Hi.

I’m Katie Callahan and I’m a singer, songwriter, artist, and mother who grew up in Hawaii and lives currently in Baltimore. My music is rooted in folk and Americana traditions with a focus on lyrical storytelling. After years as a worship leader, I left the church and now make work about rejoining the body, mind, and spirit and constantly learning and exploring what it is to be a woman getting older.

Doing The Thing IS The Thing

I’ve spent a lot of time wondering if my work has any value, if I have any value outside of the context of motherhood. I’ve internalized a lot of stories from a lot of Big Important Men, but I’m not willing to waste any more time watching life happen to me. Every risk, every adventure, every failure, every hiccup—it’s all part of it. It IS success to simply DO the thing you love, even if there’s no way to quantify its outcome outside of joy or purpose. That’s enough. So are you.