Local singer, actress keeps things close to home

Katie Garfield had a busy 3015, appearing on Sleepy Hollow and will kick of 2016 with a new single and an appearance at the Sundance Film Festival.
Posted 12/31/2015, 11:03:00 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:05 PM

>> I CAN SAY I'M ON A NEW SHOW,

JUST NOT WHICH ONE OR WHICH

NE.

>> HEY!

WE'RE HERE AT FIRST NIGHT

RALEIGH.

KATY GARFIELD BACK WITH US.

SHE WAS HERE AT LAST YEAR SO

WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BACK

WITH US.

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY YEAR FOR YOU

IN 2015 AND YOU HAVE SO MUCH

MORE COMING UP IN 2016.

YOU'RE A MUSICIAN, AN ACTRESS.

ONE OF THE SHOWS YOU'RE WORKING

ON IS SLEEPY HALLOW WHICH WAS

FILMED IN WILMINGTON.

WE HAVE VIDEO OF YOU IN THE

SHOW.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

>> AMAZING.

SO NICE TO WORK ON A TV SHOW

THAT HAS BEEN GOOD FOR NORTH

CAROLINA.

I'M FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF THE

CAST AND CREW FROM A COUPLE OF

YEARS AGO SO IT WAS A NICE SHOW

TO BE PART OF BECAUSE I KNEW A

LOT OF PEOPLE AND KEPT IT AT

HOME.

>> THAT IS FANTASTIC YOU'RE

GOING TO SUNDANCE.

>> I'M SO EXCITED!

>> MY FIRST TIME GOING.

I'M HEADED UP THERE AT END OF

JANUARY TO REPRESENT AN AWESOME

IF YOU MEAN CALLED BIRTH OF A

NATION, THE STORY OF MATT TURNER

WHO LED A REBELLION IN THE

18050s.

>> YOU SPILLED THE BEANS, YOU'RE

ON ANOTHER SHOW.

IT JUST HAPPENED.

>> IT ACTUALLY DID JUST HAPPEN.

YEAH, I'M PART OF A NEW SHOW.

I CAN'T SAY WHICH ONE YET BUT

I'LL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE SHORTLY

AND THAT IS ALSO IN THE

SOUTHEAST KEEPING IT CLOSE TO

HOME.

I'M LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> THAT IS EXCITING.

>> NOW TO THE SINGING PART.

YOU HAVE, I GUESS, A SINGLE

COMING UP THAT WE WANT TO LISTEN

TO.

[ MUSIC ]

.

>> VERY NICE.

TELL US ABOUT THAT SONG.

>> IT IS CALLED PUT ME BACK ON

MY THROWN.

I RELEASED IT IN FEBRUARY OF

THIS YEAR BUT I GOT NEW MUSIC

COMING OUT EARLY 2016 I'VE BEEN

WRITING IN NASHVILLE AND

RECORDING.

>> YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY DOWN

TIME.

>> NO!

I DON'T WANT ANY DOWN TIME.

NO, I HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE

WORLD AND SO I'VE BEEN VERY

LUCKY TO GET TO DO ACTING AND

MUSIC AND WORK OUT IN LA AND IN

THE SOUTHEAST.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED.

IT HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR AND I

THINK 2016 WILL BE GREAT, TOO.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT.

WHERE DO PEOPLE FIND YOUR

INFORMATION?

>> KA.COM.

>> WE'RE HERE.

WE'LL TALK TO CASEY TINDLE.

>> YOU DON'T WANT DOWN TIME AS A

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