KT Tunstall - heard of her? Any fans?
 

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/13998468.htm

She's getting lots of airplay here - I like what I've heard so far!

Posted on Thu, Mar. 02, 2006

An eye to the bluesy side of Britpop

BY BRAD REVARE
Knight Ridder Newspapers

A weekly entertainment review - anything from books and video games to movies and music.

TITLE/ARTIST: "Eye to the Telescope," KT Tunstall

QUICK DESCRIPTION: A United Kingdom import with a cool name, KT brings her fresh bluesy pop tunes stateside.

FIRST REACTION: Vastly better than Ashlee Simpson and Avril Lavigne, Tunstall might already be able to compete with the big female singer-songwriters like Sheryl Crow, despite this being her first album.

BEST FEATURE: No cliche lyrics, no generic, retread rock riffs, just KT, her guitar and simple but effective instrumentation. This describes Tunstall's breezy, unassuming yet powerful debut album. Unlike other current female acts out there, KT doesn't even attempt to copy Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone." "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" sounds like an aggressive Stevie Nicks track, while "Other Side of the World" is a pleasant Britpop song, evoking comparisons to the much loved UK band Travis.

WORST FEATURE: KT Tunstall enters the volatile U.S. singer-songwriter demographic, where success and popularity are never guaranteed, even with a stellar album. Comparisons to Sheryl Crow are inevitable, and "Eye to the Telescope" doesn't have that one killer song, like "Everyday Is a Winding Road," which launched Crow into the stratosphere. However, KT does have a collection of very good songs, and hopefully subsequent albums will further explore the bluesy, beat-driven songs that made this album so great.

FOR FANS OF: Sheryl Crow, Travis and Fiona Apple.

DON'T MISS: "Other Side of the World," "Another Place to Fall," "Miniature Disasters."

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Brad Revare is a senior at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kan.
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I heard a clip of the song Black Horse and Cherry Tree? on a VH1 commercial and I liked the sound of it, so I downloaded it. That's all I've heard so far, but I do like the song a lot.

Does it sound Stevie-ish, like that writer said?

LOL. I didn't even read the article, I just responded to the subject. Yeah, it kind of does. I think most Stevie fans would like it. The track I mentioned sort of sounds like a mix of Stevie and Pat Benetar.

I have her album! I got it as a gift a few months ago... I uh, actually haven't had much of a listen yet. I like Black Horse, though. It is a bit Stevie-ish. I've read a lot of reviews where her style is compared to Janis Joplin's, which I agree with.

it's funny you mention this cause I heard this song for the first time yesterday and had never heard of her and thought "hmmm, I hear a little Stevie in there"

I don't really like her but she is getting loads of air play here in the UK. I feel I could like/LOVE her if her songs just had that little punch. They're not bad to listen too they just seem to be missing something, somethig which would really make the song but without it I feel let down after hearing it.

katie melua (shes had 2 albums but only recently had recognition in the UK) is a female artist of todays charts that I much prefer to KT. Her songs again seem to be missing something in them, there just a little to mellow but its great chilling out music. Her voice struck me as being Stevie influenced at first and her song writing has the kind of unpredictable/unconventional layouts that Stevie also has.

I don't know how big etither KT or katie melua are in the states so ill post a song.

http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0...Y0OZ6QCOQF1X0W

I went to see her when she was still playing tiny Universities and altho I didnt really make a Stevie-connection, I did think she was excellent :)

Duh - I've heard it - that's the song they're playing on the radio - you can listen here:

http://2006.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/3985.html#

And I just added her to my sxsw calendar. :wavey:

Edit: She's playing at the same time as the Arctic Monkeys, dammit. I'll try to catch her at a day party or in-store, if she's doing any.

You know, its really strange that they would compare her to Stevie. I got a bunch of reviews from different magazines at work for this album, and this is what one of them said "...with the songcraft of Christine McVie" :confused:

I ****ing love this song!

rbs

i saw her open for jason collett of broken social scene a few months ago. she is frickin' BRILLIANT. what is amazing is how she plays all the percussion, etc. on all her tracks. it's her, her guitar, and this groovy little recording thing - and she records different vocals, or percussions, and then plays them back as she is playing live. the number of planes her highly creative mind thinks on at one time is mind-boggling. i bet she's a math genius.

oh, and her music rocks.

I like her lyrics and voice, there's a lot of truth in her songs.

Romy

I'm not a big fan of her music but I saw her live once and its incredible the way she layers the instruments and vocals using her delay pedal, sampling each part right in front of her audience, until it sounds like shes got a whole band playing with her. She's certainly talented although nothing like Stevie IMO.
She been hugely successful here in the UK over the past year and I'd take her anyday over that nauseating singing toff James Blunt.