BC JAZZ-POP MUSICIAN KATE TRAJAN SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘AMAZON’S DILEMMA’ 2nd SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM ANCIENT FIRES OUT ON SEPTEMBER 20th
BC jazz-pop musician Kate Trajan shares her new single “Amazon’s Dilemma” out now on all digital streaming platforms.
The 2nd single from her new album Ancient Fires (out on September 20th via Pastiche Records), “Amazon’s Dilemma” is an exploratory genre-bending track about the psychology of power.
“On the surface, this is just another song about Amazon warrior women wondering whether they should be treating their male sex slaves any better,” says Kate. “But I wrote it as an exploration of how we treat each other when we become the ones with power. If we have been harmed by others, does that make us more or less likely to treat people with kindness and compassion when we are in control? This Amazon is feeling conflicted.”
Currently living on Salt Spring Island, BC, Kate is classically trained in piano and voice, and her songwriting draws on two decades of experience performing with jazz, folk, and indie groups across Canada and in the UK and the Netherlands. Kate released her debut EP Yesterday Left Without Her Suitcase, featuring four original songs, in June 2022. Her first full-length album of original music, Ancient Fires, will be released this September.
Says Kate:
“This album is a collection of songs that were mostly written in earlier chapters of my life, or written looking back on those earlier chapters. The title, Ancient Fires, refers to the stars in the sky – just like old flames or life-changing events that burned bright and were all-consuming when they were happening, now from a distance, while they are still there, burning away, I only see them when I step outside on a clear night and look up.”