“Another artist deep in the Lonesome Rose fold is San Antonio-born, Austin-based songwriter Kathryn Legendre. Like Steinle, she grew up absorbing San Antonio’s unique mix of sounds and musical traditions. “Cumbias and German polkas were just as much a part of my musical upbringing, as was ’90s country radio and my Grandpa’s classic country record collection,” she recalls. “What I think all of those have in common is that they’re all very danceable—from the beats, to dance styles, and even popular venues/dancehalls—and that a lot of the San Antonio music, cultures, and traditions are largely centered around community.”
Legendre moved to Austin in 2010, and has found a fulfilling niche playing on the alt-country circuit there—a much bigger and more professionalized scene than that in San Antonio. She refers to her own music, like recent downtempo single “One Long Sad Song”, as honky-tonk. That tag, she says, “represents the real—not necessarily glamorous—side of life. Physically, it’s a divey meeting place for all. Musically, it includes good and bad themes, but in the end, the music speaks to people because of shared experiences.” Along with Capps and Steinle, Legendre has released music via Shotgun House records, which was launched by Daniel Rosen in 2017 and has evolved into Lonesome Rose’s de facto house label. The label is currently preparing a “hard conjunto” album for Santiago Jiménez, Jr., with Max Baca on bajo sexto.”