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Kate Tucker
| At-a-Glance | |
| Hometown | Nashville, TN |
| Genres | Rock, Americana / Alt Country |
| Band Members | Kate Tucker- Vox and Guitars ; Wes Chandler- Guitars; Matthew Thompson- Bass; Steven Kadar- Drums |
| Upcoming Shows | |
Manager: Antony Bland antony@candyshopmanagement.com 213-327-6243
| One-Sheet | |
| # Years Experience Performing Live: | 6 |
| # Live Perfomances Past Six-months: | 36 |
| Market Draw: | Home Market: 151-200 |
| Venue History: | Crocodile - Seattle, WA; Chop Suey - Seattle, WA; Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA; Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA; Neumos - Seattle, WA; Triple Door - Seattle, WA; Living Room - New York, NY; Rockwood Music Hall - New York, NY; Spike Hill - Brooklyn, NY; Musica - Akron, OH; House of Blues - Cleveland, OH; Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH; The Basement - Nashville, TN |
| Opener Experience: | Damien Jurado; Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground; Rocky Votolato; Matt Nathanson; Jessie Baylin; Butterfly Boucher; Hey Marseilles; The Head and the Heart; Grand Hallway; Sarah McLachlan; Jesse Baylin |
| Similar Artists: | Neko Case; Cat Power; Emmylou Harris; Beth Orton; Cowboy Junkies; Mazzy Star; Ryan Adams |
| Performing Rights Society: | ASCAP |
| Discography: | Ghost of Something New EP—2012; White Horses LP—2010; Where Are You (I Am Already Gone) EP—2009; Sweetheart- Starbucks Compilation Single—2009; Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden LP—2008; Roman Candles Single—2008; Eros Turannos EP—2005 |
About the Artist
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.
March 27, 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 somewhat of a 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.
In the coming months Kate will 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 updates and videos at youtube.com/katetuckermusic
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.
March 27, 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 somewhat of a 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.
In the coming months Kate will 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 updates and videos at youtube.com/katetuckermusic
Technical Requirements:
Solo set:
1 d.i.
1 amp mic
1 vocal mic
1 boom stand
Full band set:
2 d.i.'s
4 amp mic's
3 vocal mics
3 boom stands
Standard drum mic setup
Achievements
Video Grand Prize Winner May 2008
"Ladies Love Cool Jams" Competition
Lilith Local Talent Search Competition
Feature on AOL Music
Bumbershoot performance
Folk Winner, May 2014
Folk Winner, March 2014
March 2010 Folk
May 2008 Music Videos
February 2008 Music Videos
Reached 41st in Best of Pop chart in 2013. In the top 100 for 3 weeks.
Top 10 in Folk, August 2014
Top 10 in Folk, April 2014
Pop Videos Winner, December 2011
Folk Winner, November 2011
Top 10 in Folk, February 2011
Top 10 in Folk, September 2010
May 2010 Lilith Local Talent Search: Cleveland
April 2010 Folk
December 2009 Folk
May 2009 Pop Music Videos
January 2009 Indie Pop
November 2008 Indie Pop
September 2008 Americana / Alt Country
May 2008 Americana / Alt Country
March 2008 Music Videos
February 2008 Americana / Alt Country
Top 40 in Folk, January 2015
Top 40 in Folk, October 2014
Top 40 in Folk, September 2014
Top 40 in Folk, July 2014
Top 40 in Folk, June 2014
Top 40 in Folk, February 2014
Top 40 in Folk, January 2014
Top 40 in Rock, February 2013
Top 40 in Folk, January 2013
Top 40 in Folk, October 2012
Top 40 in Alternative Country, April 2012
Top 40 in Indie Pop, March 2012
Top 40 in Alternative Country, March 2012
Top 40 in Acoustic, February 2012
Top 40 in Rock Videos, January 2012
Top 40 in Folk, December 2011
Top 40 in Folk, September 2011
Top 40 in Southern Rock, May 2011
Top 40 in Folk, March 2011
Top 40 in Folk, January 2011
Top 40 in Folk, December 2010
Press Coverage
DIY Pick of the Month by
The self-titled debut by Seattle singer Kate Tucker and the curiously dubbed Sons of Sweden entices with a whisper rather than a scream through songs both beautiful and complex. Stirred from a mix...
The self-titled debut by Seattle singer Kate Tucker and the curiously dubbed Sons of Sweden entices with a whisper rather than a scream through songs both beautiful and complex. Stirred from a mix...
Toronto Star's Anti-Hit List by
“The list of influences posted online by this Ballard, Wash., band should tell you almost immediately if this is up your alley: Mazzy Star, Portishead and Neko Case. If you can triangulate the...
“The list of influences posted online by this Ballard, Wash., band should tell you almost immediately if this is up your alley: Mazzy Star, Portishead and Neko Case. If you can triangulate the...
Faster than Cars Drive featured on WXPN by
“Originally from Ohio, singer-songwriter Kate Tucker made her way to Seattle where she met the musicians who would be become her future Swedes. Tucker sounds a little bit like Beth Orton and Neko...
“Originally from Ohio, singer-songwriter Kate Tucker made her way to Seattle where she met the musicians who would be become her future Swedes. Tucker sounds a little bit like Beth Orton and Neko...
One of 10 Bands to Watch in 2008 by
Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden capture the alt-pop vibe nicely, with melancholy reverb smoothly draping Tucker's yearning vocals.
Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden capture the alt-pop vibe nicely, with melancholy reverb smoothly draping Tucker's yearning vocals.
Performer Magazine CD Review by
Her lyrics twine with the emotional pulls of the supporting instruments, and similar to queen of coffeehouse folk Beth Orton's, they are poignant allegories for love and loss.
Her lyrics twine with the emotional pulls of the supporting instruments, and similar to queen of coffeehouse folk Beth Orton's, they are poignant allegories for love and loss.
Akron's New Favorite Daughter by
This young lady, who grew up in Akron and found her way to Seattle, released Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden in 2007 and received some critically acclaimed airplay within the Starbucks Coffee...
This young lady, who grew up in Akron and found her way to Seattle, released Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden in 2007 and received some critically acclaimed airplay within the Starbucks Coffee...
Kate Tucker Record Release Preview by
Whether performing solo or with her former band, the Sons of Sweden, Kate Tucker has always been extremely pleasant to listen to. Her voice is high and pretty, her songs mellow and dreamy, and her...
Whether performing solo or with her former band, the Sons of Sweden, Kate Tucker has always been extremely pleasant to listen to. Her voice is high and pretty, her songs mellow and dreamy, and her...
Song Ghost Repurposed- Kate Tucker Interview by
Kate Tucker sings beautiful and lonesome songs. Her pristine, Ohio born take on honky-tonk frames the grandeur of heartache and sentience. Sparse, well placed layers and instrumentation let her...
Kate Tucker sings beautiful and lonesome songs. Her pristine, Ohio born take on honky-tonk frames the grandeur of heartache and sentience. Sparse, well placed layers and instrumentation let her...
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