Auckland// Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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Blenheim-raised xylophone enthusiast, fan of high count thread duvets (ones with over 300 stitches) and all-round sweetheart Jocee Tuck was born with the voice of a diva and the delicate fingers of a folk singer.
In 2004 Jocee was the winner of the Primal Acoustic Sessions nationwide songwriting competition - which is a scary fact considering her imposingly huge improvements in the past six months in particular. Since studying Popular Music at Auckland University she's met students that play such a variety of instruments - soon finding her folky sound expanding to include percussive, jazz and orchestral instruments, and resulting in soulful epics with wondrous, seemingly Fantasia-inspired arrangements. Jocee has also been enlightened by the opportunity to write on new instruments herself - finding that writing on marimba or banjo can inspire different melodic tangents to her usual accompaniment. In 2009 she won the inaugural Auckland University Songwriter of the Year with accolades from the likes of Don McGlashan. Jocee Tuck is influenced by such artists as Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, Brooke Fraser and Princess Chelsea.
www.myspace.com/joccetuck
Tune in again tomorrow!!!
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