Kristeen Young
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Young performing live at Dante's in Portland, Oregon, in 2009
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| Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
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| Website | kristeenyoung |
Kristeen Young is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her touring band is known as KRISTEENYOUNG (which currently includes "Baby" Jeff White on drums and Sylvia Black on bass). Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Young began playing piano as a teenager and later attended art school. She has released seven studio albums. Young has also sung with several artists including David Bowie and Morrissey. She also recorded with record producer Tony Visconti and musician Dave Grohl.
In 1997, she released her debut album Meet Miss Young and Her All Boy Band. In the early 2000s, she began working with Tony Visconti on Breasticles, which featured a duet with David Bowie. On 2004's X, the opening track "No Other God" was a duet with Brian Molko of Placebo.
Besides her own work, Young has also been featured on other artists' records. She appeared on David Bowie's Heathen in 2002, provided the operatic vocals in Morrissey's single "That's How People Grow Up" in 2008, sang vocals on an alternate version of "New Kid" by Monokino in 2009, and collaborated with GUIDES to perform a cover of "Leave Me Alone" by New Order in 2015.
In May 2014, Young released her seventh album, The Knife Shift, which was recorded with Dave Grohl who played various instruments, including drums, piano, guitars and bass.
Young recorded a new album in 2016 titled Live! at the Witch's Tit. A tentative release date has been set for 2017 and an album preorder is available on the band's website. A series of music videos in support of her latest album are scheduled to be released throughout 2017.
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