Join The Dixie for an 18th Season Pop-Up Show featuring KT Tunstall, with opener, Hallie on Saturday, Sept 9, at 7:30p!
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$25, $30, $35, $40
ABOUT KT TUNSTALL
KT Tunstall burst onto the music scene with her 2004 multi-platinum debut,Eye to the Telescope,which spawned the global hits "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" and "Suddenly I See." Thesesongs established Tunstall as a captivating, must-see performer, as well as a Songwriter with asingular knack for balancing introspective folk and propulsive rock. "I feel there are two immediate,recognizable pillars of my style," she says. "I have this troubadour, acoustic guitar-driven emotionalside. Then there's definitely a rocker side of me with sharper teeth."In the last few years, the Grammy-nominated Scottish Musician has expanded on these musicalselves by focusing on a trilogy of records, where each album zeroes in on a single concept: soul,body and mind. The first, 2016'sKIN, was the soul record; 2018'sWAXwas the body record, andthe newNUTis the mind record.Produced by Martin Terefe, who co-wrote her 2005 global hit "Other Side of the World,"NUTdraws on Tunstall's love of percussive West African grooves as a metaphor for the learning patternsof the mind, and is an eclectic album that seamlessly weaves together disparate styles. She foundher writing mojo thanks to "Canyons," a song propelled by a grimy, heavy rock riff. In keepingwithNUT’s theme, the song's lyrics are about the canyon-like physiology of the brain,and explore the parallels between humans developing unique identities and the way nature evolvesand is shaped over time. Elsewhere,NUT’s lyrics and sound delve into KT’s own personalevolution, and the way we all evolve through the repetition of behaviors and our reactions to lifeexperiences. "Private Eyes" grew out of Tunstall's brush with the vampiric downside of fame,while "Three," summarizes the arc of the trilogy, inspired by a journal practice where she wouldwrite multiple entries on one topic from the different perspectives of mind, body and soul."It was necessary in the circumstances to makeNUTcompletely differently from any other recordI’ve made," Tunstall says. "But I was excited and ready for that. The reason I pursued music wasbecause I had to avoid a repetitive job. I need to feel a constant sense of exploration in life. I'verealized you can easily fall into repetition even in this job. And so forNUT, I was like, 'Come on,let's do what we said we were going to do. Let's push into something new.' What’s always mostimportant is making an exciting, meaningful record that I love, and to have fun while I’m doing it."
ABOUT HATTIE
Hattie is a singer-songwriter-harpist. Leonard Cohen called her first solo album 'To The Bone’ “Flawless, uplifting and utterly original”. In their band ‘The Webb Sisters’, sisters Hattie and Charley have released three albums, receiving ‘Single and Record of the Week’ on iTunes and BBC Radio Two. Their song ‘Baroque Thoughts’ won The International Music Award for ‘Best Adult Contemporary Song’ and was produced by multiple Grammy Award winner Peter Asher. The Webb Sisters were chosen by Leonard Cohen to be in his band on his international comeback tour, performing over 400 concerts around the world to 4 million people between 2008 and 2013. Hattie has previously collaborated with Sting, Gotye, Glen Hansard, Steve Martin & Edie Brickel, Rick Rubin, The Avett Brothers & Natalie Maines and is featured on five of Leonard Cohen’s albums, also playing for HRH Queen Elizabeth II and The Spanish Royal Family at The Prince of Asturias Awards. In 2017 Hattie and Charley joined Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers singing with them on their 40th anniversary tour. In celebration of the ‘To The Bone’ album release, a live music event was held at St James's Piccadilly in London on Friday 19th May 2017 alongside Hattie’s collaborator and sound engineer Marcel van Limbeek (Tori Amos) who recorded, engineered and mixed the album. Hattie’s cover of ‘Rhythm of the Night’ produced by Archbirds has had over 3 million streams. In early 2019, Hattie and Charley recorded with The Lumineers on their new record ‘III’ and went on to perform with them at The O2 Arena in November. The Webb Sisters received the 2019 Maynooth University Ireland Award for Arts and Culture. Hattie is currently working on her second solo album ‘Wild Medicine’ in collaboration with Mike Campbell, Ron Blair, Roscoe Beck, Stephen Barber, Patrick Leonard and Paul Kelly.
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