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Double guitars, man & wife, banjo and ukuleles; two sublime voices and hot strings. Romantic, funny, authentic, beautiful. Good medicine with fresh songs and old stories. The music of Kate & Steve delivers the real deal in a push-button world. They have appeared as special guests on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion and won the Grand Prize from Music2Life in Kerrville, Texas for songs that make a difference with Power's song "Travis John."

Twenty-five years of teaching people their first chords at Artichoke Music in Portland, Oregon, and a lifetime in concert as folksingers, Kate & Steve were inspired to create the Ukalaliens method for teaching people to play and sing and took it to the road in October 2009.

Ukalaliens, Steve & Kate have brought their fun and simple method and lifelong experience with a trunk full of dozens of Kala ukuleles to teach the uninitiated how to play and sing. Their mission to mentor beginners is growing musicality regionally and through their Ukalaliens Songbook and "You Can Play the Uke!" Homespun DVD's, around the globe. Reputed as the Johnny Appleseeds of ukulele in America, the Ukalaliens are opening doors for thousands who never dreamed they could learn to play a musical instrument.

"Sometimes we don't know what we have until we've lost it; other times we don't know what we've been missing until it enters our lives. Such was the case when Kate Power and Steve Einhorn introduced me to my first ukulele. My son and I have become addicted to this little musical powerhouse. Thank you, Quality Folk!" - Carter Brey, Principal Cellist, New York Philharmonic

"The Ukalaliens Songbook (A Beginner's Guide To Ukulele Fun) by Kate Power and Steve Einhorn is a charmer. Handcrafted by the authors, the book/CD boasts delightful illustrations by Steve and performances by both Steve and Kate. The songs are a blend of well-known traditional tunes and the author's originals all taught via the text and patient encouragements on the CD. A small and happy book for a small and happy instrument." - Jumpin' Jim Beloff, Flea Market Music


"So earthy and fresh is your music. I love it." - Lloyd "Tommy" Doss, Sons of the Pioneers
"Your music is wonderful! I love your harmonies. Keep on!" - Pete Seeger
"Steve & Kate are the Roy & Dale of folk." - Mary Flower
"Exquisite." - Eric Andersen
"You guys are the best - the absolute best." - Dave Carter

"I am totally mesmerized by your compositions, your easy to listen to voices and great, great instrumentation. The quality of your work is outstanding. What joy you bring thru your music. I would drop everything to come to hear you two." - Hal Melnick, NYC

New folk and trad roots in Americana, Kate & Steve "bring us to that place that can only be reached at the hands of journeyman artists. The power and precision of their performance gives [me] the complete trust to lean into the music, to get lost in it." - NW Examiner, 2009.

kate power
singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist

Music2Life winner of the Grand Prize at Kerrvillle 2006 for her song, "Travis John", Kate Power is considered "one of the great voices of our time." (Bill Margeson, WCDB).

Multi-instrumentalist, Kate is a DADGAD guitarist, open-back banjo, 6-string ukulele and high-strung Nashville guitar. Kate's first instrument is a voice that delivers songs from the broad brush of a warm heart. Poet, Kim Stafford, says Kate "writes from the beginning of time" rendering songs that feel familiar in new songs.

In play with Steve Einhorn, guitars, banjo and ukuleles lay the strings under harmony as it was intended to be; natural, beautiful, one.

Born in Boston to musical parents in a large Irish-American family, Kate came of age during the folk revival in New York City and "metropolitan New York" (New Jersey). At 15 years old, Kate began to play in coffeehouses & festivals and established her place in the New York folk scene as a singer-songwriter playing clubs and coffeehouses from Manhattan to Woodstock. Kate migrated to the Pacific Northwest in 1977 to explore the last of the American frontier and has called the Pacific Northwest home ever since.

In Portland, Oregon, Kate stepped on stage as the lead singer & multi-instrumentalist in the Portland Irish band, "Wildgeese" (1982, produced by Micheal O'Domhnaill). Kate joined the folk scene in the Great Northwest while growing her audience worldwide through independent releases with Steve Einhorn (Dancing in the Kitchen, Harbour, Now & Then, Tales from Puddletown, Pearls, Brick & Mortar, Bicycle Songs). She also has been a select artist for Celtic recordings with Hearts O'Space (Celtic Twilight 3, Lullabies, Celtic Twilight 4, Celtic Planet, and Celtic Woman 3: Ireland in 2008 among others.

Kate joined forces with Steve Einhorn in 1994 and they have been harmonizing ever since.

steve einhorn
singer, songwriter, guitar, trumpet lips, ukulele

Steve Einhorn is a lifetime musician with a deep understanding of the relationship between the story and the song. Hands-on, he has been making music from an early age in the 60's in New York City to Boston and then to Portland and the Great Northwest since 1978. Steve's music originated in jugband favorites inspired by Jim Kweskin, bluegrass in Boston band, Foxfire and moved into original new folk in the Great Northwest, bringing many of the finer flavors of Americana with him.

The classic sound of his guitar lends rich and elegant backgrounds to a voice that growls warm with a sweet molasses and a shade of grit. New folk or traditional; Steve Einhorn is the groundwire who holds the audience in his hand with a deft wit that matches the warmth of his music. He delivers his songs with a sure hand that lends itself to good stories and songs you can feel. Genuine, warm and funny, Steve Einhorn carries music to fresh heights by playing it straight with a boundless love for guitar and a voice that has been singing for a lifetime.

Founder of "The Appalachian Philharmonic Jugband", Steve debuted at an early age with gigs at the Bitter End in New York City and various clubs in the mid-60's. He toured the northeast with Boston-based bluegrass band "Foxfire" before moving to Portland, Oregon in 1978. His early solo Kicking Mule release, "Whole World Round" became a regional favorite as his music for peace, the environment and countless causes for a better world grew his reputation in music activism. His guitar and harmonies are sought after and found behind dozens of recordings for popular artists in the Pacific Northwest.

Steve Einhorn's name was synonymous with his extraordinary music shop, a legend in Portland since 1981, Artichoke Music. Owner of Artichoke Music from 1981 through 2006, Steve inspired and taught thousands of people about music, instruments and songs and grew a deep and rooted reputation for making a better world through music and helping people get their start while running the shop and performing in the region all along.

In 2007 he handed off the duties of the shop to pursue the call as performer, recording artist, producer, visual artist & teacher, both at home in the Great Northwest and on the road with Kate Power.