Peter Katz is a Canadian singer/songwriter and a recipient of the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 Galaxie

Galaxie

Galaxie is a Canadian multilingual digital pay television audio service owned by Stingray Digital.-Programming:Galaxie consists of 49 commercial-free music based audio channels, each devoted to a particular genre, distributed through digital television platforms. Each channel consists of a...

 Rising Star award.

Peter Katz has released two studio LPs

LP album

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 in conjunction with Curve Music

Curve Music

Curve Music is a Canadian independent record label based in Toronto. The roster includes Holly McNarland, The Dunes , Peter Katz, Wide Mouth Mason, Suzie McNeil, Johnny Favourite and many others.-About:Curve Music is a Canadian record label....

, and has collaborated Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard is the Academy Award–winning principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Irish group The Frames and one half of folk rock duo, The Swell Season...

. In March 2010, his second studio release, "First of the Last to Know", was the #1 Canadian album on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart.

Katz is well traveled in the southern Ontario "house show circuit," frequently choosing to play more intimate venues rather than crowded clubs.

Sources

• Peter Katz Retrieved: 2010-03-30.