User:Kgp11/Kirsten Pulley

Kirsten Pulley is a 22 year old singer/guitarist from Lerwick, Shetland Isles.

Kirsten was born on the 29th November, 1988, (1) in Lerwick, the 3rd child of Chris and the late Carol Pulley. At the age of 9 months the family moved to Aberdeen, where they stayed for 2 years. They then moved back to Shetland where Kirsten attended Sound Primary School, then the Anderson High School. At school Kirsten acheived 8 Standard Grades, 6 Highers and 2 Advanced Highers (2). It was at school where she began playing music, first of all the fiddle, with which she was part of the band High Strings. The band toured in Scotland and Ireland and played for many notable people, including Prince Andrew. She then learned bass guitar, piano and finally the guitar, which she started to teach herself at the age of 16.

Kirsten moved to Glasgow at the age of 17 to study Optometry at Glasgow Caledonian University (3). 4 years later she graduated with a First Class Honours Degree (4), and moved to London in July 2010 where she is currently undertaking her Pre-Registration Year (5).

Kirsten mainly plays a mixture of pop/indie/rock music, gathering inspiration from a wide range of artists, from The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra...to Bon Jovi, Florence and the Machine, and Lady Gaga, to name but a few. She is also greatly influenced by the folk music she grew up with, including Fiddler's Bid, Hom Bru and Sheila Henderson (6).