Tattletale Saints have traversed a long and winding road to their current lives in Nashville, TN.
Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, bassist Vanessa McGowan and guitarist and songwriter Cy Winstanley met in high school but it was years later their collaborations became more purposeful, and their band, Tattletale Saints, was born.
15 years, 3 countries, four albums, a marriage, a divorce, and two New Zealand Music Awards later, the pair have built a life-long partnership as a duo and flourishing careers in Nashville, both now working full time as musicians, playing for artists such as Brandy Clark, Sugarland, and Peter Bradley Adams.
Tattletale Saints' music embraces influences from folk, soul, jazz and roots. Winstanley is a highly praised songwriter shortlisted for the APRA Silver Scroll for Song of the Year (2013) for Complicated Man. The band has won two New Zealand Music Awards for Folk, for How Red Is the Blood in 2014 and Dancing Under the Dogwoods in 2021.