Welcome  

Welcome to my Electronic Press Kit (EPK) — your go-to resource for everything Cat Canteri. Here you’ll find artist biographies, discography, past festival appearances, press quotes, stage plots, and high-resolution photos — all designed to help you get to know my music and live performance style.
For music and videos, please visit my Music page and Video playlist.

🎙️ Artist Overview  ​

Cat Canteri is a folk artist, songwriter and cultural curator based in Naarm (Melbourne). With a warm, expressive voice and disarming solo presence, she delivers songs shaped by identity, place, motherhood, and emotional clarity. Her performances are intimate and groove-driven, inviting listeners into moments of connection, truth, and gentle rebellion.

Alongside her solo work, Cat curates themed concerts, facilitates songwriting workshops, and leads forums that explore creativity and cultural life. Her songwriting reflects a deep curiosity about the different social and cultural pockets across this continent — from inner-city migrant communities and pro-public-arts locals, to the interdependence of rural life and the contradictions of service-based urban culture.

Whether she’s reflecting on personal moments or zooming out to observe broader cultural patterns, Cat’s work invites reflection without pretence — holding space for honesty, humour, and shared understanding.

🎭 Performance Offerings  ​

• Solo Concert Set – A lyrically rich, emotionally honest folk performance featuring voice, guitar and storytelling.
• Full Band Set – A high-energy, electric roots performance with full band. These sets bring Canteri’s songs to life with danceable grooves, fiery slide guitar, and big-hearted vocals. Ideal for main stages, dance tents, or high-impact festival slots.
• Themed Concert: Songs of Place – A curated round-robin-style event featuring artists exploring place, identity and cultural experience.
• Workshop: Writing the Quiet Truths – A reflective session on songwriting, creative flow and self-trust.
• Forum: Motherhood & Creative Transformation – A panel discussion exploring how motherhood reshapes artistic identity and cultural leadership.

Available for festivals, curated events, arts programs, and community spaces.
Detailed descriptions of each offering available upon request or via link.

🎬 Watch: Live in Studio

Intro line optional: “Here’s a glimpse of Cat’s full-band energy and performance style in a live studio setting.”

📝 Biographies  ​

Short Bio: Cat Canteri is a Naarm-based folk singer-songwriter whose warm, smoky voice and honest storytelling connect audiences across generations.

Medium Bio: Cat Canteri crafts songs that echo the lived-in truths of everyday life. Her lyrics explore motherhood, memory, resilience, and connection with lyrical honesty and wry insight. A compelling solo performer, she draws listeners in with rhythmic storytelling and emotional truth.

​Long Bio: Cat Canteri is a Naarm-based folk singer-songwriter whose solo performances balance grit and grace. With a warm, smoky voice and vivid lyrical honesty, she sings about the quiet, often overlooked parts of life — motherhood, memory, resilience, connection. Her songwriting is shaped by her migrant family roots and years of touring and collaborating across the country.

She has shared the stage with Kutcha Edwards, Vikki Thorn (The Waifs), and Mick Thomas, and her third album Inner North was named Album of the Week by The Age and praised by The Music Below (USA) as “an impressive work of songwriting mastery.” Whether performing solo or with a full band, Cat Canteri invites audiences to pause, reflect, and connect through music.

🎧 Upcoming Releases  ​

Cat has two new EPs slated for release in 2025. These songs carry forward her deep lyrical honesty, emotional clarity and rhythmic flair — touching on themes of identity, belonging, quiet defiance and everyday tenderness.

A preview playlist is available via SoundCloud, offering a glimpse into the next chapter of her songwriting.
These tracks were written between tours and moments of parenting, shaped by the intimate texture of family life and broader cultural observations.

Private SoundCloud Playlist – EP Sampler

🎪 Festival Appearances ​

• Queenscliff Music Festival – 2023
• Newstead Live Music Festival – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2023
• CresFest – 2023
• Yackandandah Folk Festival – 2023
• Cygnet Folk Festival – 2018, 2023
• Tablelands Folk Festival – 2016, 2018
• Maldon Folk Festival – 2016, 2018
• Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival – 2016, 2018
• Dashville Skyline – 2018
• Port Fairy Folk Festival – 2016
• Patchewollock Music Festival – 2016, 2019
• Boolarra Folk Festival – 2016, 2019
• Melbourne Guitar Show – 2016, 2018
• Reservoir Stomp – 2018

📰 Press & Quotes

"Has the vocal ability to take you to some really dark places... the songs have a vulnerability to them, and you never lose sight of the strength." — Fatea Magazine, UK

“Sensual, warm and a thing of real quality.” — Americana UK

“Canteri has strength and drive.” — The Sydney Morning Herald

“Perfectly musically layered and showcasing Canteri’s wonderful tones — in short, gorgeous.” — The Border Mail, Australia

“An impressive work of songwriting mastery.” — The Music Below, USA

“These songs sparkle... a testament to hard work and a passion for writing.” — The Sydney Morning Herald

“Canteri knows the cradle of songwriting better than most... resolute electric guitar and smouldering vocals.” — Rhythms Magazine

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, JB Hi-Fi Sydney

💿​ Discography

• Modified (2025 EP)
• One More Day (2025 EP)
• Three Dimensional (2024 Album)
A deeply personal and sonically rich album written and recorded between the birth of Canteri’s first child and the early years of parenting two. Her first project as sole producer, it blends retro synths with her pop-meets-roots sound.
• Inner North (2018 Album)
Critically acclaimed third album. Album of the Week – The Age.
“An impressive work of songwriting mastery.” — The Music Below, USA
• Late at Night (2016 EP)
Raw, intimate and full of live energy. Captures Canteri’s dynamic solo sound.
• When We Were Young (2014 Album)
Debut solo album – a blend of country-folk and indie-rock. Featured on BBC Radio 2 by Whispering Bob Harris.

📸 Downloadable Media & Assets

High-resolution promo photos and stage plots available via the links below: