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Kate Tucker

Kate Tucker is an American singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio. She plays rich, emotive americana influenced rock in the vein of Cat Power, Neko Case, and Mazzy Star. Songs from her three albums have been featured on Starbucks compilations, major television networks and indie films worldwide. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Hometown	Nashville, TN
Genres	Rock, Americana / Alt Country
Band Members	Kate Tucker- Vox and Guitars ; Wes Chandler- Guitars; ... » more
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Manager Antony Bland antony@candyshopmanagement.com 213-327-6243
# 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

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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...

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

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Video Grand Prize Winner May 2008

"Ladies Love Cool Jams" Competition

Lilith Local Talent Search Competition

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Faster than Cars Drive Tops the Charts on Elbo.ws! by Elbo.ws

DIY Pick of the Month by Performing Songwriter May 2008
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 of emotions—equal parts angst and anticipation—the music carries a mysterious undertow that’s genuinely affecting. That sleepy suggestion takes root in Tucker’s ethereal vocals, which have been frequently compared to Beth Orton, Mazzy Star and Neko Case. Add Sinéad O’Connor to that list, given the emphatic desire that frames her delivery. “The Way You Went,” “The Hours” and “Saturday Night” find the band adding conviction to her caress, while a duet with Damien Jurado on “In the End” hints at even greater glories to come."

Toronto Star's Anti-Hit List by John Sakamoto Toronto Star
“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 patch of ground upon which those acts could conceivably camp out together, you'll find this coolly emotional track [Faster than Cars Drive] pretty much impossible to resist.”

Faster than Cars Drive featured on WXPN by WXPN My Morning Download
“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 Case (to my ears), and her self-titled debut is a confident collection of multi-textured and colorful rock based songs. We say: keep your ears on the lookout for Kate Tucker!”

One of 10 Bands to Watch in 2008 by Sound Magazine
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 Performer Magazine
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 Jay Minkin, No Depression, June 2010
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 store chain. Two of her songs later appeared on the company’s compilation CD’s Have You Heard in 2008 and Sweetheart in 2009. But Kate has returned to Akron after finishing up her latest record White Horses, which will be released on June 29th. Kate’s beautiful soft soprano voice is what makes her music stand out. Part melodic and part gothic, she writes songs that pierce through your heart with a sharp edge blade. From the opening track “Blue December” to the finale “First To Leave”, Tucker takes the listener on a journey using all vintage instruments and amplifiers. "I wrote these songs as I was facing some serious questions I had buried along the way, questions about faith and love and the sustainability of relationships in a constantly changing landscape" says Kate adding “I suppose I made White Horses for myself as much as anyone, to find my own voice and sing out into the darkness.” Songs like the album’s lead single “Where Are You (I Am Already Gone), “Stained Glass” featuring a Hammond B3 organ , and the gorgeous “First Day of The Year” are some of the excerpts you should sample. Although Tucker used a new resource where independent artists create an internet pledge drive page to fund a portion of the production expenses, it really comes down to the fans and friends who have bought records and go out to see the shows that made the new LP a reality. Along with touring, Tucker will begin acting this summer in a film about music therapy which features her music as the soundtrack that should be out sometime in 2011. To hear tracks and see a listing of upcoming shows, visit www.myspace.com/katetuckermusic or www.facebook.com/katetucker

Kate Tucker Record Release Preview by Mike Seely, Seattle Weekly, August 2010
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 appearance far surpassing mere cuteness. So what’s not to like? Well, nothing, unless you, like many, have grown fatigued with what’s become an overplayed genre unto itself—a genre whose cookie-cutter performers mostly resemble Kate Tucker. Thankfully for Tucker, her new album, White Horses, finds her stampeding out of this box and into Cowboy Junkies territory. “Blue December” is one of the best local tracks to be released thus far this year, and “Where Are You (I Am Already Gone)” isn’t far behind. The new album has more melancholy and depth to it, which, when set against her prior work, makes it not only tolerable, but wonderful. With Gabriel Mintz, Joshua Morrison. MIKE SEELY

Song Ghost Repurposed- Kate Tucker Interview by Trent Moorman, The Stranger, January 2010
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 lyrics and crystalline vocals reveal each song’s centerpiece. Tucker hides nothing. She’s “running out of air.” It’s impending, but balanced, a lucid blues, with lenses into situations and emotion. Her sound planes and grows cleanly, like a shadow that’s been traced on the sidewalk with chalk. Tucker is the type of songwriter that goes through phases where songs find her. They’re in her head, waiting to be played. She’s able to let them out, and leave them intact. A new Tucker album is forthcoming called White Horses, recorded in Seattle’s sacred Studio Litho with Blake Wescott (David Bazan, Damien Jurado, the Posies).

Writer of the Week Interview by American Songwriter, April 2010

Molo Review- Kate Tucker at the Crocodile by City Arts by Ryan Molencamp
Last Thursday I finally went to the new Crocodile (a bit late to the party) to catch an act I’ve also been meaning to see for a long time: Kate Tucker. The new Crocodile is a really nice space – almost too nice. It’s so damn clean, and covered with lovely wood and fancy steel railings. This is not the place where I saw the Wrens’ lead singer climb a stack of amps and nearly hit his head on the ceiling; nor is it the place where Scott Lucas from Local H rocked a show in a gorilla suit before twenty-five enthusiastic fans. The other night it felt like I stepped onto the set for a show like One Tree Hill, which is fitting, considering that Kate Tucker had a song featured on that very program once. I’m not surprised Kate got that song on OTH (is that what the kids call it?), her songs of love and heartbreak, loss and hope are so well crafted they could lend credibility to any melodramatic moment on such a program. Despite the inevitable hipster backlash from such an endeavor (will they ever forgive Modest Mouse for that car commercial?), Kate Tucker still writes a great song. Read the full review after the jump. The performance at the Croc showcased the mature, lovely, tight sound from the new album, White Horses, lushly fleshed out by a full backing band of Blake Wescott (guitars), Ed O’Brien (bass), Johanna Cranitch (keys/vocals), and a drummer I only heard referred to as “Alex.” The show was a CD release celebration for White Horses and homecoming of sorts – as local girl Kate has been off traveling for some time but is back in Seattle. After the show, I had a chance to give the new album a thorough listen. In songs like the standout “Carry The Weight (I wanted you)” there’s a sense of sadness and loss conveyed with quiet moments building to dramatic climax. Kate is at her best when she sings with a breathy falsetto, which sounds a bit like a higher-pitched version of Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star). The melody of “To Feel Alive” perfectly matches the mood, creating an environment for Kate’s vocals to swim in. Less appealing are tracks like “Stained Glass,” which falls too easily into a standard alt-country zone with some heavy metaphors and a little unnecessary organ. After seeing the performance and listening to the album, I have one nagging question – why isn’t this band famous yet? With the release of White Horses I would not be surprised to see that all change very soon.

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1 amp mic

1 vocal mic

1 boom stand

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2 d.i.'s

4 amp mic's

3 vocal mics

3 boom stands

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