Kathy Mar (IPA: /ˈkæθɪ ˈmɑːr/, from Chinese Ma) worked as a professional fo… Read Full Bio ↴Kathy Mar (IPA: /ˈkæθɪ ˈmɑːr/, from Chinese Ma) worked as a professional folksinger and street performer in Denver, Colorado for many years before she discovered filk. Her first recordings were for Off-Centaur Productions (Songbird, On a Bright Wind, Bamboo Wind) and she went on to do two albums with Thor Records (Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est Les Meme Chose) which have recently been re-released as a CD double. She also did an album for Dandelion Digital (Made by Magic) with British songwriter Zander Nyrond which was one of the first filk CDs ever produced. Her cover album of her favorite filk and folk songs on Prometheus (My Favorite Sings) has been her most successful to date. She was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in only the second year of its existence. With Lindy Sears, she instigated the Dandelion Conspiracy to promote filk to general SF conventions.

Kathy lives in San Leandro, CA in a commune and is the mother of Michael (1970-1982), Melanie (1972) and twins Nicolas and Cassandra (1985). Her primary life partner Dean Dierschow (familiar as her most devoted roadie) lives there with her in a wonderful ongoing courtship. She was very involved in the antiwar movement in the sixties and sang in Kansas City for the first Moratorium. She has appeared as filk GOH at almost every filk convention and many regular SF conventions as well.

Pegasus Awards

* 1989 - Best Filk Song - Arafel's Song (Tree of Swords & Jewels) (With Mercedes Lackey)
* 1989 - Best Writer/Composer
* 1991 - Best Love Song - Velveteen
* 1993 - Best Writer/Composer
* 1994 - Best Filk Song - Drink Up the River
* 1996 - Best Filk Song - When Giants Walked
* 2004 - Best Writer/Composer

Albums

* Songbird - Off Centaur (cassette OCP-??) 1982
* On a Bright Wind - Off Centaur (cassette OCP-??) 1984
* Bamboo Wind - Off Centaur (cassette OCP-54) 1985
* Plus Ca Change - Thor Records (cassette FK1003) 1988
* Plus C'est La Mme Chose - Thor Records (cassette FK1006) 1990
* Made By Magic - with Zander Nyrond, Dandelion Digital CD DD-005CD, 1994
* My Favorite Sings - Prometheus Music CD, 1999
* Plus Ca Change / Plus C'est La Mme Chose - DragonsGate Music CD 2000

In Summer Lightning
Kathy Mar Lyrics

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Behold As in the tribal ritual passed down from ancient days Take…
Between Grass Shores 1982 Kathy Mar Tides of mountains crash on the shores of…
Brownies Chorus: Where are the Brownies when you need them How come…
Call Him Lord 1984 Kathy Mar Call him Lord Call him Lord Hide his tit…
Calm Down The Techies have invaded they're everywhere you look And ev…
Chick Joke It was the regular Tuesday luncheon The ladies had raised a…
Circle Song 1982 Kathy Mar With neo-traditional Pagan circle chants by …
Crystal Singer © 1988 Kathy Mar Reference: 'Crystal Singer', Anne McCaff…
Cup of Tea Chorus: And honey I feed you when you're hungry Love you…

