Waxahatchee
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Waxahatchee is an American indie music project, formed in 2010 by American singer-songwriter Kathryn Crutchfield (born January 4, 1989), known professionally as Katie Crutchfield, following the breakup of her previous band P.S. Eliot. The band is named after Waxahatchee Creek in Alabama, where Crutchfield grew up. Originally an acoustic solo project, her recordings now tend to involve a full backing band.
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Waxahatchee is a solo project of American singer and guitarist Katie Crutchfield (born in 1989) of P.S. Eliot and Bad Banana. Waxahatchee, named after Waxahatchee Creek in Alabama where Crutchfield grew up, began in 2010 during the breakup of P.S. Eliot. Crutchfield released her first music as Waxahatchee as a split cassette with Chris Clavin on Plan-It-X Records. Her bedroom-recorded debut album, American Weekend, was released on Don Giovanni Records in 2012. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Waxahatchee
- Musical artist.image
- Waxahatchee (51486877443) (cropped).jpg
- Musical artist.alt
- Photo of Katie Crutchfield playing acoustic guitar on festival stage
- Musical artist.caption
- Waxahatchee performing at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington, in 2021
- Musical artist.origin
- Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2010–present
- Musical artist.spinoff_of
- P.S. Eliot
- Musical artist.spinoffs
- Plains, Snocaps
- Musical artist.current_members
- Katie Crutchfield
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Given name
- Katie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Genre
- alternative country
- Country of origin
- United States
- Record label
- Merge Records
- Official website
- www.waxahatcheemusic.com
- Image
- Waxahatchee - Way Back When Festival 2017 - Alexander Kellner - 4.jpg
- Work location
- Philadelphia
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- Waxahatchee
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- Waxahatchee
- date of birth
- 1987-00-00
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
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- 20900
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- 2010–2017: ''American Weekend'', ''Cerulean Salt'', and ''Ivy Tripp''
- 2017–present: ''Out in the Storm'', ''Saint Cloud'', Plains, ''Tigers Blood'' and Snocaps
- Personal life
- Discography
- Studio albums
- as Waxahatchee
- with Plains
- with [[Snocaps]]
- EPs
- Singles
- Notes
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Waxahatchee is an American indie music project, formed in 2010 by American singer-songwriter Kathryn Crutchfield (born January 4, 1989), known professionally as Katie Crutchfield, following the breakup of her previous band P.S. Eliot. The band is named after Waxahatchee Creek in Alabama, where Crutchfield grew up. Originally an acoustic solo project, her recordings now tend to involve a full backing band.
As Waxahatchee, she has released six solo studio albums to date: American Weekend (2012), Cerulean Salt (2013), Ivy Tripp (2015), Out in the Storm (2017), Saint Cloud (2020) and Tigers Blood (2024), which was nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Americana Album. Outside of Waxahatchee, Crutchfield is a member of alternative country duo Plains, alongside Jess Williamson, and the indie rock band Snocaps, which features her twin sister Allison Crutchfield, MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waxahatchee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.