Kate Miner
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Kate Miner (born Pam Dwinell in San Diego, California) is an American singer and songwriter. Miner is married to musician David Miner.
Kate began singing publicly at the age of four in the San Diego area. At the age of ten, she was singing music for Television Commercials. By 21, Kate had moved to Los Angeles, California and was singed to a recording contract with Word Records, which included a co-publishing/development deal with Sony Music Publishing.
In the late 1980s, still known as Pam Dwinell, Kate would tour with Phil Keaggy and Mark Heard. She went on to perform and record with artists like Tonio K, Pierce Pettis, Christopher Williams, Michele Pillar, Randy Stonehill, The Choir, and FunderburkMiner.
In 1992, Miner shared the stage with Heard during his final performance at the Cornerstone Festival. Heard had a heart attack and died the following month. Miner would go on to record a tribute to Heard for the albums Strong Hand of Love and Orphans of God. Also that year, she was named Female Acoustic Artist of the Year by the National Academy of Songwriters.
In 1995, Miner recorded her own album, Sacred, enlisting help from husband David Miner, and other musicians including singer Julie Miller. Old Hymns My Mom Loves followed in 1999, which featured, just as the name suggests, Miner's renditions of traditional hymns including How Great Thou Art and "It Is Well With My Soul." Also recorded that year was a live album, Live From The Sunset Strip, which found Miner performing at the Roxy Theater in Hollywood, California, backed by husband David, Walter Rodriguez, Ron Aniello, Derri Daugherty and Scott Docherty.
From December 2001 to February 2003, Miner spent time in The Green Room in Huntington Beach, California, The Music Room in Woodland Hills, California and The Homestead in Leipers Fork, Tennessee recording a followup to Old Hyms My Mom Loves, this time appropriately entitled Old Hymns My Dad Loves. This time Miner was backed by husband David, Ramy Antoun, Troy Dexter, Danny Donnelly, Mike Holden, and Phil Madeira.
[edit] Discography
- Strong Hand of Love, 1994
- Orphans of God, 1996
- Old Hymns My Mom Loves
- Live from the Sunset Strip
- These Could've Been My Greatest Hits
- Old Hymns My Dad Loves
- Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, 2002
- Prodigal Martha, 2006
