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When she performed at the Celeste Krenz and 3 Twins Christmas show with her original solo holiday song, the crowd realized they were witnessing true talent of piano composition, songwriting, and singing. And as she walked off the stage, she showed her maturity and confidence by jumping back in as the band started with a spontaneous side by side piano jam exchange with the great John Magnie… It was a highlight of the evening… – Dwight”
2002 People’s Fair
Towards the end of the day, Katelyen Benton and her band impressed the gathered crowd with their talent and energy. Their sophisticated rock sound with jazz influence shows off Katelyn’s powerful, fearless voice. They played a couple covers to get people in the mood, then launched keyboardist Katelyn’s originals off their album.
September 1, 2009, Nashville - Singer/songwriter Katelyn Benton walked away from the Just Plain Folks Awards in Nashville last weekend with the Best Music Video award for her song “Impossible Love”.
The Just Plain Folks (JPF) organization was founded by Brian Austin Whitney and currently represents over 50,000 musicians from 163 countries, making the JPF Awards the largest award show in independent music.
Whitney felt the music made by the “other 98%” of the music world often ignored by the mainstream televised music awards shows deserved its own recognition. After all, “We’re all in this together” states the organization’s motto.
“I’m very honored that Impossible Love was chosen as Best Video. This seems to be a very fitting award for the nature of this project,” says Benton. “Just about all of the materials and talent that went into making this video were donated. We pulled this together on a budget of roughly $400 and a group of very talented and generous people. This is a success for everyone involved.”
Heading the video’s creative team was director Brandon Nicholas, who at only 24-years-old operates Aurora Features in Los Angeles, CA, which just finished shooting the feature film Desert Son.
“Impossible Love” is one of the five original songs featured on Benton’s latest EP, Once, which was released in Spring 2009. Once is available atwww.digstation.com/katelynbenton. See the Impossible Love music video and get more information on Katelyn Benton including tour dates atwww.KatelynBenton.com or www.myspace.com/katelynbenton.
