Krista Detor is a singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 and pianist

Pianist

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 from Indiana

Indiana

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 whose music has been featured on NPR

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, and with Mike Harding

Mike Harding

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 on the BBC

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Detor has worked with Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer is an American singer and songwriter.-Early life and education:Carrie Newcomer was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, and raised in Elkhart, Indiana. She attended Goshen College and received a B.A...

 and Tim Grimm on the collaborative stage show and CD Wilderness Plots, which is based on the book of the same name by Scott Sanders

Scott Sanders

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She now tours the U.S. and Europe consistently and performed in the Darwin Song Project

Darwin Song Project

Darwin Song Project is a compilation album, released on September 7, 2009. It features folk artists from the UK and North America, who were tasked with the creation of new songs that had a "resonance and relevance to Charles Darwin". The artists gathered together for 7 days in a farmhouse in...

 at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Shrewsbury Folk Festival

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 in 2009 as part of Charles Darwin's

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 200th birthday celebration.

Musical Biography

With her highly acclaimed album, Mudshow (“a small miracle” Rolling Stone), Krista Detor was established as a gifted player on the world stage. Together with partner and producer, David Weber, she has since released the follow-up album, Cover Their Eyes (“one of the best albums of the year” Revolver), continuing to push the edges of genre while remaining close throughout to the lyrical thread that defines her work. She has reached #1 on the Euro-Americana chart and her music has been featured at the Cannes Film Festival, on NPR, PBS, the BBC, as well as countless U.S. and European national, regional, and local radio shows. She has appeared on both U.S. and European television and collaborated on the CD and stage show Wilderness Plots, which has received rave reviews and will continue to tour throughout the U.S. well into the future.

In March 2009, she was honored to be chosen to be a part of the Darwin Songhouse, with seven other songwriters in Shrewsbury, England, writing for 7 days songs to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in his hometown. The event, subsequent concert, and live CD release ("an impressive, intriguing album" The Guardian, London) were covered extensively by the BBC.

Krista Detor released "Chocolate Paper Suites" – her 4th solo album – in March 2010 with whirlwind tour throughout Northern Europe and the United Kingdom. The new album's release in the U.S. will be kicked off with Krista's traditional benefit concert in Bloomington, Indiana on September 11, 2010. The new album consists of a series of five seamless 3-song suites, each connected by theme and/or imagery, and inspired by the works of Lorca, Dylan Thomas, and Darwin, among other thinkers, artists and experiences. You can find her at her many websites via: www.kristadetor.com.

Touring the U.S. and Europe consistently, Detor has shared stages with Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading

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, Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega

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, Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville

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, Loudon Wainwright

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, Sam Phillips, Colin Linden

Colin Linden

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, Karine Polwart

Karine Polwart

Karine Polwart is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide...

, Rachael McShane, Emily Smith

Emily Smith (singer)

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, Chris Wood, Luka Bloom

Luka Bloom

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, Slaid Cleaves

Slaid Cleaves

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, Peter Mulvey

Peter Mulvey

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, The Wailing Jennys, Jakob Dylan

Jakob Dylan

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, Jez Lowe

Jez Lowe

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, Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer

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, Lucy Kaplansky

Lucy Kaplansky

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, and John Gorka

John Gorka

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, among others, and travels with her partner and producer, David Weber.

Discography

• Dream in a Cornfield (2004)
• Mudshow (2006)
• Cover Their Eyes (2007)
• The Silver Wood: Wintersongs (2008)
• Chocolate Paper Suites (2010)

External links

• Official website
• Folk Radio UK Interview - March 2011