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KT Tunstall

T in the Park 2005 reviews

Wednesday 13th July 2005


If there is one thing that T has over any other festival in the UK it’s the sense of national pride that you simply cannot avoid. The King Tuts Tent is heaving before Scottish singing sensation KT Tunstall makes her appearance.

The white diagonal cross on blue background flag (a common sight this weekend) is draped over the front of the stage and is met by cheers from the crowd. The guy next to me is here for one reason, and one reason only; to support a Scottish act. Whether she’s good or not is completely irrelevant.

KT appears adorned in traditional Scottish attire, specifically a kilt emblazoned with the letters ‘K’ and ‘T’. Not at all overwhelmed by her home crowd she opens with ‘Black Horse and the Cherry Tree’, a country and western style number which threatens to be the anthem of the festival.

Everyone knows the words and KT’s voice is practically drowned out by the King Tuts ensemble. KT spends the whole set strumming away enthusiastically on her guitar, moving back and forth around the stage as her jet black curly hair trails over her shoulders.

Mid-way through ‘Black Horse and the Cherry Tree’ KT decides to launch into a cover of Blueboy’s ‘Remember me’ and the crowd make the transition from chanting ‘Noooo, noo, noo noo’ to ‘Ging ge ge ging ging ging....’.

The crowd was only briefly silenced when KT’s unfortunate bass player decided to sit down, prompting the sound engineer to race across stage and whisper something hurriedly in his ear. I’m guessing he probably recommended a decent kilt fitter.

KT worked her way through her debut album ‘Eye to the telescope’. The other notable highlight was the brilliant ‘Other side of the world’, a touching ballad that exemplifies the brilliance of KT not just vocally, but lyrically as well.


review by Scott Johnson


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