Kate Victoria Tunstall, dite KT Tunstall, née le 23 juin 1975 à Édimbourg, est une auteure-compositrice-interprète, guitariste et pianiste britannique. Elle a été remarquée par le public lors de son passage dans Later… with Jools Holland avec le titre Black Horse And The Cherry Tree. Grâce à cette apparition, son premier album solo Eye To The Telescope a connu un succès mondial.
Elle a enregistré en tout six albums : Eye to the Telescope, disque d'or en France, puis, Drastic Fantastic en 2007, Tiger Suit en 2010, Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon en 2013, Kin en 2016 et Wax en 2018.
Elle est aussi l'auteur d'autres albums et EP acoustiques tels que KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza, KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza 2 et The Scarlet Tulip EP. Wikipedia
“Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me.”
"Suddenly I See".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Contexte: Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me.
As quoted in "What's On: Soul's latest talent" in Birmingham Evening Mail (12 February 2005).
Contexte: "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" is inspired by old blues, Nashville psycho hillbillies & hazy memories. It tells the story of finding yourself lost on your path, and a choice has to be made. It's about gambling, fate, listening to your heart, and having the strength to fight the darkness that's always willing to carry you off.
"Suddenly I See".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Contexte: Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl.
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it —
It makes you calm
She holds you captivated in her palm.
“Well my heart knows me better than i know myself
So I'm gonna let it do all the talking.”
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Barnes & Noble Interview with David Sprague (February 2006).
On a performance on the Avalon Stage at the Glastonbury Festival.
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On attending the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, in a Glastonbury Festival site interview (22 June 2007) http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news.aspx?id=589.
contactmusic.com quote http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/tunstall%20hates%20melua%20comparison_1041625 24 August 2007.
On influences in writing her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree", in a Barnes & Noble Interview with David Sprague (February 2006).
"Other Side of the World".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Barnes & Noble Interview with David Sprague (February 2006) http://web.archive.org/web/20070506185456/http://music.barnesandnoble.com/features/interview.asp?NID=1011932&z=y.
“When you're on your own
I'll send you a sign
Just so you know
I am me, the universe and you.”
"Universe & U".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
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"Universe & U".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
On knowing that she was adopted.
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“Over the sea and far away
She's waiting like an iceberg
Waiting to change…”
"Other Side of the World".
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
“Many good things come from the left!”
at the House of Blues on August 12th, 2008, while instructing the crowd to do a 'side-wave.'
