Kate Mann (originally from the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico) is an American musician currently based in Taos, New Mexico. She also performs in a duo with cellist Mark Dudrow and records as Mark Dudrow & Kate Mann. A former high-school teacher, Mann began her music career in 2005. She traded in her car for a van, overhauled her mother’s classic 1963 Gibson steel–string acoustic, and started playing coffeehouses, dive bars, and farmers’ markets. Read more on Last.fm