Northwest singer-songwriter Christie Taylor (Aitken) released her debut CD, Road to Sunnyside, in June 2006. It features her rich, soulful vocals along with a cast of talented local artists who add a fresh mix of instrumentation to this project. The 13 songs on the album range from organic pop rock with full drums, electric bass and acoustic guitar solos to soft jazz with piano, stand-up bass and brushes to modern folk with acoustic bass, slide guitar and hand drums. The playful lyrics in these pieces inspire a positive attitude about life.
Christie grew up with a musical family in a small island community steeped in folk and bluegrass, and has enjoyed singing and playing various musical instruments since the tender age of four. Her own style draws from that heritage and incorporates influences from other genres as well. Her sound has been compared to Sheryl Crow, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Rickie Lee Jones.
Christie performs at venues around the Seattle area singing her upbeat originals accented with catchy acoustic guitar rhythms and finger picking. Listeners can relate to the personal and meaningful nature of her songs.
Road to Sunnyside was produced, engineered and mixed at Fastback Studios in North Seattle, and mastered at Seattle Disc Mastering in Shoreline, WA. All songs on the disc are family friendly.
there's a link to a free download of my new song "At Christmastime" here: http://blogs.myspace.com/martinpraetorius Maybe you have a couple of minutes to read the blog, too.
How are you doing? Have a great week and stop by and listen to new tunes on my player now- "BITTERWEEDS" Check out "I NEED A DAY LIKE THAT" also--winner in the 2008 BillBoard World Songwriting Contest, 3rd place country. Barbara
Hello there Christie ,been awhile between drinks .Stopping by to spread some warm love and some shameless promo to you and the world. Have a good week ahead!
May I borrow some of YourSpace to promote MyNewCD?
The all new, all original CRUELTY is now available
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REAL NEWS ABOUT AN ANGEL IN SEATTLE: Real News Network is pleased to introduce Kristi Nelson, an amazing singer/songwriter of incredible life, beauty and spirit, who blew into Seattle recently and parked her bus in the Northwest to bless us all with her totally unique songs and soul. Kristi will be playing town twice this week, tonight at the Hotwire Coffee Shop in Shoreline, starting at 8 p.m. You should see her live if you are in the area because her talent is something not to be missed. You can visit her music at kristi-nelson. com, or at http://www. myspace. com/kristinelson.
It was my pleasure to play "Far Away Wild" on my weekly, 30-minute podcast featuring mainstream, independent music. The direct link to the show is: http://indiemusicsampler.com/2008/02/08/ims-084/.
Cheers, Paul the music lover Indie Music Sampler http://IndieMusicSampler.com
