Kat was born in Barbados but was raised in the oil capital of Scotland, Aberdeen. From there she moved down to Edinburgh where she joined the city's acoustic scene with her band gingergreen, who were voted the city's favourite acoustic act in 2004. She also spent six months playing percussion with folk group Scuff, and was in the Edinburgh Sound Collective.

Since then she has moved down to the brightly lit and congestion charged city of London which, she says, is conducive to song writing.

Of her lyrics, she says, "I write lyrics about junkyard prostitutes, life in the fearsome crowd and the fact that your lover is 72.8% water. I was told once that I'm pretty good on guitar 'for a girl'. I wasn't sure if that was a compliment. I am an active campaigner against teenage angst and histrionics in music. I quite like train journeys because they're one of the rare occasions when I can just sit and think."