KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree (Later Archive 2004)

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KT Tunstall performs Black Horse & The Cherry Tree on Later... with Jools Holland in 2004.

[@enneaviuslavictus4436]

This was the ballsiest thing I've ever seen. What I love about KT is how when she's setting up, despite the circumstances, she looks and acts like she's got every right to be there among the big names. And the hunger-- all she needed was one shot, and she took it.

[@221b-Maker-Street]

Afaicr it was her her first TV performance as well, which makes it all the more extraordinary. 🖤

[@cogwheel1583]

the song wasn't even on the album at the time, but her label boss insisted she perform it

[@MrHws5mp]

She was only booked as a backup for the show as well: just 'on call' in case one of the other musicians cancelled, and with only about 3 hours to go IIRC, one of them did. Talk about taking the shot...

[@TimmyTickle]

@@MrHws5mp It was more than three hours

[@221b-Maker-Street]

@@MrHws5mp She travelled down on the coach. Even with a following wind, Glasgow to London in three hours would be quite the feat! 😂 But yes, very little notice.

[@davidtaylor295]

17 years later, this is as impressive and fresh as it was back then. You know a career changing moment when you see it, there were many on Jools Holland Later, I personally think this was the best of them,

[@johnmcintosh5413]

Yeah totally agree she stole the show that night and that’s pretty major considering who was on it with her 🌍✌🏼

[@iambiggs5448]

IF YOU HAVE A LINK TO FLORNCE atM.....nO LIGHT PLEASE SHARE

[@Jessicallful]

Came back to this classic after KT's post on Instagram. Great performance until nowadays.

[@lyndsayanderson3199]

Me too 🎉

[@annelancaster8203]

Same! Remember watching it live and it blew me away!

[@alistairgourlay9443]

Me too and I'm glad I did. Fantastic stuff

[@benjaminsamuel4625]

Same

[@anneominous7172]

Not much one for following Instagram business but I've been coming back to this for a good few years - you'd do well to do the same.

[@Steve-pf7jl]

Just for reference, that was Anita Baker, Jackson Browne and The Cure being totally upstaged by an unknown girl with a looper. Who wiggles.

[@SteeeveO]

Robert Smith...shit I have to follow THAT?????

[@tezzrterry7485]

Tash Sultana has now taken loops to another universe, check her out.

[@svengalisounds4471]

And Embrace

[@TimmyTickle]

And David Gray and Ray LaMontagne

[@artisdying]

@@tezzrterry7485 Nah, there's always a point when there's to much of a essentially good thing and Tash Sultana definitely is way past that point.

[@gavin3828]

I was lucky enough to be there. KT sat quietly all the way through and I like most had no idea who she was. That soon changed. Without a shadow of a doubt she was the stand out performance. Very very cool.

[@aengberg1]

I wasn't lucky enough to be there, but saw that episode of Later and remember being blown away by her performance. Her TV debut, I think? Incredible.

[@legalchef]

she was the back up after a band pulled out, called in on the day - even more impressive!

[@TimmyTickle]

@@legalchefIt was Nas that pulled out

[@SportyOtterPop]

I saw her live, in Mannheim Germany, with Jools! Was great. 2nd row!

[@anthonybillington3717]

How does this not have millions of views??? I watch it every time I need a pick-me-up; it never fails. Just jaw-droppingly good.

[@AlexDriscoll]

The original video did have 4-5 million views if I remember correctly. It's gone now though

[@davidhay9699]

Anthony bro I totally agree…Wot a performance…KT so hot too…

[@patricenz]

It's brilliant! She's brilliant.

[@patricenz]

The Professor of Rock did a great interview with her about the genesis of the song.

[@JacobW567]

she doesn't have millions of views coz she is not dancing almost naked with atuotune, twerking on the floor...how unfortunate and sad

[@jaysunbrady]

A goddamn masterclass in looping.

