KT Tunstall
Artist Type: Person
Artist Born:
1975
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Artist Biography
Katie "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975, Edinburgh) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Fife. Her mother is of partial Chinese descent, and her father Irish. She was raised by adoptive parents, scientists who did not own a television or stereo, as they believed it would interfere with her congenitally deaf adoptive brother's hearing aid. In her twenties she met her birth mother, who told her that her natural father was a folk musician, long after she had chosen that route herself.
Her nickname, "KT", is a play on the first letter of her first and last name. While a student at Royal Holloway, University of London she performed on an acoustic guitar in a student bar, under the name "Katie". Her style of music varies from the folk genre to the more pop genre, with bluesy undertones.
Her big break came when she was asked to fill a 3 minute gap on the BBc's "Later With Jools Holland" music show, after Nelly had dropped out. She performed "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" and was voted as the most popular performer from the entire show.
Artist Discography
Albums
Drastic Fantastic (2007-09-10)
Eye to the Telescope (2004-12-13)
KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza (2006-05-15)
Tracks in July
EPs
False Alarm EP (2004-10-11)
Singles
Another Place to Fall (2006-03-13)
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree (2005-02-21)
Hold On (2007-08-27)
Other Side of the World (2005-05-09)
Suddenly I See (2005-08-29)
Under the Weather (2005-12-05)
