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2016 was a great year for creative music! Thank you to all our amazing musicians for inspiring us daily, our prestigious presenters and venerable venues we have had the pleasure to work with in the last twelve months, the audiences for checking out the music and attending the shows, and our partners & funders all of whom without which we could not do what we do. We wish you all a happy and joyful holiday season. — The Bookbirds

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This exciting new group will be touring Europe this winter between 9-30 November in order to promote the debut release "Songs From The Big Book Of Love", a CD containing eight original compositions by Michael Zerang, due for release in May on the Pink Palace label.

Dear friends and colleagues, it looks like the New Year is off to a great start! We are delighted to welcome Rova to the Kato Bookbird family with two fantastic projects: The Rova Saxophone Quartet and the Electric Ascension! We met Rova member Larry Ochs at the Konfrontationen Festival last year and we think he's pretty awesome and couldn’t be more excited to present and share the projects with the rest of the world!

Going live today: Kato Bookbird’s beautiful, newly re-designed website, now offering more than ever. It has been a very busy summer of planning for Kato Bookbird, and from now on, you’ll be able to read news from all our musicians — including interviews, press releases — along with new exciting interactive feature elements.