites is a powerful pop meditation on the trials and tribulations of finding love in one’s early 30s. Katz guides us through the different stages of the journey by switching deftly from the feelings of humor (“Passover,” “Magnificently Lonely”), heartache (“Modesto,” “Sacramento,” “Fall in Michigan,” and “Breakfast”), even taking a detour in alienation (“Limitations”) and unrequited love (“Bushwick,” “Taipei,” “Yearning,” “Boston”) before ultimately finding affirmation (“Revival,” “I’ll Pretend”).
Drawing cues from artists such as Coldplay, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Thin Lizzy and Paul Simon, Katz worked with guitarist/producer Aaron Nevezie of The Bunker Studio in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Dangermouse, Moby, Ambulance LTD) to create an album that bounces between chamber-pop, 60s era folk and 80/90s guitar pop. With the contributions of many Brooklyn-area musicians, songs feature a wide range of instruments- guitar, piano, glockenspiel, melodica, violin, and cello- infusing this rising pop star’s music with the earnestness of a folksinger. His latest album reflects a deeper sophistication of songwriting well beyond his years- a tour de force which only Danny Katz can deliver.
