Kora Feder

• Folk
• Singer/Songwriter

Kora Feder (Feder rhymes with cedar) is a rising voice in the new generation of songwriters up to the task of confronting the times we live in.

Spring of 2019 brought the release of her first full length album, In Sevens, produced by Rich Brotherton (of Robert Earl Keen, Mary Gauthier, Eliza Gilkyson, etc.) in Austin, TX. The record has already received critical acclaim, drawing comparisons to Pete Seeger’s writing (Roots Music Report) and Iris Dement’s voice (Americana Highways, Minor 7th). With features on numerous top picks and playlists, a highlight thus far has been the song ‘I’d Be a Maria’ making its way past 390,000 Spotify streams thanks to its placement on three Spotify editorial playlists in Europe.

A self proclaimed “songwriter and concerned citizen”, Feder has already gained international recognition for her craft: from winning second place in the International Songwriting Competition in 2019 (19,000 entries from 140 countries), to being featured for her writing at the Kerrville Folk Festival and Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2018. In response to Feder’s Tiny Desk submission that received an All Songs Considered feature, NPR’s Pilar Fitzgerald described her song Automatic Times as carrying “an emotional weight that can stop you in your tracks, even long after the song has finished…a skillfully structured and impassioned plea for an end to gun violence.”

Although originally from Northern California, Feder spent that past three years living in New York City and recently moved to Philadelphia.