Singer-songwriter Kate Gaffney honed her skills in her native Philadelphia, jumped from coast to coast, and laid musical roots in Northern California. Gaffney has found her comfortable place within the fertile Bay Area music community, playing with the likes of Dave Brogan (ALO), Chris Haugen (JamBay, Newfangled Wasteland), James Nash and Joe Kyle Jr. (both of the Waybacks) and more bolstered by "the Kitchen Sink Sessions" - an ongoing series of Thursday night gigs at S.F.'s Connecticut Yankee. Her latest album "The Coachman" features contributions from guitarist Steve Kimock, pedal steel ace Greg Leisz and multi-instrumentalist Jackie Greene, whom she met during her days in Sacramento. With her first High Sierra Music Festival nod this year, good things continue to develop for this rising talent. Check out Jambase.com for the latest from Dennis Cook: http://www.jambase.com/Articles/20989/Kate-Gaffney-The-Coachman