Coty Hogue may come from Montana and live in the Pacific Northwest, but her voice sounds like it’s been echoing around some Smokey Mountain for ages. Whether its completely unaccompanied or with straight-ahead guitar or claw-hammer banjo, she sings country songs, the genuine article – some old, some recent, some of her own – all with a voice unconstrained by age, time or geography.  In concert she explores this “country” sound in its broadest terms, also incorporating blues and even some swing. Recently she added an exciting backing band comprised of Bellingham, WA fiddler Kat Bula and guitarist Aaron Guest.

In May of 2009, Coty released her debut CD To The West. Featuring a mix of original, traditional, and a couple of cover songs, , the album has received much praise and airplay on Seattle/Belluvue radio station KBCS.