Post on 23-Jan-2017
With 24 hours to prepare for her performance, Tunstall
performed as a one-man band, using her guitar, tambourine and a
loop pedal, making a notable mark on the industry. The album was
then re-released, spurting to No.3 in the charts, having earlier
charted at No.73.
Across thepond andback again
Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall is currently in the middle
of what some have labelled a “triumphant return”.
Having taken some time out of her whirlwind music career, she is
back and ready to unleash a whole new catalogue of material.
Born in Edinburgh, she later moved to St Andrews, where at the
age of four, she began to spark her musical endowment by taking
up the piano.
Tunstall was said to have been a part of a very academic family,
but had dreams to persevere with a musical-oriented path.
She attended Lawhead Primary and Madras College, in St.
Andrews, before then progressing on to studying at the Royal
Holloway, London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama
& Music.
During Tunstall’s 20s, she played in the band Elia Drew and
Tomoko, which produced predominantly indie music, before
moving on and turning her talents toward songwriting, alongside
preforming, with the novice Fence Collective
Tunstall launched onto the music scene in the early naughties,
with the release of her debut album, Eye to the Telescope,
in 2004.
She then went on to captivate audiences with her live solo
performance of “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree”, on Later…with
Jools Holland, which according to Chart Stats, went on to
become on of the most radio-played singles of 2005 in the
United Kingdom.
By Mari Acciaioli
With 24 hours to prepare for her performance, Tunstall
performed as a one-man band, using her guitar, tambourine and a
loop pedal, making a notable mark on the industry. The album was
then re-released, spurting to No.3 in the charts, having earlier
charted at No.73.
As Tunstall’s musical career blossomed, her material was being
used on the big screen, by the likes of Ugly Betty and The Devil
Wears Prada.
In 2006, she launched her second album, which was solely
acoustic. At first, the album was exclusively available via postal
orders, from her website, but it was re-released a few months
later in stores, worldwide.
Her third album followed nearly a year after, premiering firstly
in Scotland, with the remainder of Britain following a week
later. The album reached No.1 on the Scottish Album Charts and
No.3 on the British Charts, and was a considerable milestone in
Tunstall’s career.
Tunstall had come a long way from touring and supporting
other acts, to being nominated for a Grammy, winning a BRIT
and having her music used for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign.
In 2014, she decided to move to Venice Beach, California, where
she took time out to truly get to know what path to take next,
and dug deep to uncover what she was capable of and expand
her musical talents, after stating that she felt burnt out.
‘The Loft’ Review
The Loft
23rd Aug 16
According to the singer-songwriter, the music that she has
produced since moving to California is the most “impassioned
and inspired of her life”, invigorated by the inspiring nature and
scenic spots, and new memories.
This September, KT is introducing her new full-length album,
which has been branded as the follow-up to her debut and
described as psychedelic rock, a different musical perspective
on her earlier work.
She will also be performing with the BBC’s Scottish Symphony
Orchestra at the Proms in the Park, in Glasgow.
Tunstall is currently in the middle of the “Highlands and
Islands” tour, where she will be performing an array of material
in preparation for the launch of her new album.
The singer-songwriter has been performing in venues at
Aberdeen, Forres, Inverness and Lerwick. “As
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According to the singer-songwriter, the music that she has
produced since moving to California is the most “impassioned
and inspired of her life”, invigorated by the inspiring nature and
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What KT Did NextKT Tunstall's recent relocation to California has paid dividends
as her return to Scotland, for a tour of the Highlands and
Islands, found her reinvigorated and bringing the Californian
sunshine with her to her show at the Loft.
As KT was playing in the barn, yes an actual barn magically
transformed into a sold-out 500 capacity venue (490 humans
and 10 cows), we were guided to our table upstairs in what is
often used as the Loft's more intimate music venue.
The special gig menu went down a treat, the veggie burgers are
the best in the area bar none and we all agreed that the
raspberry cranachan was the best we'd ever tasted. Service was
well timed allowing us to make it to the show in time to see a
classy support act from Stornoway teenager, Eleanor Nicolson,
whose smoky vocals and dreamy tunes warmed the crowd up
for the main event.
Review supplied by Roddy & Pricilla Huggan.
KT was quite simply a phenomenon. From start to finish she was
full of energy, a whirlwind of new songs, classic KT material, and
even a song about losing her tambourine the night before in Wick
which we all enthusiastically joined in with.
A special evening from start to finish.