KT Tunstall came onto the mainstream music scene in 2006 with her debut album Eye to the Telescope, an eclectic mash-up of pop, electric blues, and alternative rock. The album spawned three hit singles — the Grammy Award-nominated "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree," "Suddenly I See," and "Other Side of the World" — all of which became ubiquitous throughout world media outlets. Eye is now certified platinum in the U.S., with international sales exceeding 3.5 million copies.
Tunstall’s sophomore effort, Drastic Fantastic, was released in September 2007 and has already taken root on radio stations with the blues thumping “Hold On,” a single centered on karma and responsibility reminiscent of Bob Marley’s “Judge Me.”
“The last three years have changed me as an artist,” Tunstall said. “I don't think it's altered me as a person. Which is a relief! I think the major part of that change is that my bar has been raised – I've realized what's possible throughout the last three years of making a first album, touring it with a band, seeing how that album can turn into something else on stage, and how we can actually make it better. And that it's imperative to improvise.”
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