Kristi Martel

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Album: Demos

Released: Jan 4, 2008

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Genre: Acoustic / Indie / Soul
Location Narragansett, Rhode Island, US
Profile Views: 39751
Last Login: 12/12/2011
Member Since 11/28/2005
Website www.kristimartel.com
Record Label Sealed Lip Records
Type of Label Indie
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.. ..........myspace layout generated by pimp my profile.... .. .. .. Featured on MTV/LOGO, NPR, WERS, and 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, ..Sacred Whore... The work is more jazz and soul, and focuses on the universal in our human experience and our need for inner and world peace. .... "...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...... .. Discography:.. Sacred Whore Demos (LP 2009) .. 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) ...... .. .. .. Join the email list! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .............. .. Help Spread the Love... .. Cut and paste this banner into your page. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Click to join Kristi Martel's Discussion group... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........
Members
The Kristi Martel Duo:.. Kristi Martel - vocals, piano, & other keys.. Kevin Silvia - guitar & backing vocals.... The 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
Influences
Tori Amos, Laurie Anderson, Bach, the Beatles, Beethoven, Bjork, Brahms, Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush, Chopin, Ani Difranco, Sheila E., Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Peter Gabriel, 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, Louise Erdrich, bell hooks, Keri Hulme, Audre Lorde, Marge Piercy, Alice Walker...
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Dec 12

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Concert!

4/14/2012 8:00:00 PM
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Nov 25

Kristi Martel

Getting ready for my show tomorrow at Voila! xok <3

Mike Egan Art Opening & Kristi Martel Music Concert!

via myspace.com

Voila - 31 west main street - Wickford, Rhode Isla 02852 UNITED STATES. Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 5:00 PM…

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Nov 16

Kristi Martel

Looking forward to my art gallery show next week, the new website I'm building, and the kickstarter campaign I'm planning to raise funds for my first-ever vinyl release! Yay, vinyl!
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Nov 16
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Nov 16

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Jane Reininger Art Opening & Kristi Martel Music Concert!

12/16/2011 6:00:00 PM
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