Tag Archives: Tekla Waterfield

The gently optimistic “New Skies” is the title track of Tekla Waterfield’s brand-new album (the release of which she and her band are celebrating next Tuesday at the Tractor. You should go). As the title suggests, the overall feel is … Continue reading →

Among other things, there’s been a lot of talk about hope and love around here. And those are important and necessary things! But, if you’re paying attention at all, there’s a lot of grief wrapped up in this moment, and … Continue reading →

A great love song will always find itself in the position of conversing with all the other great love songs of the past, quietly announcing itself to be a continuation of the elusive, sometimes fleeting and always mysterious emotion that … Continue reading →

Seattle-area mainstay Tekla Waterfield delivers a polished, fully-realized holiday folk song with “Come Together Christmas Cheer.” With nothing more than acoustic guitar and a few vocal tracks, Waterfield constructs something that would readily hold its own alongside any mainstream country/Americana Christmas … Continue reading →

It’s always a thrill to hear the unconventional employed in the service of an otherwise-gentle arrangement. I’m not referring to the samples of children at play on Tekla Waterfield’s “Morpheus,” (although, as found sounds go, they are a delight—who can … Continue reading →