Union Chapel and acoustic performances go hand in hand. It seems once an artist steps onto the stage everything is toned down a notch and given the venue’s sublime acoustics, there’s very good reason to do so. KT Tunstall is no different and as she traces through her back catalogue of material there’s a sense of delight that many of the less widely aired songs have made it to the set.
Nevertheless opener White Bird, Uummannaq Song and Under The Weather all get combined with the loop pedal for which KT’s has become renowned. Whilst on Uummannaq Song this adds the...
Photos of KT Tunstall at Union Chapel, London on 8th November 2011. Taken by Jo Cox – www.jocoxphotography.co.uk
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‘I’m back, with some great new shizzle’ KT Tunstall proclaims just seconds after arriving on stage before launching headfirst into tracks from her latest album, Tiger Suit. The opener Glamour Puss puts the emphasis on ‘new’, its vibe being far more keyboard driven than any of her former works and the preceding Unmmannaq Song follows it in a similar fashion. With the added backing vocals and shift from the guitar driven sound earlier fans might be used to, she delivers songs which sound like she’s shut herself up in a studio with MGMT. For the most part this works and when she...
Ever since hearing that KT Tunstall once went to the school nearby mine, I have kept an interest in her work. It isn’t often that talent is spotted in my neck of the woods, although her time spent living in the States probably gave her a much broader opportunity. On September 27th, the Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist released her third album, Tiger Suit, after a two year break from the previous Drastic Fantastic. It is, without a doubt, her most brilliant album yet. Although set strongly in the mainstream due to her popularity, KT is not afraid to push the boundaries and to...
