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Kree Woods

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Kree Woods
Birth nameKristen Noel Woods
BornDecember 9, 1987 (1987-12-09) (age 36)
GenresIndie-Pop, Singer/Songwriter
LabelsYosh Bros. Entertainment
Websitekreewoods.com

Kristen Noel Woods (born December 9, 1987) is a Nashville-based indie-pop singer/songwriter best known for her single "Cave In", which was featured on MTV's 2011 season of The Real World: Las Vegas[1] and peaked at No. 10 on the iTunes singer/songwriter charts,[2] also gaining more than 30,000 views on YouTube.

Biography

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Woods was raised in Franklin, Tennessee, graduating from Centennial High School[3] (2006) before attending Auburn University, from which she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre in 2010.

Career

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Woods began working with award winning producer and engineer John Jaszcz and production team Zodlounge Music to release her first five-song EP under Jaszcz's Yosh Bros Entertainment independent record label in March 2011. This EP featured "Cave In," that attained a strong following on YouTube and reached No. 10 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart following a featured spot on MTV's The Real World: Las Vegas in April and May 2011.

The new music blog, Kings of A&R, featured Woods on February 15, 2011 in promotion of her upcoming EP.[4] It was also featured on April 14, 2011[5] in anticipation of her MTV placement.

A second five-song EP is slated for release in Fall 2011.

On April 9, 2013, after a successful campaign to raise funds on Kickstarter, Woods released a full-length, 11-song album titled "Talking Underwater" with Zodlounge Records. Kree previewed the songs at SXSWM in March 2013 and will embark on a US tour in May 2013 to support the album.[6]

Discography

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Release Date Album
March 2011 Kree Woods
2011 Chance Happening
April 2013 Talking Underwater

References

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  1. ^ "Real World: Las Vegas: Songs from the Show: Ep. 2506". Songs from the Show. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Music Chart.info". Cave In by Kree Woods Chart Summary. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Centennial High School". School Notes. Public School Review, LLC. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  4. ^ Cramer, Dean. "Kree Woods". Kings of A&R. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. ^ Cramer, Dean. "Kree Woods". Kings of A&R. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Kree Woods, bio". Archived from the original on 2013-02-24. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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