Dreaming I stood in the spaceport, my hands full of papers And…
Drink Up the River © 1988 Kathy Mar I was sitting by a river when…
Edward (based on the movie Edward Scissorhands) Cthing …
Everybody Here The music has been sweet and fine but no matter…
Flowers for Algernon If you remember, put some flowers on his grave He was…
Give My Children Wings Give my children wings, but not the ghosts of wings I…
Goodbye to Sol and Terra I've been to the rim and the galaxy's core And planets…
Grendel Lyrics © 1988 Kathy Mar Melody © 1988 Leslie Fish Refere…
Heartwarming 1984 Kathy Mar I'm falling in love with all of you…
Howling Mountain Up on Howling Mountain Underneath the sky They are forging…
I Am Lord Lyrics © 19?? Gwen Zak Melody © 19?? Leslie Fish I'm the…
I Am the Locust I am the locust and I tell the quiet lies To…
I See You Everywhere I feel your touch upon my hand You are my breath…
Ice Oh, my friend, I must admit I understand too well How…
Ivory Rose © 19?? Kathy Mar Chorus: Ivory Rose, I see your eyes…
Joy Oh joy love you bring Oh joy make my heart sing And…
Lady Ellen Lady Ellen wandered in the quiet wood Pondering the suitors…
Legend The unicorn to the dragon said, "Our time is nearly done, …
Look Away Chorus: Look away, look away, I can't bear To be…
Lucky Charm I was living in a dream That I mostly still believe…
Man of War I am a Dorsai and I've learned a grisly skill They've…
Marching in the Streets So they've stopped making speeches and they've started makin…
Merlin It's not so dark in the cave tonight Just over here…
Mr. Right 1982 Kathy Mar When the conversation turns, always has th…
No Heroes © 19?? Kathy Mar Chorus: We are not the heroes, all…
No Such Thing On a day of wind and rain my daughter said to…
Nobody's Moggy Now 1982 Eric Bogle Somebody's Moggy by the side of the road …
Quetzalcoatl Time Winds Tavern (1985) Quetzalcoatl had a skin all gree…
Remembrance We gather in a quiet room To sing our hopeful tunes And…
Saddest © 1988 Kathy Mar And the very saddest part is that…
Sea Cradle 1982 Kathy Mar You stared into the ocean as I stared…
Shai Hulud © 19?? Kathy Mar Reference: 'Dune', Frank Herbert Choru…
Ship of Stone © 1983 Don Simpson Once there was a Ship of Stone That…
Shoulda I should have been poor white trash, But I had too…
Songbird 1982 Kathy Mar Chorus: I dwell in the Songhouse And song…
Spoon A cover for your back, a hand across your heart A…
Star Hearken I am Starhearken and lost Learning only now the quiet cost D…
Starship And Haiku I am the flaw in the tea-bowl I will not dance…
Starship and Halku I am the flaw in the tea-bowl I will not dance…
Television Lovers 1984 Kathy Mar Television lovers never cry When the scen…
The Sheep Look Up Once the world was a wind-up toy, we watched it…
The Word of God From desert cliff and mountaintop we trace the wide design, …
Vapor Angels 1985 Kathy Mar You and I see derelicts and winos passing…
Velveteen Reference: If you don't figure this one out, you're hopeless…
When Giants Walked Chorus: Oh, take me in a dream or real To that…
White Water White-water star currents ride me wild from sun to sorrow W…
Wings Grissom, White and Chaffee were the first to pay the…
Winter Rose Chorus: I am the rose The rose I am the rose The rose…

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Richard M

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0:00 Inner Light - Larry Warner (Chris Dickenson/Larry Warner)
3:45 No Such Thing - Kathy Mar (Zander Nyrond)
6:30 When Brontosaurs Fall in Love - Mid-Life Crisis (Dr. Jane Robinson)
9:38 What She Said - The Duras Sisters (Larry Warner)
12:26 The Hand of God - Julia Ecklar (Julia Ecklar)

17:38 In Summer Lightning - Kathy Mar (Talis Kimberly)

21:28 Take My Advice - Larry Warner (Larry Warner)
24:06 The Mermaid's Lament - Cynthia McQuillin & Joey Shoji (Cynthia McQuillin)
27:31 Woad Warrior - Kathy Mar (Zander Nyrond/Valerie Housden)
31:13 Follow the Leader - Larry Warner (Larry Warner)
33:25 Tyrannosaur's Lullaby - Paul Mehle (Dr. Jane Robinson)
33:36 Dragons in the Deep - Mid-Life Crisis (Cynthia McQuillin)
37:59 Lies - The Duras Sisters (Stan Rogers)
43:05 Myth Begotten - Mid-Life Crisis (Dr. Jane Robinson)
46:54 Violation - Larry Warner (Larry Warner)
49:44 Ancient Sky - Kathy Mar (Talis Kimberly)
52:33 Song of the Ripper - Jane Robinson (Dr. Jane Robinson)
56:05 The Watchers - Larry Warner (Larry Warner)
59:09 Sam's Song - Kathy Mar (Zander Nyrond)

John Burt

I'd like to remind people that a line like "(C)(P) 1993 Dandelion Digital" is not a legitimate copyright notice. A letter "C" inside a circle is an acceptable copyright notice, and if you don't have that symbol on our keyboard, so is the word "copyright", so just type out "Copyright 1993 by Dandelion Digital".

John Burt

@Vintage Filk Preservation Ah, I see.
For the sake of completeness, it's also worth noting that the songs themselves are still copyrighted to their respective authors, and copyright for the performances has reverted to the respective performers. No-one should copy these recordings and sell them, even "digitally enhanced" copies of them, without the permission of the artists.