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Kristi Martel
Indie / Acoustic / Soul

"This Space Is All Mine."

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island
United States

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Member Since11/28/2005
Band Websitekristimartel.com
Band MembersThe Kristi Martel Trio:
Kristi Martel - vocals, piano, & other keys
Nisha Purushotham - Afro-Cuban & West African percussion
Kurt Meyer - fretless & upright bass

The Kristi Martel Band:
Kristi Martel - vocals, piano, & other keys
Angela Romans - backing vocals
Kevin Silvia - guitar
Miya Perry - cello
Kurt Meyer - 5-string fretless & upright bass
Nisha Purushotham - Afro-Cuban & West African percussion
Rich Kulsar - drums
InfluencesTori Amos, Laurie Anderson, Bach, the Beatles, Beethoven, Bjork, Brahms, Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush, Chopin, Ani Difranco, Sheila E., Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Diamanda Galas, Kristin Hersh, Billie Holiday, Incubus, Jane's Addiction, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Cyndi Lauper, Bobby McFerrin, Joni Mitchell, Meredith Monk, Meshell Ndegeocello, Peter Paul & Mary, Prince, Sade, Skryabin, Nina Simone, Barbra Streisand, the Sugarcubes, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Throwing Muses, Tuck & Patti, Vinx, Craig Werth, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder...and writers Denise Duhamel, Bell Hooks, Keri Hulme, Audre Lorde, Marge Piercy, Alice Walker
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Kristi Martel - Ravengirl
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Kristi Martel - The Mule
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Kristi Martel - Brave Enough
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Kristi Martel - Give Me a Little...
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Littlebird - Angels Wait



Record LabelSealed Lip Records
Type of LabelIndie





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Sep 12 2008 8:00P
Earthdance Live Laytonville, California
Sep 13 2008 8:00P
Earthdance Live Laytonville, California
Sep 14 2008 8:00P
Earthdance Live Laytonville, California

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"...a fine musician...Incomparable!" -- Utah Phillips

"Kristi Martel loves life, and the joy she gets out of it exudes from her every pore. She can be singing about the darkest things in the world -- betrayal, self-hate, death -- and yet somehow, coming from her, it feels hopeful and uplifting." -- Marion Davis, Motif Magazine

"She grins when she sings. Watching her perform, it's impossible not to get swept up in the sheer joy of music -- in her deft piano playing and soaring, soul-rhythm-and-blues voice, love emanates from every note." -- Vienna Teng

"Martel proves that she's a powerful storyteller, with meaningful lyrics, passionate performances, and an emotional mission." -- Bob Gulla for The Providence Phoenix

Kristi Martel’s Ravengirl: "In this arresting, intense and surprisingly uplifting album, Martel works out some of her feelings about her lover's suicide...raw awareness, bemused and hurt but grateful and joyous, ...makes Ravengirl so compelling. The album begins with the eerie instrumental "Oya," a sort of rite of passage easing us into Martel's psyche. Martel then wraps us in the gentle "Day of Rain," a song about the day you realize the crying is finally over and are able to look back, calm and clear-eyed. The collage of memories that follows is tinted with the full spectrum of emotion, and Martel's nimble voice constantly shifts with the music... "I am doing fine, I am doing fine," she bubbles; it's not some ironic mantra or attempt at manifesting, just a cheerful chorus of simple truth. She's doing fine indeed, and the album soars way above fine." -- Brian Jewell for Bay Windows


Featured on NPR, WERS, in Curve Magazine, and voted Rhode Island's Best Female Alt-Rock Vocalist, award-winning songwriter and avant-soul piano diva Kristi Martel grew up in New England and earned an ASCAP grant and two music degrees (Bard and Mills College) before beginning her touring and recording career. Her sweet presence and fearless songwriting endear audiences nationwide. Her piano playing combines her love of blues dissonance and syncopation with her classical training. Her powerful voice is at once sweet and bitter, emotional and visionary, articulating prayers and quirky autobiographical narratives in the same breath. Through Sealed Lip Records she has released six CDs. Ravengirl is Kristi's goofy joke superhero name for herself, her recognition of the crazy blessing it is that she felt joy everyday, amidst the profound grief, after her former life partner's suicide in 2003. This newest album is full up with that joy, with the healing and transformation Kristi has undergone to be singing still so powerfully today. Ravengirl received a "highly recommended" from the Providence Journal and stellar reviews from Motif Magazine, Bay Windows, Curve Magazine, and the Providence Phoenix. Kristi has just recorded demos for her next full-length CD, with its much-anticipated secret title track. The work is more jazz and soul, and focuses on the universal in our human experience and our need for inner and world peace.

Discography:
Ravengirl (LP 2006)
Quaint & Curious Ravendemos (LP 2005)
The Mule (LP 2004)
bound (single 2003)
brave enough (LP 2001)
give me a little... (EP 2000)


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Jul 3 2008 9:00 AM

Let there be PEACE☮





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Jun 19 2008 3:36 PM

Hope you can join us Friday for a great Show
at the Blackstone....

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Jun 19 2008 6:51 AM

hi Kristi,

thinking of you today. hope your well :)


Peace & Hugs!
~Teena
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Jun 12 2008 4:58 PM

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The Spot Music





Jun 8 2008 2:23 PM

Hey, thanks for the Add!

