This month marks 15 years that Kat's been covering music at THE COMMON ILLS.
During that time, she's covered a ton of music -- artists including Stevie Nicks, Carly Simon, Prince, Joni Mitchell, Diana Ross, the Rolling Stones, Green Day, James Blake, Dionne Warwick, Coldplay, Ben Harper, Rickie Lee Jones, Taylor Swift, Aretha Franklin, Afghan Whigs, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Cher, Wilco, M Ward, Cat Power, Joss Stone, Josh Ritter, Tanya Tucker, Nick Jonas, Neil Young, Brad Paisley, the Pretenders, David Saw, Judy Garland, Hozier, Jack Johnson, Jackson And His Computerband, Melanie, Heart, Sade, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Jakob Dylan, Natalie Merchant, Emmylou Harris, Rhiannon Giddens, Norah Jones, the Beastie Boys, Drake, Luke Bryan, Steve Grand, Madonna, Adele, Tracy Chapman, John Fogerty, Bruno Mars, John Legend, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Phoebe Snow, Labelle, Smashing Pumpkins, Nina Simone, Lenny Kravitz, Amy Winehouse, Nirvana, Roberta Flack, Kate Nash, Joanna Newsom, Cass Elliot, Shannon and the Clams, Wilson Phillips, Ebony Bones, the Cowboy Junkies, Doris Day, Etta James, Blondie, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Maria McKee, Aimee Mann, Joan Baez, Stevie Wonder, Death Cab For Cutie, Beyonce, Animal Collective, Pink, Free Design, Carole King, Janet Jackson, Ringo Starr, U2, Barbra Streisand, Ani DiFranco, Janis Ian, Stephen Stills, the Dixie Chicks, David Rovic, Bright Eyes, Bruce Springsteen, Mavis Staples, Sting, Shaggy, Dashboard Confessions, Sam Phillips, Linda Ronstadt, Maroon Five, Ebony Bones, the White Stripes, John Mellencamp . . .
Here are the reviews she's written thus far.
Leslie Odom's MR.
Taylor Swift and Tanya Tucker
Drake's CARE PACKAGE
James Blake ASSUME FORM
Judy Garland ALONE
Mavis Staples WE GET BY
Dionne Warwick SHE'S BACK
Rhiannon Giddens THERE IS NO OTHER
Mavis Staples LIVE IN LONDON
Hozier WASTELAND, BABY
Chaka Khan HELLO HAPPINESS
2018 in music
Rod Stewart BLOOD RED ROSES
Diana Ross WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME
Barbra Streisand WALLS
Cat Power WANDERER
Cher does ABBA - DANCING QUEEN
Ann Wilson's IMMORTAL
John Mellencamp's SCARECROW
Cowboy Junkies ALL THAT RECKONING
Sting & Shaggy 44/876
Dashboard Confessional CROOKED SHADOW
Joan Baez WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
2017 in Music
Diana Ross' DIAMOND DIANA
Taylor Swift's REPUTATION
Sam Smith's THE THRILL OF IT ALL
Tori Amos' NATIVE INVADERS
Blondie POLLINATOR
Aimee Mann MENTAL ILLNESS
Luke Bryan KILL THE LIGHTS
Conor Oberst SALUTATIONS
2016 in music
Diana Ross' diana and the RCA Years
John Legend
Bruno Mars 24K MAGIC
Alicia Keys' HERE
Pretenders' ALONE
Chris Brown's Mixed up Mix tape
Melissa Etheridge: The lesbian who preferred men
Barbra Streisand's lousy encore
Nick Jonas LAST YEAR WAS COMPLICATED
No one hates Drake more than Drake
Ben Harper's Call It What It Is
Graham Nash This Path Tonight
Diana Ross Sings Songs From The Wiz
2015 in Music
Tracy Chapman's Greatest Hits
Adele 25
Carly Simon's Songs From The Trees
The Triumphant return of Janet Jackson
Judy Collins plays Where The Boys Are
Rickie Lee Jones The Other Side of Desire
Wilco's Star Wars
Steve Grand
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Power In The Blood
Carly Simon The Bedroom Tapes
Ringo Starr Postcards from Paradise
DNR order on Madonna's Rebel Heart
2014 in music
Ronstadt and Streisand do duets
Neil Young Storytones
Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics
Stevie Nicks' 24 Karat Gold
Prince drops 2 albums
Lenny Kravitz' Strut
Carly Simon Original Album Series
Chrissie Hynde's Stockholm
Tori Amos Unrepentant Geraldines
Ben Harper and Ellen Harper Childhood Home
Livingston Taylor Blue Sky
Afghan Whigs Do The Beast
Cloud Nothings
Pretenders The Isle Of View
Ben Taylor's Listening
Bruce Springsteen High Hopes
Brad Paisley
2013 in music
Beyonce's awful album
Jack Johnson From Here To Now To You
Cher's Closer To The Truth
Jackson and His Computerband
Sam Phillips
Ebony Bones Behold, A Pale Horse
Maps (James Chapman)
Hanni El Khatib
Shannon and the Clams
Natalie Maines' Mother
Holly Near, Go Away
Kate Nash's Girl Talk
Devendra Banhart
Taylor Swift Red
2012 In Music
Rolling Stones GRRR!
