{"id":4814,"date":"2019-06-05T05:40:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=4814"},"modified":"2019-12-17T20:11:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T01:11:31","slug":"review-kt-tunstall-the-sinclair-5-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2019\/06\/05\/review-kt-tunstall-the-sinclair-5-19\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: KT Tunstall @ The Sinclair 5\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kate Evans<\/em><\/p>\n

On Sunday the 19th KT Tunstall played a sold out show at The Sinclair in Cambridge. Opening the night was LA based alt-pop singer Maddie Ross and her producer and guitar player Wolfy. She opened the show with the first track \u201cHometown\u201d off her debut EP Touch Hands, Touch Bodies<\/em>. Ross shared the story of how she was brought on to the tour. She said she found out that KT Tunstall and Brandi Carlile were playing a festival together so she tweeted about it and Tunstall sent her a message about opening on tour. She then went in to a beautiful cover of \u201cKiss Me\u201d by Sixpence None The Richer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ross shared that she and Wolfy met at USC and have been dating for five and a half years and that by now their lives are 500% intertwined. Ross said many people compare her songs to those in rom-coms so she and Wolfy decided to write an album where each song scores a different rom-com that they made up. One song off the album \u201cThe Riddle\u201d is a song from Wolfy\u2019s perspective her relationship with Ross but the twist is that it was written by Ross. She informed everyone that there was a station at her merch table to donate to The Trevor Project, a non-profit organization which focuses on suicide prevention in the LGBTQ+ community. She ended her set with two catchy pop songs, \u201cLiv Tyler\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re Still My Sugar\u201d which the crowd loved.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After a quick set change 2000\u2019s folk rocker KT Tunstall took the stage. She began by playing \u201cIn This Body\u201d from her newest album Wax<\/em>. Her energy was felt throughout the venue as the crowd started to sing and dance along. She shared with the audience that she worked with Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand on the new record and the audience erupted in cheers. After asking the audience how they feel about mashups and 80\u2019s pop music she went in to a cover of The Bangles\u2019 \u201cWalk Like an Egyptian\u201d which many people in the audience were familiar with. The next song was \u201cAshes\u201d and according to Tunstall it is a fan favorite and joked that the reason was because it is her only song with explicit language. To start the song, she pulled out a kazoo and the audience erupted into laughter and cheers. It was the best kazoo solo I\u2019ve ever witnessed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Her drummer, Cat, took a quick break and Tunstall began using the loop pedal. She told the story of her playing \u201cBlack Horse and a Cherry Tree\u201d on Later…With Jools Holland<\/em>, the song she attributes to helping her career take off. When she sang \u201cFeel It All\u201d she stepped away from the microphone, walked to the edge of the stage, and began singing while the audience stayed quiet to listen. Her voice boomed from all corners of the venue and sent chills down my spine.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As she moved in to the last part of her set she talked to the audience about why the second half of the tour was postponed. She said she was having health problems and refused to see a doctor until one day all the hearing in one ear was completely gone. She decided it was time and she was told she had vertigo and that she would need to take some time off touring. Meanwhile, her hearing in the other ear was getting worse. She felt her hearing would never return and anything that involved sound made her sad that it didn\u2019t sound right. She said \u201cI Won\u2019t Back Down\u201d by Tom Petty helped her get through it and pushed her to work on her hearing. Eventually her hearing returned to normal but only on one side. She performed the song for the audience as a reminder to learn to trust the advice they are given. She ended her set with \u201cSuddenly I See\u201d and the audience sang every word back to her.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maddie Ross by Kate Evans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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KT Tunstall by Kate Evans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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