Kristen Noel Woods (born December 9, 1987) is a

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-based

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singer/songwriter best known for her single "Cave In", which was featured on

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's 2011 season of '' The Real World: Las Vegas'' and peaked at No. 10 on the

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singer/songwriter charts, also gaining more than 30,000 views on

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Biography

Woods was raised in Franklin, Tennessee, graduating from Centennial High School (2006) before attending

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, from which she earned her

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in 2010.

Career

Woods began working with award winning

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and

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and production tea
Zodlounge Music
to release her first five-song EP under Jaszcz'

independent record label in March 2011. This EP featured "Cave In," that attained a strong following on

and reached No. 10 on the

singer/songwriter chart following a featured spot on

's The Real World: Las Vegas in April and May 2011. The new music blog, Kings of A&R, featured Woods on February 15, 2011 in promotion of her upcoming EP. It was also featured on April 14, 2011 in anticipation of her

placement. A second five-song EP is slated for release in Fall 2011. On April 9, 2013, after a successful campaign to raise funds on Kickstarter, Woods released a full-length, 11-song album titled "Talking Underwater" with Zodlounge Records. Kree previewed the songs at SXSWM in March 2013 and will embark on a US tour in May 2013 to support the album.

Discography

References

External links

Official website
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