Krystle Warren

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Krystle Warren (born in Kansas City) is an American singer-songwriter who has also recorded as Krystle Warren & The Faculty. Her music fuses almost every American style, from country and folk to soul and jazz. Growing up, music was casual in the Warren home, from her grandmom’s eight track tapes to the lullabies her family sung around the house, to a brief and much-hated stint in the church choir. Warren remembers starting to sing at the age of four, but it wasn’t until she saw an ABC special on The Beatles at age 13 that she really became passionate about learning and performing music. Warren learned her first chords by ear from Rubber Soul and Revolver, and her musical horizons quickly expanded to include grunge (Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden), classic Brit Pop (The Kinks, The Who, The Faces) and even jazz, in particular Betty Carter, Nina Simone, Kurt Elling and even Mel Torme. At 17,Warren took her fledgling songwriting skills out into KC’s thriving counterculture, befriending numerous avant-garde artists, from painters to street poets to singers, who gave her the support to move forward with her music. "I knew a lot of amazing people in Kansas City," Warren recalls, “quite a few musicians and composers who were really into something new. Though I started in the singer/songwriter scene, I began performing in a lot of jazz spots when I was about twenty, and those folks were really helpful in my education." Warren eventually fell in with some jazz musicians, who sh

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Circles (Bonus Track Version)

Circles

Way To Blue - The Songs Of Nick Drake

Love Songs - A Time You May Embrace

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Sing Me the Songs Celebrating the works of Kate McGarrigle

Three the Hard Way

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Songs From The Underground - NYC Subway

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The Up Series

Diary

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Way To Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake

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Circles ((Bonus Track Version))

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Need For Peace

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