Christine Kane
Christine Kane is an American musician and businessperson. She is the founder and CEO of Uplevel You. The company is based in Asheville, North Carolina Prior to founding Uplevel You, Kane had a fifteen-year career in the music industry.
Christine Kane
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- singer · singer-songwriter · composer
- Education
- Boston College
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Early life and education
Kane is an American folk singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist, and she produced seven albums under her own label, Firepink—selling more than 100,000 copies. Her album "Rain & Mud & Wild & Green" (2002) was named Best Folk Album by Borders. Her concert DVD, Live at the Diana Wortham Theatre won a Telly Award. Kane has appeared with John Mayer, The Beach Boys, Los Lobos, Nanci Griffith, and Shawn Colvin, among many others.
Kane grew up in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., and was an avid writer as a young person. She graduated from Boston College, where she studied journalism.
Career overview
Upon graduating from college, Kane started working at public relations firm in Washington, D.C. In 1991, she moved to Asheville, North Carolina to pursue songwriting and music. Seeing a performance by Mary Chapin Carpenter in Washington had inspired Kane. Kane and musician David LaMatte helped found a "local songwriters scene" in Asheville. In 2010, Kane started her company, Uplevel You, which went on to become a million dollar marketing company. Today, Kane leads nine administrative staff and four coaches at Uplevel You headquarters in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Discography
• This Time Last Year (1995) • A Thousand Girls (1997) • Live (2000) • Rain and Mud and Wild and Green (2002) • Right Outta Nowhere (2004) • Live at the Diana Wortham Theatre DVD (2007) • A Friday Night in One Lifetime CD (2007) • Wide Awake CD (2009)
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- 1.Christine Kane.
- 2.About. Christine Kane.
- 3.Belli, Steve. Kane. The Greenville News. 5. November 1, 1995.
- 4.Kiss, Tony. Live. Asheville Citizen-Times. 57. March 3, 2000.
- 5.Rifkin, Carol Mallett. Bittersweet Reunion. Asheville Citizen-Times. 84. November 2, 2007.
- 6.Christine Kane – Marketing with Intention and Integrity. Emerging Women.
- 7.Fidler, Eric. Audio Reviews – Christine Kane. Albany Democrat-Herald. Associated Press. 17. March 28, 1997.
- 8.Kiss, Tony. Coming home – After a year on the road, Christine Kane returns to Asheville. Asheville Citizen-Times. D1, D6. November 14, 1997.
- 9.Chronicle Staff. Christine Kane to play The House. The Daily Chronicle. A10. October 27, 2000.
- 10.Rifkin, Carol Mallett. Growing into a superstar – Christine Kane plays Grey Eagle. Asheville Citizen-Times. 16. May 21, 2004.
- 11.A Friday Night in One Lifetime. Performing Songwriter. 15. 106. 47–48. December 2007.
- 12.Wood, Arthur. Wide Awake. Maverick. 93. 62. April 2010.
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