Kate Tucker, Grammy Redux

Grammy Redux

Watching this year’s Grammy Awards, I wish I could say I was surprised at the letdown. But alas, we’ve all been watching the disintegration of art and music at the hand of commerce for some time now. The good news is there is still plenty of AMAZING music being made by AMAZING artists and entertainers you won’t find on the Grammys this year.

In fact, I’ve got to look no further than my own community of friends in NYC, Seattle and the great Midwest. I thought I’d mention a few of them here in case you too are looking for something new and real and full of life.

Freddie Stevenson

Johanna and the Dusty Floor

Senors of Marseilles

The Last Royals

Eighteen Individual Eyes

P.S. The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, Lady Antebellum and Mick Jagger may have redeemed the television experience for me. Sklylar Gray was pretty rad. And I wait with anticipation for the Arcade Fire debut. “The future of music is in great hands” according to the president of the Grammys. Here’s hoping!

xxo

KaTe

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KATE TUCKER is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Akron, Ohio. She plays rich, emotive alt-country and americana influenced rock. Her sonic influences reflect shades of Neko Case, Cat Power, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Cowboy Junkies and Mazzy Star with occasional forays into a land inhabited by the Cocteau Twins, Blonde Redhead and David Lynch.

Growing up in a family of truck drivers, Kate became acquainted with the American road from the window of a semi. From an early age she was familiar with constant comings and goings, departures and homecomings. A sense of place, space, home, and the vast unknown continues to inform her work both in mood and lyric.

This frequent travel set in motion what would become Kate's musical journey, beginning as a street musician in Paris, settling down to make three records in Seattle, and then leaving town again for Brooklyn, Akron, and now Nashville, Tennessee.

In the midst of all this, she's built a strong catalog of work and garnered a devoted fan-base grassroots style, releasing everything on her own label, Red Valise Recordings. Her songs have been featured on Starbucks compilations, in indie films, and on major television networks.

2012 brings the release of Ghost of Something New, a collection of songs recorded with the Sons of Sweden and other longtime collaborators, in Seattle, Brooklyn, and Nashville. Kate wrote these songs while working on other projects including the White Horses LP and a second Sons of Sweden record that was never finished.

After long development, Ghost of Something New emerges as a slight departure from the melancholia of White Horses, Kate's most recent release, while hearkening back to the atmospheric mystery heard in Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden.

Ghost of Something New (Deluxe Version) is out March 27, 2012, complete with full album art and bonus tracks. Some of the songs will appear in the forthcoming feature film 'Everything Went Down,' directed by Dustin Morrow. This will also mark Kate's acting debut as she holds a major role in the film.

As an artist, writing and performing remain Kate's primary focus, prompting her recent relocation to Nashville. In the coming months she'll be both on the road and back in the studio, working out songs for her next record, and recording with k+nikku a new chamber rock/electro pop project based in Seattle.

More info and updates at facebook.com/katetuckermusic and youtube.com/katetuckersongs

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