A singular voice in the jazz and soul world, Kathy Kosins is an internationally recognized jazz-soul artist whose SiriusXM-featured releases and decades of touring bring warmth, elegance, and lived-in depth to intimate theaters, jazz clubs, listening rooms, and curated jazz series. She embodies the intersection of sophistication, emotional depth, and musical versatility, with a career spanning decades of international performances, recordings, and high-profile collaborations that have earned critical acclaim and a devoted global following.
Kosins has appeared at major festivals and iconic venues including the San Jose Jazz Festival, Exit Zero Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, as well as Blue Note at Sea and Blue Note Beijing, and The Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society’s winter jazz series. She has also shared the stage with a distinguished roster of artists, including Don Was, Gregory Porter, Terrance Blanchard, Gerald Clayton, Randy Brecker, Peabo Bryson, Bob Baldwin, and The Rippingtons, among others.
Kosins’s latest single, “Magic Island” (2026), reached Number One on the Official Indie R&B Chart and is already receiving international airplay across the UK, Italy, France, and Poland. Her previous single, “Aurora’s Light,” was named Most Played Vocalist on SiriusXM Watercolors and featured in multiple publications, including a July 2025 cover story in the UK’s Blues and Soul. In 2022, her duet with Frank McComb, “I Gotta Pinch Myself” featuring Najee, was nominated Song of the Year at the SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards, and her 2023 reimagining of “From A 2 B” earned Jazz Vocal Single of the Year from the Independent Broadcasters Alliance.
She has collaborated with renowned pianist and producer Bob Baldwin (“Let’s Rewind”), achieving multiple #1 positions on Smooth Jazz charts, as well as placements on the UK Soul Chart Top 30 and Indie Soul Top 30, with a new Baldwin/Kosins collaboration slated for 2026. Her work with bassist and producer Paul Randolph through the DetroitCentriX project continues to push the boundaries of contemporary soul-jazz.
Her sixth studio album, Uncovered Soul (Maristar), is a deeply personal project celebrating her Detroit Motown roots, featuring some of her most intimate and expressive vocals to date, produced by Kamau Kenyatta (Gregory Porter). The album reached #1 on the Official Indie Soul Chart and garnered praise from SoulTracks, Blues and Soul, Echoes Magazine, All About Jazz, Jazzwise, and PopMatters. Kosins has performed internationally from Istanbul to the UK, including her BBC debut on The Robert Elms Show and an in-studio appearance on Jazz FM.
Beyond music, Kosins is also a visual artist, creating abstract acrylic works influenced by 1950s Cubism. Her paintings are held in private collections and galleries, and she often integrates live painting into her performances, creating a unique, multi-sensory concert experience.
A recipient of the Michigan Council for the Arts Jazz Composer of the Year award, she has also received grants from Michigan’s ArtServe. In addition, she has presented clinics and workshops at more than 200 colleges and universities across the United States, sharing her expertise in performance and the business of music.