KATARINA PEJAK
Katarina Pejak is a singer-songwriter and pianist known for an eclectic approach to Blues and related genres. Her latest release "Don't Tell The Children", a double single consisting of the eponymous song and "Panic Mode" comes out January 16th, 2026.
Katarina started performing in her late teens, playing blues clubs in her hometown (Belgrade) and other cities in Serbia. She put out three albums in her home country, "Perfume & Luck", 2010, and "First Hand Stories", 2012 and “Old, New Borrowed and Blues”, 2016, a live mini album recorded in 2015.
Though she has been classically trained at piano, she strayed away from classical music found her passion for songwriting in her high school years. Through her father's music collection, she discovered her main influences: Otis Spann, Ray Charles, Tom Waits, Nina Simone, Norah Jones and many others.
In January 2011, she began her studies at Berklee College of Music, where she majored in Songwriting and graduated in 2014. During her studies, Katarina was awarded the Songwriting Achievement Award for her overall success within the department.
In the summer of 2018, Katarina signed with Ruf Records, a German-based blues label, known best for their cross-over approach, and joined the long list of internationally acclaimed artists such as Victor Wainwright, Mike Zito, Ana Popovic, Samantha Fish, Bernard Allison and many others. In 2019, Katarina was a part of the Blues Caravan 2019, a Ruf records travelling show and has played over sixty shows all across Europe.
Her fourth album, "Roads That Cross", came out in February 2019, and has been listed as one of the 2019 Favorite Blues Albums at allmusic.com. In 2020, Katarina released an EP of home recordings: Outside Looking In.
Katarina's 4th studio album and her second release on Ruf came out in 2024. The album was recorded in Poitiers, France where Katarina currently lives, at Studio des Bruères. It was produced by Pejak herself with her band: bassist Sylvain Didou, drummer Johan Barrer and guitarist Boris Rosenfeld. Also appearing on the album are: Californian guitarist Laura Chavez, saxophonist Dana Colley, as well as Serbian-based singer Ana Protulipac.
Her latest release, a double single named "Don't Tell The Children", after one of the two songs, comes out January 16th, 2026.
