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Krista Detor is a singer-songwriter and pianist from Bloomington,
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whose music has been featured on
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and with
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on the
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Musical career

Her second album, ''Mudshow'', established Krista Detor on the world stage. Working with partner and producer, David Weber, she released the follow-up album, ''Cover Their Eyes'', in 2007. She has reached No. 1 on the Euro-Americana chart, and her music has been featured at the
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, on
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,
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, the
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, and on many 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''. In March 2009, she was chosen to be a part of the Darwin Songhouse, with seven other songwriters in
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, England, writing for seven days songs to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of
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in his hometown. The event, subsequent concert, and live CD release were covered extensively by the BBC. Krista Detor released her fourth album, ''Chocolate Paper Suites'', in March 2010, followed by a tour throughout northern Europe and the United Kingdom. The album consists of a series of five three-song suites, each connected by theme and/or imagery, inspired by the works of
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, and Darwin, among other thinkers, artists and experiences. Touring the U.S. and Europe consistently, Detor has shared stages with
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, Loudon Wainwright,
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, Rachael McShane, Emily Smith, Chris Wood,
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, The Wailing Jennys,
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, and
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, among others, and travels with her partner and producer, David Weber. Detor's solo albums have reached national and international prominence, including number one on the Euro-AmericanaChart, and placement within the top 10 of the U.S. Folk and Independent Music charts. She has performed with artists
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,
Joan Armatrading Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (, born 9 December 1950) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her first major commercial success came with her third and fourth albums, '' Joan Armatrading'' (1976) and '' Show Some Emotion'' (1977), a ...
,
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, Loudon Wainwright,
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, and
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, among others. Her choral works have been commissioned by the Ashland Women's Choir, the Shrewsbury Community Choir, the Cincinnati Women's Choir, and others. Krista continues to tour the U.S., Canada and Northern Europe, as a songwriter, performer, and seeker of inspiration wherever and whenever she can find it. Detor has worked with
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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. She now tours the U.S. and Europe consistently and performed in the
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at the
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in 2009 as part of
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's 200th birthday celebration.


Critical acclaim

Of Detor's work, ''MusicDish'' magazine states: "Call ''Mudshow'' a novel like Richard Wright's ''Manchild in the Promised Land'' or the musical equivalent of
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’s ''Dreams'': a collection of short pieces – stories or short films of dreams – that taken together, form a whole, more than the sum of its parts." ''
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'' says simply, "All singer-songwriters should be this good."


Discography

* ''A Dream in a Cornfield'' (2004) * ''Mudshow'' (2006) * ''Cover Their Eyes'' (2007) * ''Robert Johnson Has Left Mississippi'' (2008) (EP) * ''The Silver Wood: Wintersongs'' (2008) * ''Chocolate Paper Suites'' (2010) * ''Flat Earth Diary'' (2013) * ''Barely'' (2015) * ''Chaos, Collisions and Clocks'' (2019)


References


External links

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Folk Radio UK Interview – March 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Detor, Krista American women singer-songwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from Indiana Musicians from Bloomington, Indiana