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- Early Life and Education
- Music Career
- Artistry
- Personal Life
- Discography
- Awards and Nominations
- External Links
Tunstall was born to a half-Chinese, half-Scottish mother, Carol-Ann Orr, who was from Hong Kong, and an Irish father, John Corrigan. Her parents met while her mother was working as a dancer in Penthouse bar in Edinburgh, where her father was a barman. She was born at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital and at 18 days old, was placed for adoption ...
Career beginnings
Throughout Tunstall's twenties, she played in indie music bands including Elia Drew and Tomoko. She focused on songwriting, as well as performing with members of the fledgling Fence Collective. Tunstall had lived with Gordon Anderson of the Beta Band, and the Aliens, whom the song "Funnyman", on her second studio album Drastic Fantastic (2007), is about. She toured with the klezmer band Oi Va Voi, and stayed with them while they were making their second studio album, Laughter Through Tears(20...
Eye to the Telescope and breakthrough
Her debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope, was first released in late 2004, entering the UK Albums Chartat number 73. Tunstall's first appearance of note was a solo performance of her folk blues song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland. She had only 24 hours to prepare after scheduled performer Nas cancelled. She performed as a one-person band using a guitar, a tambourine, and a loop pedal. Shortly after the Later appearance, Eye to the Telescope was re-release...
Drastic Fantastic and Tiger Suit
Tunstall's second studio album, Drastic Fantastic, premiered on 3 September 2007 in Scotland, followed a week later on 10 September 2007 with the London release for Britain and 18 September 2007, in the US. In its first week, Drastic Fantastic reached No. 1 on the Scottish Album Charts, No. 3 on the British Charts, and No. 9 in the American Charts. The album's lead single, "Hold On", was released in the UK in August 2007, debuting at No. 34 there before peaking at No. 21. The song was also ve...
Tunstall has a contralto vocal range. Tunstall is known for her live performances, using an Akai E2 Headrush loop pedal which she affectionately calls "Wee Bastard", in her solo performances and with a full four-piece backing band (Luke Bullenon drums, Arnulf Lindner on bass, Sam Lewis on lead guitar and Kenny Dickenson on keyboards, trumpet, percu...
Family
Tunstall tracked down her biological mother, Carol Ann, located her in 1998 (or 1996, according to other source) and learned that Carol was married to cab driver David Orr and had borne three more children. She has been critical of the British National Party (BNP) and publicly disowned Orr in 2010 because of his decision to run as a BNP candidate in the general election for Livingston. She however was unable to trace her biological father with the only information she had, saying, "I knew his...
Relationships and marriage
In 2003, Tunstall began dating Luke Bullen, the drummer in her band. On Christmas Day, 2007, Bullen proposed to her at her parents' home in St Andrews, Scotland,and the couple were married in September 2008. They divorced in May 2013, after separating the year before.
Controversy
Tunstall sparked some controversy in 2005 when she publicly criticised singer-songwriter Dido, stating that the artist "can't fucking sing" after several fans compared the two musically. Tunstall later apologised, stating that she did not want to be involved in a public feud.Tunstall clarified her comments in 2017, stating "I had total respect for her and I felt terrible about saying it. It was more anger at the journalist rather than her and I have apologised on so many occasions since."
Awards overview
In Tunstall's breakthrough year, 2005, she received a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize, which eventually went to Antony and the Johnsons; and she won the Best Track of the year award from Qmagazine for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree". In January 2006, she received three BRIT nominations—best British Live Act, best British Breakthrough Act, and best British Female Solo Artist—eventually gaining the award for best British Female Solo Artist, remarking that she wished to share it with fe...
KT Tunstall at AllMusicKT Tunstall discography at DiscogsKT Tunstall at IMDb1. KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See (Official Video) kttunstallofficial. •. 29M views • 15 years ago. KT Tunstall - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree (Official Video) kttunstallofficial. •. 16M...
The song is usually performed solo by Tunstall, the original artist, with the layered guitar and vocals constructed piece-by-piece by sampling the parts live, and using a loop pedal unit to create the backing track.
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