Michigan Emmy award-winning songwriter Kitty Donohoe was born into a large, creative family outside of Detroit and has been ‘making up’ songs for as long as she can remember. Describing her music as ‘folky, bluesy, Irishy, American, Canadianish’, she draws from her roots to create music that is uniquely her own.

Blissfest Folk and Roots Mini Concert

Michigan Emmy award-winning songwriter Kitty Donohoe was born into a large, creative family outside of Detroit and has been ‘making up’ songs for as long as she can remember. Describing her music as ‘folky, bluesy, Irishy, American, Canadianish’, she draws from her roots to create music that is uniquely her own. With a love of language, an innate sense of melody, and the soul of a storyteller, she backs herself on piano, guitar and cittern with equal finesse, but she sees these skills as mostly providing the foundation for the music she writes, both songs and instrumentals.

Kitty’s latest CD, The Irishman’s Daughter, combines her original pieces with some traditional music and is getting great reviews. In 2002 Kitty was awarded an Emmy for her 9/11 song There Are No Words, which led to its use in a film and an appearance at the Pentagon for the dedication of the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial.