Katie Skene is a singer - guitar slinger - songwriter whose music blends the soul of the South and the spirit of the West Coast to create a sound she calls Cosmic Swamp Americana.

Originally raised in the blues scene of Tallahassee, FL, Katie spent over a decade playing in the California Jam Band scene before recently relocating to Nashville, TN. Through the prism of Katie's evocative vocals, personal songwriting and compelling guitar work, her band blends electric southern-fried blues and jam-band experimentation with a joyful, incendiary energy. Their performance incorporates funky far-out synths, soaring southern-fried guitar, colorful keyboards and intoxicating blues-drenched vocals, all laid over a deeply pocketed groove. Their music revives the spirit of bands like The Allman Brothers Band and Grateful Dead, maintaining an unpredictable quality that still feels familiar. ​

Since their inception in 2021, The Katie Skene Band band has played up and down the west coast and throughout the Southeast. They have opened for and co-headlined with bands including Zach Gill (ALO), Eddie 9V, Diggin' Dirt, Hot Buttered Rum, The Coffis Brothers, Mapache, and Dan Horne Band, and have performed at festivals including Big Blues Bender, Bender Jamboree, June Lake Jam Fest, Lucidity Festival, Suwannee Roots Revival, Surfrider Concert for the Coast, Word of South, Summer's End Half Moon Bay, and more.

Katie’s other projects include playing in actress Kate Hudson’s band, fronting jam supergroup California Kind ft. John Molo, Barry Sless, Rob Barraco, & Pete Sears, and featuring with TV Broken 3rd Eye Open. She has shared the stage with many legendary artists and musicians, including Bob Weir & Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead), David Nelson (New Riders of the Purple Sage), George Porter Jr. (The Meters), Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers Band), Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon), Col. Bruce Hampton and more.