KT Tunstall to obtain Ivor Novello Award for Excellent Tune Assortment
KT Tunstall has been named as this 12 months’s recipient of the Ivor Novello Award for Excellent Tune Assortment.
Yesterday (Might 16), the Ivors Academy announced Tunstall as the 58th recipient of the award, following within the footsteps of Queen, U2, New Order, Pulp, Noel Gallagher and extra. Most lately, Kamille was honoured with the celebrated award in 2023.
Tunstall will likely be introduced with the award at The Ivors with Amazon Music, which takes place on the Grosvenor Home in London, on Thursday, Might 23. The awards ceremony will start at 4pm BST, and will be streamed here.
Tunstall stated of receiving the honour by way of a press assertion: “My relationship with the Ivor Novello Awards started 18 years in the past in 2006, with ‘Out of the blue I See’ profitable Greatest Tune Musically and Lyrically. My statuette has remained probably the most significant of awards to me and coming full circle to obtain this Excellent Tune Assortment award appears like such a gesture of appreciation in direction of my work since then.”
Tom Grey, Chair of The Ivors Academy stated: “KT Tunstall’s songwriting craft and achievements have impressed and developed repeatedly all through her music profession. Eighteen years after her first win, it’s a privilege to welcome KT again to The Ivors and current this extremely deserved Ivor Novello Award.”
To commemorate Tunstall’s receiving of the Excellent Tune Assortment award, Amazon Music has now launched a beforehand unheard demo of Tunstall’s iconic 2006 tune ‘Out of the blue I See’ – take heed to it here.
KT Tunstall has launched eight studio albums thus far, beginning with 2004’s ‘Eye to the Telescope’ and most lately releasing ‘Face To Face’ with Suzi Quatro in 2023.
Tunstall lately made headlines after hanging up an unlikely friendship with Azealia Banks within the aftermath of feedback made by the latter about Beyoncé’s new album ‘Cowboy Carter’. Banks had complained concerning the absence of Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves, earlier than claiming that she “personally would have jumped out of my seat for a KT Tunstall look” on the document.
Responding to the remark by sharing NME‘s article, Tunstall has since replied on social media, jokingly writing: “To be truthful, I’d have 100% obtained off the sofa.” The back-and-forth continued, with Banks quoting Tunstall’s response and replying on Instagram: “’Out of the blue I See’ is one among my favourite songs @kttunstall! I’m nonetheless banging that jawn!!”
Tunstall herself replied to Banks’ remark, saying: “Deepest thanks xxx In these unusual instances, I’m grateful I sat in my shitty basement in London and wrote these songs all by myself with no dilution – sincere and uncooked, no agenda. Extra of that (and Pleasure please!) from all of us. Like to you.”