[@TheSmurf1973]

And to think this was her first TV appearance and to have the talent and guts to do that on that show in front of other established musicians. Amazing performance.

[@bfunirfeyh5822]

It’s just so mad lol that she looped so well under pressure tbh she looks so confident. So much could go wrong on the fuckin hell

[@goodtim3s394]

Looping before looping was a thing, love it

[@ianharding7123]

I remember watching this on the Later show and being blown away! I found out that KT was performing at a small gig in Bristol just a few weeks later and went to see her perform live in front of a hundred or so fans and she was equally amazing.

[@ruthstephens479]

I think that is probably the best ever performance on Jools Holland. Completely underrated. What a raw talent!

[@daveinsky1]

Ben howard '' End of an affair '' world class .. best ever

[@nibel13]

kings of leon jools imho

[@dragonmac1234]

Two performances stick in my mind, this and Seasick Steve on Jools Holland's Hootenanny a couple of years later.

[@Wriggs74]

Very close first but Oasis Gas Attack for me.

[@fajarzakri4936]

either this or Björk's Hyperballad performance from 1995

[@jumblechaos9035]

That is the definition of nailing it.

[@James-vr5dv]

I was never really into KT Tunstall, but I still come back and watch this performance over and over. Whether it's your type of music or not, this is outstanding. Truly mesmerizing!

[@Gogs126]

Exactly. This was the first time I saw here and my mind was blown, but I was disappointed by the album. Still glad this was her debut though and I often watch and recommend :-)

[@xxnonstopdancingxx]

Exactly how I feel.

[@roseability86]

@@Gogs126 I feel this. A lot of her other stuff lacked the grit of this one.

[@elinstar6034]

Yup, l'm right with you on this

[@trapmafia4716]

I never realized she was such a babe, great legs and that face and dimples 😍

[@deanlowdon8381]

13 years later and I still come back to watch this performance!

[@TomiSomolu]

Me too!

[@samtyson8284]

Yes I can remember it being a tutorial in songwriting. Sort of a Protools to brought to life. I was so pleased when I found this performance on here.

[@DrunkComments]

5yrs later I discover this fabulous song, then comment❤

[@deanlowdon8381]

Make that 20 years now!

[@jackdelph]

One of the very best performances ever recorded on Later with Jools Holland. What makes this even more impressive is the fact that Tunstall was a last minute stand in. Another artist dropped out of the show not long before recording, and KT received a call. She made her way down to the studio with just her guitar and loop pedal, and produce an astonishing live performance.

[@TimmyTickle]

It was Nas who pulled out

[@simonpeyton-n3h]

and this was the actual very first recording of that song anywhere,was used on her album as an extra

[@chefskiss6179]

Well... that was just an honour and a privilege to watch that.

[@QuargCooper]

All the other musicians just sitting there in awe is all the response that's needed for this performance.

[@matthieuhab69]

i think the 3 fall in love too :p

[@Kalah_]

I really like how musicians just adore other people's work.

[@jarzinio6472]

I was watching this on the night You can see the appreciation she got from the Bands

[@chrislovett5999]

Danny from Embrace literally rocking out to it. 😂

[@fasteddyuk]

Rapper Nas pulled out last minute. She only had a day to prepare. Smashed it.

[@Playlistforme100]

Grest fact

[@cosaosa2855]

Luckily for us.

[@AngelicusImmortus]

Ed O'Meara I heard she had less time than that. I heard it was a morning call of “get on the train”

[@camiloconstantino]

@James Wilkinson in te city winery concert she says she had almost no time and that in fact it was a replacement for Nas... Furthermore, she jokes about wearing cut sleeves in her legs... go figure

[@bigjob7551]

Let me think monotone rapper or original songwriting?......... You decide. 😀

[@Dorkrust]

I can't believe I've only seen this so many years later, gloriously done by an incredibly talented young lady.

