Kate Mostad
Polson, MT
Exhibit Year: 2023-2024
About the Artist
Kate Mostad is a singer-songwriter from western MT. Her music is a blend of folk and blues, acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and poetic lyricism. Her songs celebrate the curiosity of the natural world, from the bees and flowers, to the riverbeds, and everything in between.
Kate Mostad is an MT Open AIR artist.
Artist Statement
Released following her residency in fall 2022, Swallowtale represents Kate’s month at the biological station on Yellow Bay. The second song of the EP titled, “Ode to Ditch Fern and Cattail” was written with fragments of language collected while observing the life around Yellow Bay. This melodic song features various nylon-stringed instruments, electric guitar, and lots of reverb. Listen for samples of sounds from the natural world throughout.