Scottish singer songwriter KT Tunstall came to everyone’s attention after her performance on 'Later With Jools Holland' in the autumn of 2004.<br /><br />She might well have stayed obscure had U.S. rapper Nas not pulled out of his performance. Tunstall was drafted in at the last minute and did a show-stopping version of her Bo Diddley-style song “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree”.<br /><br />Katie Tunstall was raised in St Andrews, on the East coast of Scotland. She was adopted as a baby by a Scottish couple, she was always aware that she was adopted. KT was musical from an early age, learning to play piano, flute and guitar as a teenager.<br /><br />KT moved to the USA, hungry for experiences and independence, she gained a scholarship to Kent School in Connecticut, New England. Whilst out there KT spent time on a hippy commune and formed her first band, The Happy Campers.<br /><br />She returned to the UK to do a music course at Royal Holloway College in London, before finally moving back to St Andrews, and getting involved in the local alt/folk music scene. KT served her musical apprenticeship with a large group of Scottish folk musicians, known as the Fence Collective, and spent years with them, gigging all over Europe.