[@bradbradshaw7995]

I remember watching this live, and thinking that I was witnessing a legendary performance :)

[@colin343]

saw her last month warming up for hall and Oates...what a voice she has...why she's not a global superstar is beyond me.

[@dannyferguson4827]

Probably the best ever performance on Jools Holland

[@JW-hn7xg]

To date (2021), this is by far the best ever live performance on Jools!!

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

Nay, Radiohead Paranoid Android is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKuzpaWVo5KgbqM

[@Hellwyck]

This and Alice In Chains.

[@maxmilligan5672]

Love how Anita baker really gets into KT's performance. It was amazing and timeless.

[@TimmyTickle]

Danny from Embrace gets into it as well

[@SunEliSun]

I literally remember this from the first time I saw it. Just iconic! INCREDIBLE

[@karenpollitt8119]

Just sent to my 2 sons hope they appreciate how great this is I brought them up so I know they will

[@RichardGadsden]

You brought them up right, then!

[@franciscorodeghiero3679]

I remember the very first time that I watched this... and to this day, it shakes my soul so much... she is so fearless, commands a raw and powerful performance. While gives a masterclass about how to use a looper pedal! Simply phenomenal! Completely in love, even after some 20 years...

[@stanleymathew2350]

She's absolutely fabulous 👌🏻 ❤

[@mooseing22]

She has the live audience, and people watching on tv, spellbound! Stunning performance.

[@DingbatToast]

It's 2018 and this performance still blows me away.

[@wolfgangritter9277]

Still does in 2021.

[@TimmyTickle]

@@wolfgangritter9277 2024

[@TimmyTickle]

"Welcome to How to Make a Great First Impression 101 with Professor Tunstall."

[@paulcarson7860]

Actually her father was a professor. He tried to teach me physics once... I remember his look of incomprehension that I didn’t know what he was talking about.

[@sorscha1308]

I absolutely loved this at the time, couldn't believe this every time she did it live on TV and it was a slightly different arrangement every single time. Met her (i didn't say anything because i didn't want to 'out her' in a confined space) on a boat trip in Skye later that year and have bought every album since. Finally got to see her in concert last year and she was fantastic, of course but this one is always special.

[@_creative_conversations_]

The part when she starts stamping the beat with the tambourine!

[@juzzlookin]

Yep, saw that it, was the cherry on the cake.

[@CallmeMrFahrenheit]

Can you imagine having to go on after that performance?

[@gazrev7671]

Just ask David Gray and Ray La Montagne!

[@TimmyTickle]

That would be like following Queen at Live Aid

[@TimmyTickle]

@@gazrev7671 The “Babylon” guy?

[@RichardGadsden]

@@TimmyTickle That was Bowie - watch his set, it was outstanding. And still wasn't close to Queen. There aren't many artists with the ability and self-confidence to follow someone that just blew everyone off the stage, but David Bowie was one of them.

[@DaveDave65]

Been watching Jools since the very start & have to sat that KT is without doubt the best raw talent to have appeared on that show. That's some really stiff opposition she's up against I know but I remember watching this live & once my gaping mouth had closed at the end of her performance, the only word that came out was a gasp of "Wow!". Such a talent & a hell of a way to make an entrance to the big leagues

[@TjTj74]

I remember watching this and it was grounbreaking.as someone who is Scottish and plays guitar it made me very proud🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🤘

[@Kalah_]

KT is amazing with the looper. No wonder she has to do this song at every gig she does. :D

[@Aussie6490_gaming]

This made her. I saw it. I knew it there and there just like everyone else who saw it and knew. She was magnificent.

[@nicknugent6749]

I keep coming back to this uplifting and amazing performance. I used to think it should be mandatory viewing for all music students, but probably it should be mandatory viewing for EVERYONE.

[@dodgynoj]

Still amazes me the story of how this actually came about, right place right time , the rest is history. Still my favourite version .

