Kat Eaton – Break Free
Welsh born, Yorkshire living Soul/Jazz artist Kat Eaton reveals her brand new single ‘Break Free’ along with a run of UK & EU tour dates.
“Break Free is about finally letting go of control of things and letting the current take you to where you need to go. When self-preservation ends up feeling more like self-denial that’s the moment we need to accept our circumstances and break the cycle”, comments Kat on the track.
‘Break Free’ is the first single from Kat Eaton’s upcoming third studio album What Happens Now, due March 2026 on her own label Reason & Rhyme Records.
Kat has established herself as one of the hardest working and talented performers in her field. Having already toured the UK/EU supporting the likes of Gregory Porter, Jools Holland, Paul Carrack, The Teskey Brothers, Marc Broussard and Mamas Gun, alongside selling out multiple headline shows in the UK and EU (Ronnie Scotts in London, Unterfhart Jazz Club in Munich, Jazz Club Etoile in Paris and Jassmine in Warsaw among others), she’s also co-written with the likes of Caro Emerald, Ruby Turner and Roberta Campos, and broken through to new territories via national radio play-listing in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France and Italy.
2021 saw Kat release her acclaimed debut album Talk To Me, and has seen support across BBC Radio 2 & 4, 6Music and Jazz FM in the UK, NPO 5 2 & 1 in The Netherlands, VRT Radio 2 in Belgium, FIP in France. Whereas some debut albums show artists still finding their feet and sonic direction, the record cemented Kat as unashamedly bold & confident in her abilities as a vocalist and songwriter.
Her long awaited second album Honestly is the perfect evolution, effortlessly merging Soul and Classic R&B with Blues and Gospel. Having had equally great radio support in both UK & EU with her 2nd record, Honestly was well received by critics and led to appearances at prestigious festivals, Jazz A Toute Heure and St Paul Funk & Soul in France, Cornbury Festival and Henley Festival in UK, Cork Jazz Festival in Ireland, Leverkusen Jazz Festival and Rheingau Musik Festival in Germany. Her live performance videos on YouTube (3 live versions of tracks from ‘Honestly’) received over 500k views in the first 6 months increasing Kat’s fan base immeasurably and Kat now has over 10M streams on Spotify.
2025 has been a great year for Kat so far. In February Kat recorded her 3rd album at Ray Davies’s (The Kinks) studio, Konk Studios in London. In June she joined Gregory Porter on tour and in August she mastered What Happens Now at Abbey Road Studios. Kat’s new album is a collection of timeless yet contemporary beautifully crafted songs with lyrics that cut to the core. Inspired by artists such as Emily King, Lake Street Dive and Raye, alongside legends Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carole King that Kat grew up listening to, What Happens Now is an amalgamation of her influences underpinned by her inimitable tone.
Remaining EU & UK Tour Dates in 2025
19.9 – Fasching, Stockholm, SE
8.10 – CPunt, Hoofdoorp, NL
20.10 – Pizza Express (Soho), London, UK
21.10 – Pizza Express (Soho), London, UK
24.10 – Arthur’s Jazz & Blues Club, Dublin, IE
25.10 – Coughlan’s (3pm & 7pm) Cork Jazz Festival, Cork IE
31.10 – Jazznojazz Festival, Zurich, CH
13.11 – Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, UK
14.11 – Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham, UK
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