Kate Hearne is an 18-year-old performing songwriter who also happens to be an ace lead guitarist. The Winnsboro, Texas, high school junior picked up the guitar during spring break of her 8th grade year, and hasn’t put it down since.

The daughter of performing songwriter dad Lindy Hearne (cofounder of Crossroads Coffeehouse, a weekly live music venue in Winnsboro, Texas), Kate Hearne grew up surrounded by songwriters and guitars. In her even younger years though, she refused to have anything to do with music making. Then one day when no one was looking or listening she made the fateful choice, picked up a guitar, and discovered a new way to express herself.

With the added guidance of famed guitar instructor John DeFoore of Mineola, Texas (a la Michelle Shocked, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Adam Carroll to namedrop a few former students), Kate takes her songwriting and guitar studies seriously. As a solo artist, Kate Hearne has opened for Terri Hendrix, The Dreamsicles, and Kacey Musgraves. She also opened all three nights for the 3rd Annual Pauline Reese & Outlaws Picnic in Concan, Texas. Kate was also a semi-finalist in the 20th (April 2008) Annual B.W. Stenson Memorial Singer Songwriting competition which is hosted at Poor David's Pub in Dallas, Texas.

Kate never misses an opportunity to learn from the musicians she meets. And due to her skill on the guitar, and the ease with which she "plays well with others," Kate often gets invited up to jam with those who headline the Crossroads Coffeehouse stage.