[@plasticfantastic5665]

Imagine your debut performance being this , in front of Robert Smith of the Cure ffs hats off to her big time xx

[@owencampbell8799]

Fantastic. Loop work was immense. In front of a crowd. Loved it.

[@richardkemp5550]

still sounds like magic.

[@alanthompson9409]

my apologies, I never realised how talented KT was.

[@chrisjackson1998]

This is one of the most brilliant constructions or real music EVER!

[@tiagohermangameplays]

Amazingly beautiful performance.

[@tone_blues]

Still to this day my favourite Jools Holland performance 😁

[@bexsimpson2604]

This was awesome at the time and still is,I just showed it to my 8yr old as an example of what a musician can do without a band

[@TyrantOFynder]

one of the best live performances ever!!!

[@iamnoone6363]

Lile most of the comments here, can still remember watching this on Jools, and like everyone else, witnessing an iconic moment! Saw her live the first chance I could get after that.

[@michelleobi9046]

I remember catching this when It was first aired and I was and still am amazed at this performance. One of my Later faves.

[@ddfann]

Watched this live at the time, and fell in love with her voice and her music. Followed her ever since.

[@MJMS88]

Absolutely incredible performance. Easily on my top 5 of all time. The look on everyone's face is just utter shock of watching shear brilliance. I mean the voice is astonishingly brilliant. If time travel to the past becomes possible this will be in my top five musical moments to revisit live.

[@markmilligan1462]

The best performance I ever seen on JH........ What a way to introduce yourself to the world

[@pepsimax2006]

KT was looping before anyone, an incredible musician and songwriter!

[@zenithoclock1048]

That is what talent looks like

[@sleepygirlzzz6547]

Still amazing to watch this even years later

[@nezbit8989]

This is one artist that I really admire, very original and the real deal 👌

[@barrygriffin1690]

Saw this performance and liked it so much that I went and bought her first album.

[@michaelfarrow5817]

Barry Griffin you weren't alone.

[@nickmcp71]

Not alone by a long chalk.

[@mistressone]

Me too, so excited as I'm seeing her live for the first time next year!

[@pato2200]

Aren't you the dashing blade.

[@billybillybob-thoughtpants9958]

ye I saw this one performance and liked it so much I went out and bought a looper pedal thingy..... I'm still doing my original job, harder than it looks🤔

[@stevenlongden588]

Watched the live show, it blew me away, was just pure magic.

[@chilly5760]

Saw her yesterday as a support act. Absolutely amazing. Took the roof of Palladium. What a musician! 💫

[@rabbieburns2501]

Superb star making performance, i get proud of the girl watching this. Takes her chance in the spotlight & nails it!!

[@paddykthedj]

Talent oozes from this womans pores

[@choicomer9188]

Everyone has said it already but that is an extraordinary piece of musicianship right there

[@BassBinBert]

Still get goosebumps after all these years.

[@dky_70]

Love how the other artists on the show are into this.

[@ianbell7342]

one woman one talanted lady well done u nailed it x

[@mrdeafa25]

Bringing multi-tasking to a whole new level.

[@TheDistanceDuo]

This performance made us what we are today. You are an inspiration, KT. :)

[@alexc5531]

Wow I was 9 when this first aired! Has been my favorite jools holland performance all that time. I'm 23 now mad how something sticks in your memory like that. Seriously impressive talent!

[@alexc5531]

just about to turn 30, this popped up, didnt even remember posting this comment..... still my favourite Jools holland. honestly i hope she realises how iconic this performance was

[@maryheath9869]

She is just fantastic....her solo start ups are phenomenal. Got a whole lot of her albums. A great pic-up. My pal and I go to see her whenever we can; went last in March this year - 2023

[@WillieWagglestick]

Wow, really impressive. No room for error there, which there wasn't. What a great performance and great voice too!

[@alistairbaird3711]

Bosh! Suddenly KT arrived in the world like a feisty firework and look how far she's come.

