Kate Westbrook (musician)

Her musical work centres on her career as a vocalist, predominantly with the bands of her husband, British composer and bandleader Mike Westbrook.

After travelling in Mexico she returned to England and took up a part-time teaching post at Leeds College of Art.

She adapts and sings texts in several languages (English, German, French, Italian on a regular basis - several others when the occasion arises).

Other than her own lyrics and music, her repertoire includes works by William Blake, Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, Friedrich Hollaender, Federico García Lorca, Paul Éluard, Edward Lear, Wilhelm Busch, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and The Beatles.

Other musical collaborations feature among others Phil Minton, Lindsay Cooper and The Orckestra (Henry Cow, the Mike Westbrook Brass Band and Frankie Armstrong).