Scottish singer-songwriter Kerri Watt releases her new single “Kissing Fools” today – Valentine’s Day – alongside a video featuring School of Rock’s Cody Molko – 14-year-old son of Placebo’s Brian Molko.
Now signed to Cooking Vinyl (Lissie, Passenger, Nina Nesbitt, Will Young, Deap Lips, Fantastic Negrito, The Darkness & more), Kerri will release her debut album “Chasing Aeroplanes” in 2020. Recorded in Austin, Texas with Grammy-nominated heavy metal producer Machine (Lamb Of God, Clutch, Fallout Boy).
“Kissing Fools” is the third track to be lifted as a single for the imminent debut album “Chasing Aeroplanes” – which mixes thing up on a rock and Americana vibe.
Her own country-pop songs have made her a festival favourite and attracted BBC Radio 2 spins, plus TV appearances and her own Americana radio show. She has opened for Coldplay, collaborated with Embrace, had a chart-topping dance hit and starred alongside Marti Pellow in a musical.
Last year she hit the road for sets at Glastonbury Festival, Country2Country, British Summer Time (with Celine Dion), Kew The Music and Cambridge Folk Festival, and performed at BBC Radio Scotland’s inaugural singer-songwriter awards.
She supported a a number of legendary artists including Keith Urban, where she also joined him on stage to sing Carrie Underwood’s vocal parts from his hit “The Fighter”, Julio Iglesias at The Royal Albert Hall and Joe Jackson at The Palladium.
- Young Cody, who stars in the “Kissing Fools” video with Kerri, lives in London and his two main passions are acting and playing music. He’s recently featured in the Netflix series “Shadow And Bone” and he starred in West End musical “The School Of Rock”. He is the guitarist in his own indie band The Hunger.
