NY's Kristin Diable Shows off her Blues,

Folk and Soul Roots

Kristin Diable的音乐显示了她蓝调、乡村和灵魂音乐的基础

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You only have to listen to a few seconds of Kristin Diable's "Sister Sadie" to hear that she sings songs that have roots in the blues, folk, and soul. Just 23, Kristin's been writing her own songs for about six years now.

Kristin Diable: I wrote somewhat when I was younger, but more seriously in the past five or six years.

Katherine Cole: And when did you decide that this was something you had to do?

Kristin Diable: I guess probably when I dropped out of school, and started playing music full time.

In 2003, Kristin Diable uprooted herself, and moved to New York City. She felt that to succeed as a songwriter, she had no other choice than to drop out of university.

Kristin Diable: There was no other way. I needed the time to be able to write, and perform. And just practice and work on it. You know, it [songwriting] is a craft, an art, and a job, just like anything else.

Not long after the move to New York, Kristen gained both a manager, and a regular place to play. Her home base became a club called "The Living Room." That same venue has recently nurtured and supported the careers of artists such as Norah Jones, and Amos Lee. Having a regular time and place to perform is important to Kristen Diable, as she believes honing her performance skills is just as important as working on her writing. She can't imagine doing one, without the other.

Kristin Diable: It would be hard for me to not write. I really don't think I could just perform, and not ever write. But the performance brings everything to completion. Writing is only half of the process. Having it relate to other people, and be something a little bigger than just yourself, and your room and how it relates to you is part of what I love about it.

What's next for Kristin Diable? Since Shelter is more of a band record than a solo singer-songwriter project, she plans to spend more time touring with a group. Was it different writing songs with a band sound in mind?

Kristin Diable: Yeah, absolutely. I think, structurally, songs are much more simple when you're going to have three or four other people, and orchestrate parts around them. I prefer simple songs. I think, particularly when starting out, a lot of artists want to write the most intricate songs possible, and use the most chords possible, and little cool tricks that you learn along the way. I want the essence of the song to come through, and the message of the song more than anything else, rather than showing technically what I can do on guitar, or vocally.

Kristin Diable's songwriting and performing is strong enough to have established her as one of New York City's more promising young artists. Her new CD is Shelter.

I’m Katherine Cole.

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注释：

uproot [Qp5ru:t] vi. 改变生活方式

nurture [5nE:tFE] vt. 培养，发展

completion [kEm5pli:F(E)n] n. 完成

absolutely [5AbsElu:tli] adv. 完全地，绝对地

orchestrate [5C:kistreit] v. 编管弦乐曲

intricate [5intrikEt] adj. 复杂的，难懂的