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Lead by the Nose

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fredfree If only it was only me now. This is certainly a rare post as Ive never featured shows and web projects here before. But I'm glad to make an exception as Im fairly late with this discovery. [CONTRACT/EXPAND] I hopped on a KT Tunstall 's video on the youtube recently and it lead me to her sessions with Daryl and John ( Hall & Oates ). Her sessions included of Daryl Hall , John Oates & co. and Tunstall's reworked versions of "Black Horse and A Cherry Tree", "If Only", "Out of Touch", "Kiss on My List" , Bonnie Raitt's "Lets Give Them Something To Talk About" and along others. After an hour of watching these mind-blowing versions around the channel, I proceeded to the root of my moments of insanity which was LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE . How have I not known about this before??!! Basically LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE is Daryl Hall and John Oates ' (pop music duo in 1970s and 1980s) monthly perform...

Best Picks: Drastic Fantanstic

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KT Tunstall Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall burst onto the public consciousness in 2004 with her gritty debut album ‘Eye to the Telescope’, a provocative sonic mesh of heartfelt pop, rootsy, electric blues, and left-field alt-rock. Eye 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 omnipresent on radio, television, movies, and the Internet. Thanks to the multi-media exposure, ‘Eye’ is certified platinum in the U.S., with worldwide sales exceeding 3.5 million copies. The follow-up, ‘Drastic Fantastic’, was released by Virgin Records on September 18th, 2007. It showcases the 31-year-old’s growth as both a songwriter and musician on songs like the thumping “Hold On,” the rollicking “Saving My Face,” the jazz-inflected “Someday Soon,” and the frisky pop gem “I Don’t Want You Now.” “I wanted to be braver,” Tunstall says of the album. “I wanted to push the musicality. You c...