This is my story as well...
Having BPD is like having a real bad cough in your fucking throat and holding it in to make everyone else comfortable, but alas, it's just too much...and the longer you hold it in…
Read moreNEW RELEASE!
Pianist, singer/song-writer, and producer Katarra releases her debut album, 'Cocoa Voyage'.
Dipping her toes in sounds of classical, jazz, hip-hop, and neo-soul music, Katarra takes us on a sonic journey that is classic yet modern. Prepare your ears and hearts, as 'Cocoa Voyage' is openly and passionately human.
Dipping her toes in sounds of classical, jazz, hip-hop, and neo-soul music, Katarra takes us on a sonic journey that is classic yet modern. Prepare your ears and hearts, as 'Cocoa Voyage' is openly and passionately human.
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Watch Me Fly 1:040:00 / 1:04
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Phoenix Rising 3:220:00 / 3:22
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Don't You Feel 2:110:00 / 2:11
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Conversation Golden 6:590:00 / 6:59
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Boom Boom Freestyle 2:440:00 / 2:44
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Chill, Reprise 3:500:00 / 3:50
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PHOENIX RISING- A blog
Mar 19 2020
My Story, My Truth (Living with BPD) 
Jan 1 2020
This year the Universe really showed me how much my purpose is written in music:
1. Met Chick Corea at the Jazz St. Louis and got the best advice ever. "Play like YOU."
2. Won championship at an all women's beat battle. #FemFest #FreshProduce
3. 5 days later went to ATL to perform at the…
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Dec 17 2019
Keep Going...
In the weeks leading up to the release of Cocoa Voyàge, I had my heart shattered, was betrayed and abandoned by people I thought cared, had my name dragged through the mud, suicidal, in debt...I went to therapy and was…
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Oct 21 2019
The Value of the Artist
Opinion. Things I notice A LOT of my musician and artist peers need, but are not getting:
-Living wages
-Affordable housing
-Non-Gentrified creative spaces
-Therapy/Mental Health Help
-Insurance
-Supportive, uplifting environment
-Event planners that are fair, professional and organized
-Trustworthy…
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May 26 2019
Cocoa n' Cumming- an Intimate experience
05/26/18
Had one of the most memorable sets of my life at Cocoa and Cumming. Told, song, and played my life to a room of strangers, made people laugh, cry...feel. A St. Louis legend (Blvckspvde) asked for my autograph on…
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Mar 20 2019
My First Song Review, Children of the Sun
It feels like I received an early birthday gift with the publishing of my first song review by the St. Louis Music Report! Children of the Sun is set to be an album strictly for the movement and betterment of…
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Mar 13 2019
Live Recordings? Check!
I was still super sick (the entire month of February with the flu), as I arrived to my long awaited live session at Webster University. My voice was gone, I still had jet lag from Atlanta, and that SAME night…
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Mar 9 2019
The Sky is the Limit?
Went outside today and got some healing. The sky caught me as I remembered a dream I had years ago where I was floating towards the sky...and was deathly afraid. I grabbed everything I possibly could...car doors, lamp posts...anything to…
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Mar 2 2019
Respect the process
When you had to win a Beat Battle to afford studio access. lol. Which led to 4 hours of studio time last night, which led to the 99.9% completion of this album...in 4 hours! The resources were all I needed…
Read moreWho she be?
DREAMER AND CREATOR
Katarra is a one woman show.
Allowing her creations to delve into the ups and downs of loving and living, passion and pain, self-reflection, and self-awareness, Katarra's magic through sound heal all who hear.
WELCOME
to the Coco Voyage.