With a recent Brit Award for “Best British Female Solo Artist” under her belt, Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist KT Tunstall is poised to win hearts stateside. Influenced by Joni Mitchell, Billie Holliday, Johnny Cash and PJ Harvey, her debut album ‘Eye To The Telescope’ thrives with lyrical bite and earnest melodies. Here’s KT as she talks to mtvU’s Hot Seat and gives advice to guitar-playing girls.