[@BillAngelos]

She's so talented.

[@denachtconducteur7070]

Was such a big fan of this performance when it just came out. Thank you bbc for reuploading and KZbin for rerecommanding.

[@LRBerry]

Its performances like this are why I love music so much. I watched this so many times and it always amazes me just how good it is.

[@tnsfmj15]

This performance never gets old! i am always amazed with her talent whenever i see this video.she is such a great female musician and music industry need more musician like her.

[@johnmcintosh5465]

Yep just goes to show that many a great performers sometimes slip by us as we walk past them while busking for a dime , she stole the show that night ✌️

[@getmc]

I am in awe, every time I see KT Tunstall perform. Especially solo, with this crazy (as in, it takes crazy talent to do it) looping sh*t. Wow. My life is enriched for seeing her perform. Thank you KT.

[@AmissTori]

To this day one of my all time favourite performances on Jools Holland ever!! She ATE and left zero crumbs!! ❤️🙌

[@davey88able]

This performance still blows me away every time I watch it . Pure raw talent right here.

[@dantealighieri9540]

Birth of a legend.

[@Ro32da72]

I loved the contrast between the seriousness and concentration of the set-up, then Boom, she comes to life when the song proper kicks off. Such a powerful, confident performance in front of her peers. Amazing KT, such a huge voice, but always under control. Stamping on the tambourine - genius!

[@Omgits7ito]

Feb 2020 and in still obsessed with this performance

[@garydunn3037]

I have to admit that I had never heard of her until 2007 when she recorded backing vocals for one of my favourite singer songwriters Suzanne Vega on her album "Beauty & Crime" I read on Google that the two of them actually never met during the recording of that album. Such a shame, because they both have alot in common. Only Suzanne has been around since the 1980's.

[@barneyburnett4978]

KT is undeniably one of the most outstanding musical talents to have come out of the UK in the 21st Century. This has to be one of the best and most impressive performances ever on Jools Holland, made even more impressive with that it being her TV debut also! And to think Ed Sheeran fans get excited when he loops, he can't get near this lady, not even fit to lace her boots.

[@johnnypalermo4620]

Legendary Lady 🤗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@seantaylor4865]

Just BRILLIANT! ❤️🤘🎸😎

[@badger8925]

Insane how good this is, what talent !

[@fransb8543]

I remember, seeing this, I fell a little bit in love with her

[@0saintsfan0]

I think this is where I fell in love with KT

[@FX7yt]

Thank you Carl very cool

[@stuartcarden1371]

Remember this vividly. Such a great way to show yourself off to a wider audience

[@rocheyb1]

This was the performance that first introduced me to KT Tunstall and she remains one of my favourite singer/songwriters. Her acoustic rendition of Don Henley's 'Boys of Summer' at the Old Vinyl Factory (now available on this site) is a lesson in how to put your own spin on a cover version; those lyrics coming from a female voice with the haunting echo of the empty factory building changes the meaning of the song, for the better in my opinion. Put your best headphones on and turn the volume up to 11-ty-stupid to get the best of it.

[@stevejohansson8946]

@rocheyb1 Thanks for the Boys of Summer tip - that is amazing.

[@dickodicko007]

Absolutely stunning. What a great performance

[@EddieHutchinson-jm9zc]

One hell of a television debut right there... and KT only had 24 hours to get ready due to standing in for an act who pulled out.

[@TimmyTickle]

Nas

[@johnhutton9105]

I remember watching this when it was first broadcast and being blown away. Genuinely iconic ❤

[@spencersheehan-kalina5990]

Okay- but for real.. brilliant....wow.... my mind is blown... her skill is incredible. She's utterly unique and spectacular.

[@richarddcvd8868]

PURE FREAKIN TALENT!!!

[@arlenjensen8912]

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE WATCHED THIS. YOU HAVE REAL IMPRESSIVE.