About Tekla Waterfield
Americana & folk
Seattle
based singer/songwriter and 2018 Listen Up! Women in Music grant
recipient, and 2019 Jack Straw Cultural Center recording grant recipient, Tekla
Waterfield lives in the wide-open realm of Americana Roots music, incorporating
elements of folk, country, indie, rhythm and blues, and soul. With influences
ranging from Courtney Barnett to Aimee Mann, Jim James, Wilco, The Velvet
Underground and Marvin Gaye, Waterfield aims to tell a story, paint a
picture and evoke emotion with her songs.
Waterfield
partners up with various accomplished musicians, (Jeff Fielder, Mike Thornhill,
Elise Suttie, Ryan Burns, Melissa Montalto, Aaron O'Neil, Eric Eagle, Dan
Walker, Andy Stoller and more), to flush out a full band sound. For solo
shows, she incorporates a stomp pedal, foot tambourine and harmonica along with
her dynamic, finger picking, rhythmic guitar.
Partnering with collaborator and husband, Jeff Fielder (Mark Lanegan, Amy Ray)
to produce her 2018 release, The Curtain Falls, garnered Waterfield
critical acclaim, radio play, and placement in the award-winning
indie film, "Dakota" with her song, Rock and Roll Man.