This week's menu features the musical debut of tattoo artist, model and classically trained pianist L.A's Kat Von D.   Long before the history-making tattoos, ubiquitous television shows, best-selling books, and influential beauty empire, Kat Von D sat down at a piano for nearly two hours a day and played. In essence, music became her first creative language and most trusted outlet. Classical training and a deep appreciation for music of all genres essentially underscored her life. She studied voice under Ken Tamplin six days per week, strengthening her vocals. In 2012, she began writing with Linda Perry. Following this experience, Kat continued to write on her own, sitting at the piano and summoning songs from raw emotion. During 2014, she retreated to London to record the original mix of what would become her full-length debut album Love Made Me Do It.  It's a pastiche of shapeshifting analog synths, post-punk dreamscapes, gothic hues, and shy pop magnetism, with eleven songs that echo the eternal will of the perennially brokenhearted to love until death.  We talk with Kat about her music and if pineapple is OK on pizza on this week's Blue Plate Special.

The Georgia Songbirds features a Top 10 each week plus new songs to try and break into that top 10.  Listen every Friday at 5pm central on WFMC Jams by clicking the Listen Live link at the top of this page.

The Georgia Songbirds Weekly Top 10 Countdown is open to Independent Artists. Each week 14 songs are played and voted on by fan votes. 10 continue on and 4 new songs are introduced. We are played on 3 online radio stations in 54 countries, and I release the countdown as a podcast episode as well and will be on all major streaming platforms. There is also Spotify Playlists that all entrants will be added to when their song is introduced. Plus I make a YouTube video introducing all the artists in the countdown.  

Visit https://www.georgiasongbirds.com/ for details on how to cast your vote or submit music for consideration.