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In celebration of International Women's Day, JJ Lopez, host of KRTU San Antonio's South Texas Jazz Project, interviews Katchie and spins Tales & Tongues.  They talk about the songs, the stories, the "great global songbook," her work as an ethnomusicologist and teacher, the jazz mentorship program she's developing for San Antonio community college students, and more. listen now...

Vocalist/flutist Katchie Cartwright and her group Le Monde Caché are proud to announce the release of Tales & Tongues — a collection of songs spanning cultures and epochs, performed by a fiery jazz quintet and imbued with a vibrant improvisational aesthetic. read more...

"Cartwright and company excel at unearthing new ways to illuminate standards with non-English roots, shaping tangos, bossas, swing numbers and soft ballads with unilateral mastery and imagination." - Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times  read more...

"Whether performing on the flute or singing in different tongues, Cartwright and Le Monde Caché tell a marvelous musical tale worth repeated spins; an amazing and compelling performance." - Edward Blanco, All About Jazz  read more...

"Multilingual, multifaceted world jazz." - Jim Beal, San Antonio Express-News

"New York's loss was S.A.'s gain when singer/flutist/educator Katchie Cartwright and her husband, saxophonist Richard Oppenheim, moved to town in '06." - Jim Beal, San Antonio Express-News  read more...

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