And Recently (and coming up): The Jive Ass Turkeys
Dietrich Goosen - set drums
Dan McIntosh - electric guitar / mandolin
Brent McIntosh - electric bass
Influences
I hate to be cliche, but I love Ani DiFranco and she's probably my largest influence. No one can deny the girl has chops. And if you want to see passion on stage, don't miss her show.
There are a lot of other musicians I love. But I don't know if they influence my actual writing and performance. I just do my thing, you know? Probably the other people who influence me the most are musicians I know. Like my family. My new Quad Cities jammer friends- Jenny Pinnick, Chris Bloome, Corey Wallace and Scott Hayes for a start. Mike Cothrine- making his way in LA. People I used to jam with a while ago... like Joe Cosas, Brad Lanahan, Kentaro Sugiyama, Stacey Cox, Jan Marra and all the other ladies from the "Suite 16" St. Louis women's singer/songwriter compilation album. And the Javier Mendoza Band, whom I greatly admire and who've helped me tremendously- especially my CD engineer David Karns.
Other music I love... Willy Porter, Nickel Creek/Chris Thile, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Coldplay, the Sons of the Never Wrong, Fleming and John, Led Zeppelin, the Who, Velvet Underground... a load of musical theatre scores and tons of techno/electronic music. What can I say? I love it all. Bluegrass to Techno and Christian to musicals. Give me a song. Give me a story. And I'll add what I can to the mix.
Sounds Like
I don't like to genrelize myself. I sound like a girl and a guitar. I don't sound like any particular musician. I've been told Jewel and Edie Brickell, but I don't buy either.
With the studio musicians on my CD, some of the songs sound more poppy, rocky, folky and bluesy.
To me, it's not about how I sound, but how I feel and how I make YOU feel.
Kristen Foht, a St. Louis resident, released her first solo CD, "What You Need" in September, 2004. She's known for her raw emotion, honest lyrics and powerful voice. In a hard to define, folk-pop-rock-blues genre, friends use the word 'intense' because she imbues the same passion into all her music.
Born and raised in Milan, Illinois (by the Quad Cities), Kristen comes from a very musical family with whom she started performing at church functions when she was only five. After growing frustrated on the piano, she followed her parent's footsteps and picked up the guitar. By the end of her freshman year at the University of Missouri-Columbia (where she majored in magazine journalism and minored in theater), Kristen was playing music in Columbia at places like The Music Cafe, Bambino's Italian Restaurant, Mojo's, Shattered, the Chez and Mizzou's own version of Lilith Fair. For a short time, she was in a band called Tabla Rasa.
Upon moving to St. Louis she was "discovered" at an open mic at Java, Jazz and Blues in St. Charles. Soon she was playing regularly around St. Louis in solo gigs and through Acoustic Nights and Expression Sessions at places like Generations, Sally T's, Pony Expresso, Coffee With the Stars Cafe, Cafe Paradiso etc. She was then a part of the Suite 16 CD, a compilation album of St. Louis women singer/songwriters that met with success in the area. She played live on KDHX's "Riding Blue Highways" and her song "Halfway Full" was featured on a demo CD from the station. For a few months in 2004, she was a member of the band Epic3. She is a featured soloist on the GlennonSongs Christmas Album recorded at Clayton Studios that was released that year as well.
Kristen recorded "What You Need" at Miles Wonderland Studio owned by David Karns, former bassist for the Javier Mendoza Band.
Not long ago, Kristen was invited to be a visiting artist on the local cable program, The Big Brother and Itch'y show. In addition to an interview, the show shot Kristen's first music video for the song Tired. The show played for the month of November '07 on Charter Ch. 18 and KDHX Ch. 21. Check it out on the video page!
In January of '08, Kristen played live on KCLC The Wood's radio show Bones Headphones. The interview, four live performances, and tracks from her CD took up the whole hour, and it was a blast!
Just letting you know that due to the success of my Debut Album "Ambivalence" You can now get your own copy for the small price of $10 or download straight to your computer for $6.
This special is available from CD baby at the link below so check it out and grab yourself a copy today.
Just letting you know that due to the sucess of my Debut Album "Ambivalence" You can now get your own copy for the small price of $10 or download straight to your computer for $6.
This special is available from CD baby at the link below so check it out and grab yourself a copy today.
Their will be much big news in the coming month in the Todd Robinson Guitar world with the release of my film clip, new endorsment annoucments, live video jams, magazine reviews and interviews and much much more so check out
pastillusions. i'm fine, thanks for asking, staying real crazy busy. well more crazy than busy as you may remember :) Heard your getting married, congrats!
LOYAL EARTH MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL : APR 16 thru APR 20 - Old Rock House, Downtown St. Louis : Visit Loyalearth.com for tickets, full lineup, and more info!
Hi Kristen! Hope you're having a great week! Just wanted to let you know that I am now doing promoting at AM Lounge on Thursdays and hope you can stop out next Thursday the 25th for my first of many events! Let your friends know and I hope to see you there! Michael
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