Katie Mae
is an independent songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, playing shows across the Southwest, both solo and with her band, the Lubrication. Featuring Katie Mae’s signature sultry vocals, Nasty Nick’s psychedelic-infused guitar solos, and Pedal Steel Pete’s 70’s inspired licks, this is a live band not to be missed. Their first full length record is set to release in Summer of 2024.
Their most recent EP, Yellow Medicine Hills, evokes wide-open spaces, smokey barrooms, and Sunday morning comedowns. “There's plenty of extra poignant introspection, a heaping helping of rebel attitude, and lots of grit and muscle” - The Phoenix New Times, The Best Music We Heard in Metro Phoenix This Year.
Katie Mae describes her sound as interpretive country & alt-western music, though she first took to a stage as the vocalist for a local punk band (and still does). The transition in style is anything but jarring - considering the share values of honesty, authenticity, and vulnerability.
“My favorite performers are those who seem to be entranced in their own hypnotic spell. They transcend deep into altered states of consciousness & invite you along for the ride. Katie Mae is one of those performers.” -R.W. Tudor, Anything But Mainstream Records
“Katie’s voice is unique & she sings as if her life depends on it. Every syllable is her truth. There’s an authentic vulnerability to her lyrics.”
-R.W. Tudor, ABMR
View more of Katie Mae’s live performances on
her YouTube channel.
Shivers | Filmed & Engineered by Max Harms at The Garage in Camp Verde, Arizona on May 15, 2022.
Yellow Medicine Hills is available on all major streaming platforms.
Yellow Medicine Hills (2021)
“This album follows their 2020 EP HAZY ANGEL and in a similar, but possibly more forceful vein, it delivers a suite of raw and dark songs presented by Katie’s gritty vocals, that twang and crack in all the right places. If you like your country left of centre, plaintively sad vocals and slick playing, track this album down and give it a spin. You won’t be disappointed.”
- Lonesome Highway