KT Tunstall
After all the “whiney chick music” that has been passing for pop music these days, its refreshing to see a genuine performer with a voice that doesn’t sound like something from a synthesizer. My daughter introduced KT Tunstall to me via her You Tube Video, a rip from a French TV show where she reprised the old Jackson Five song “I Want You Back.” Now, that’s not a song I thought I would want to hear anyone remake, but KT makes it her own.
Her album is great too. Even if you aren’t familiar with KT, you’ve heard her song “Suddenly I See”, which has been featured on quite a few TV shows this past year. It was the song with the refrain “she’s a beautiful girl” that “So You Think You Could Dance” played every time they kicked a female dancer off the show, and its been played on Anne Heche’s new show, “Men in Trees”. Once you hear it, you’ll recognize it. The link above, to Amazon.com, has sound clips of her music.
Its good to see some singer-songwriters coming to the fore again. If I hear one more whiney song from someone who can only sing in a studio, I would scream. But KT, with her breakthrough album, has given me hope.
