KT Tunstall has announced a tour of the Highlands & Islands
The singer-songwriter heads North in preparation for her forthcoming new album.
“It’s rambunctious, anti-slick, pro-wild, psychedelic emotional pop,” she says of her new music. “I’m allowing these songs to misbehave while still staying rooted in traditional songwriting. I feel I’ve finally cut myself free from a disempowering, disabling search for approval which has been heavy baggage for me for a long, long time. It’s a return to a sort of innocence. I’m being honest, and I’m having a load of fun.” She likens this journey to a “Joy-Phoenix, rising from the ashes.”
2013’s ‘Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon’ came to life during one of the most tumultuous periods of her life, as she lost her father and went through a divorce. A change of scenery proved restorative, revitalizing, and reinvigorating. “I never imagined moving to LA, but as soon as I found Venice Beach, I thought, ‘OK, I get it.’ I felt like setting my bag down. There was a balance I’d been missing between working hard and enjoying my life, and I’ve found that here.”
Fueled by a heavy audio diet of Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, and more recent artists such as Tame Impala and Devendra Banhart, windswept Californian psychedelia and widescreen coastal pop melodies found their way into her own repertoire. She won a BRIT Award, an Ivor Novello, and received GRAMMY Award® and Mercury Prize nominations. Her music has featured prominently in film and television including ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, ‘Ugly Betty’, and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’. She has penned songs for films such as Disney’s ‘Million Dollar Arm’ – co-writing with the legendary AR Rahman, ‘Winter’s Tale’ for Warner Brothers, and the soon-to-be-released, highly anticipated movie, ‘About Ray’.
“My fans have been so brilliantly loyal,” she finishes. “They want the truth. They’re not interested in some bullshit puppet dancing around pretending that life is a movie, they want something real. They want good songs. They want joy. They want to feel. That’s what I’m giving them on this album.”
The Highland tour dates;
August
Monday 15th: MacPhail Centre, Ullapool
Tuesday 16th: An Lanntair, Stornoway
Friday 19th: Assembly Rooms, Wick
Saturday 20th: The Loft, Forres
Monday 22nd: Woodend Barn, Banchory
Tuesday 23rd: Mareel, Shetland
Wednesday 24th: Fusion, Orkney
Friday 26th: Ironworks, Inverness
Saturday 27th: The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Presale starts 10am Wednesday 18th May, click here for pre-sale link; General on sale 10am Friday 20th May and are available from www.beyondpresents.co.uk
