Katharine McPhee at Whitaker Center
Due to a conflict with Katharine McPhee’s schedule, she is no longer available to perform at Whitaker Center on July 13. All current ticket holders can be fully reimbursed by contacting the Box Office at 717/214-ARTS. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Katharine McPhee confesses she’s been in “artistic hiding” for the last few years. “It took me a long time to figure out where I wanted to go and be as an artist,” she says. “I needed time to learn who I was as a musician.” Once she found the answers, however, she’s been unstoppable
Fans first met McPhee on Season Five of American Idol. The runner–up could seemingly sing any style of music, but especially mesmerized millions with her heart–stirring rendition of Over the Rainbow. McPhee’s first solo album, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 in early 2007, only hinted at the extent of her talent—not only as a singer but as a songwriter—that Unbroken reveals.
Unlike that first effort, McPhee co–wrote the majority of the songs on Unbroken, collaborating with fellow singer/songwriters Paula Cole, Ingrid Michaelson and Rachael Yamagata. “This record is definitely more personal to me,” McPhee says. “I have more stories to tell. It’s more of an artistic look at me as a person. Coming from a reality show, it’s hard to know the depth of somebody. This record gave me that opportunity to show that. That’s what Verve wanted from me: to make a record I was proud of. It was a huge blessing to give me that.”
McPhee makes the driving first single, Had It All, written by Kara Dioguardi (American Idol judge), Mitch Allan and David Hodges, completely her own. Along with her musical rebirth comes a stunning physical change: McPhee recently transformed from a long–haired brunette to a sultry blonde. “I’ve never done anything crazy like this,” she says. “I didn’t think I would cut my hair off or go this blonde, but I’m going through changes. Searching for lyrics and meaning in the record just sort of forced me to examine inside and out.”
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