Heart's Fanatic
Alanis Morissette
Animal Collective
Susanna Hoffs and Joss Stone
Carole King Demos, Maria McKee Live
What Regina Spektor Saw Playing It Cheap
Bonnie Raitt Slipstream
Wilson Phillips Dedicated
M. Ward's A Wasteland Companion
Carole King's Touch the Sky
Carole King's Welcome Home
Graffiti6 Colours
The Sensual Roberta Flack
Ani DiFranco Which Side Are You On?
Moves Like Jagger
2011 in music
Doris Day and Rob Crow
Tori Amos Night of Hunters
Muppet 'tribute' album
Beastie Boys
Joss Stone
Amy Winehouse vs the Plastic World
Death Cab for Cutie's Codes and Silences
Ben Harper's Give Till It's Gone
Phil Spector's Wall of Sound
Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams
Emmylou Harris
Radiohead The King Of Limbs
PJ Harvey Let England Shake
2010 in Music
Melanie's Ever Since You Never Heard Of Me
Cher's far from over
The 80s: Where Cher Proves Them All Wrong
Cher and the too far gone 70s
Neil Young's Le Noise
Heart
Cher's 60s recordings
Melanie's Crazy Love
Sarah McLachlan's Laws of Illusions
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers forgot to write some songs
Kate Nash
Jakob Dylan
Natalie Merchant
Torch singer Sade
Joanna Newsom's triumph
The decade in music
2009 in Music
Joni Mitchell live on Greenpeace CD
Carly Simon Never Been Gone
Barbra is the answer
Holly Near & emma's revolution
Under The Covers Vol. 2
Cass Elliot's classic album
John Fogerty's White Flight
Elvis Costello Goes Country
Regina Spektor Far
Ben Harper White Lies For Dark Times
Tori Amos Abnormally Attracted to Sin
David Saw Broken Down Figure
Prince LOtUSFLOW3R
Stevie Nicks The Soundstage Sessions
Joshua Radin Simple Beauty
U2 No Line On The Horizon
Charity albums
india.arie
Schuyler Fisk
Tracy Chapman Our Bright Future
Bruce Springsteen Working On a Dream
Best of Janis Ian
Phoebe Snow Live
2008 in Music
Labelle Back To Now
Pretends Break Up The Concrete
Aimee Mann @#%&*! Smilers
Augustana Can't Love, Can't Hurt
Cold Play Vida la Vida
The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt
Carly Simon This Kind Of Love
Jack Johnson Sleep Through The Static
Lenny Kravitz It Is Time For A Love Revolution
2007 in Music
Smashing Pumpkins Zeitgeist
Ann Wilson Hope & Glory
Prince Planet Earth
Joni Mitchell Shine
Stephen Stills and Ani DiFranco
Ben Harper Lifeline
Judy Collins Sings Lennon & McCartney
Cowboy Junkies at the end of paths taken
Mavis Staples We'll Never Turn Back
Rickie Lee Jones and Norah Jones
Albert Hammond Jr. Yours To Keep
Tori Amos American Doll
Patti Smith Twelve
Bright Eyes Cassadaga
Holly Near Shows Up
Diana Ross I Love You
Lizzie West I Pledge Allegiance to Myself
Carly Simon Into White
2006 in Music
David Rovic Halliburton Boardroom Massacre
Ani DiFranco Reprieve
Justin Timberlake Future Sex/Love Sounds
Michael Franti & Spearhead Yell Fire!
Free Design Kites Are Fun
Janis Ian Folk Is The New Black
Neil Young Living With War
Pink I'm Not Dead
Josh Ritter The Animal Years
Pearl Jam
Dixie Chicks Taking The Long Way
Bruce Springsteen Seeger Sessions
Richie Havens Collection
Ben Harper Both Sides of The Gun
Etta James All The Way
Nina Simone The Solid Gold Collection
Cat Power The Greatest
2005 in Music
Carly Simon No Secrets
James Blunt Back to Bedlam
Bright Eyes Motion Sickness
Stevie Wonder A Time To Dance
Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang
Joan Baez Bowery Songs
The Complete Cass Elliot Solo Collection
Aimee Mann The Forgotten Arm
Carole King The Living Room
Carly Simon Moonlight Serenade
Coldplay X & Y
White Stripes Get Behind Me, Satan
Judy Collins Portrait of an American Girl
Carole King Tapestry
Tori Amos The Beekeeper
Nirvana With The Lights Out
Why Does Music Suck So Bad Pt. I
Why Does Music Suck So Bad Pt. II
Wilco A Ghost Is Born
Almost 41 years later
Maria McKee Live in Hamburg
Green Day v. Disney Kids