Guess what?
We are currently Booking for Wednesday nights, All Summer Long!
All participants must "auditon" (jam with us) at The Spot on Thayer on Tuesday nights, slots from 9pm-1am.
From here there's no telling what might happen. To apply simply Reply, make an appointment, then, come on down.
we're lookin for bands, solo's, side projects and compilations.
Lookin forward to it!

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Jun 8 2008 10:27 AM

millicent





Jun 2 2008 8:53 AM

thank you!
luv millicent xo
Lindsay Rush





May 31 2008 12:18 PM

Hey there!

Pretty spiffy online crib ya got here! Okay...I was trying to sound cool...Did it work? No, probably not, right? Yeah, wellllllllllll...That's fine because I really just stopped by to remind you to add my FACEBOOK page (if you haven't already). I feel kinda bad advertising Facebook on Myspace, but then again, I'm shameless and that's life. So, if you're willing to put aside my "lack of cool" for a good time (no, not like the kind you read about on the bathroom wall...dirty mind), copy & paste FACEBOOK. COM/PEOPLE/LINDSAY_RUSH-MUSIC/788609305 into your web address thing up there ^. So simple and quick - like Pop-Tarts! : )

xo
Lindsay
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May 29 2008 8:17 PM

GREAT SOUND KRISTI,
COME CHECK OUT MY $100 RECORD.
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pete pascale





May 29 2008 5:15 AM

Hi Kristi, thanks. less is more...beautiful music.
my best to ya...pete
Harris Kafetzopoulos





May 22 2008 1:50 PM

ADD
So Blessed





May 20 2008 9:16 PM

Wonderful show last night! So good to see you again. Hope you return to Cali soon!

Love and Light
Staci
Beyond the Zone





May 15 2008 1:09 AM

Live your Flow
Beyond the Zone
An angel destined to create

Blessings & Beijinhos
See you soon!
MegK
Kevin Silvia





May 13 2008 6:28 PM

Don't listen to Josie, Kristi! You couldn't possibly make it to Club Hell.
You're touring!!
SIGNS OF LIFE





May 10 2008 6:29 AM

please join us tomorrow night (5/11) at
CLUB HELL
6pm

live music by:
Naked Knees
Jenny Brown
Chelsy Lau Band
Shiragirl
Signs of Life
Grey Sanford Band


All Ages - $6
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May 9 2008 6:49 AM



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Apr 30 2008 6:13 PM

Hi Kristi Martel,
Happy Spring!
We hope it has been a bright one for you.
~Cynova
2aT





Apr 30 2008 8:32 AM

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Apr 28 2008 8:09 AM

And you continue to grow and grow and grow..musically, spiritually,emotionally...I am beginning to hate you live so far away..I know we will be spending more time together..I certainly hope it is before we are in our 50's! Next time you guys are home for awhile let me know..Liz and Jack and I would love to do a road trip and spend some time together...much love and light to you ravengirl....
Lacey





Apr 26 2008 4:21 PM

Hey Kristi! I still listen to your music constantly and I've been spreading the word down here in ATL.
If you ever feel like exploring the deep south, let me know and I'll find you a place to have a show! :)
Cafe Allegro Songwriters Night





Apr 24 2008 9:27 PM

Great show tonight! I will remember it for a long time...
Tara





Apr 19 2008 2:16 PM

No more copies of ur give me a little cd??? now thats devastion!! its my fav
MegK





Apr 19 2008 12:21 PM

..One who can not laugh upon thyself resides in naivety.

pity the fool for he knows not the greatness of his own possibility




Pagan Pride RI





Apr 15 2008 4:09 PM

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Apr 10 2008 9:47 AM

hiya kristi.. roger here.. remember - jen's photo opening in 2002? it's been awhile since we chatted. the new songs are very cool.. hope i see you someday in the future! take care of you!

love
roger
Lisa





Apr 9 2008 9:03 PM

Can't wait to see you in Cali! :)
So Blessed





Apr 7 2008 1:44 PM

p.s. photophobia reminds me so much of this quote:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
” -Marianne Williamson
So Blessed





Apr 7 2008 1:39 PM

see you, front and center, in may love! it's been too long! i'm so excited!

blessings
staci
Lewis





Apr 4 2008 11:07 AM

Hey!! The new songs sound really good.
Kim Leadford





Apr 2 2008 9:13 PM

...I met you and that was all that I could see...
Robin





Mar 30 2008 1:13 PM

Acquired my 2nd cd of yours last night (with a little help from a friend!) Surprised that I knew all the words to a lot of the songs the first time I opened the plastic and played it. By the way, I don't cry (or laugh, for that matter,) easily or often in public. Don't ever stop doing what you do.
Randy





Mar 23 2008 5:19 AM

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Hi Kristi! Have a GREAT Easter! XOXO -Randy


david simione is through being cool!





Mar 16 2008 9:09 AM

its was nice to run into you the other day...how have things been????
~FIESTY PISCES~





Mar 13 2008 2:47 PM

Are you like me? Take my "Just for fun!" Quiz to find out!
crystalpea





Mar 11 2008 6:34 PM

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XOX
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Mar 5 2008 9:50 PM




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