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Katie Sutherland
Katie Sutherland (previously Pearl and the Puppets) is a singer/songwriter from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire in the West-Central Lowlands of Scotland.

History
Katie was born on the 26th of July 1987 and is currently based in Glasgow. Having studied at St. Ninians High School from 1999-2005 she then went on to do a primary school teaching degree at Glasgow Universtiy. It was during her time at university that she started both playing guitar and songwriting and in 2007 she decided to drop out after two years of university in order to pursue her musical career. Despite not learning guitar until her late teens, music was a major part of Katie's life from an early age. When she was just 10 years old she started playing oboe in an orchestra and she also plays piano and ukulele.

Music Career
In late 2006, just a few months after she bought her first guitar, Katie starting playing open mic nights at local bars. During this brief time she was known as Katie Sutherland and released four demos on MySpace: Because I Do; Anymore; Lower Ground and The Roses. She was contacted by her first record label one week later and was signed in 2007 by Universal Republic. Katie briefly performed under her pseudonym 'Pearl', however, her stage name was changed to 'Pearl and the Puppets' after realising that Meatloaf's daughter toured with the same name. She was signed to Universal Republic and Island Records until mid 2011 and reverted back to her original stage name on the 2nd of December 2011.