Kathleen Sloan HoF IFD

Kathleen “Catalogue Queen” Sloan has been a filker since she attended her first filk during a tornado watch at Marcon in 1976 (the stairwell acoustics were great!) She is originally from Ohio and was able to attend the first OVFF in Cincinnati. After spending years as a listener and singing the occasional harmony, Kathleen started performing more after she moved to Denver, Colorado in 1989. Since then she has been a fixture at many North American Filkcons (and gotten to Germany twice too!) and since 1994 has been known for her role as an Interfilk director and auction wench. In 2007 she was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame.

Though not a prolific songwriter, Kathleen has written a few notable songs including Meat, Magic to Me and of course Take It Back, which is why you are reading this bio now. Take It Back is based on Barry and Sally Childs-Helton’s Filk Hall of Fame acceptance speech in 2003. You can read a transcript of the speech on the FKO/Hall of Fame website.