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HEIDI MARTIN

Thieves will take EVERYTHING 'cep responsibility

About Me

The instrumentation is spare and appropriate, permeated by the electric piano, organ, and harmonica, a breezy stroll through the Civil Rights movement at a level deeper than the political could ever achieve. Miss Martin has a vision, one of oneness with all and she promotes this vision with lyrics like these. She also steers toward the personal, articulating those things we often want to keep toourselves but benefit most from talking about (Why Do I ? Hide").The bouquet is distinctly Southern, one that deepens with subsequent listenings. Lyrically, it is a musical biopic of the 21st Century American South-the sticky sensuality and dusty prejudice that endures, never changing. Musically, Hide is the same, but sparingly so, Muscle Shoals and Memphis distilled to the pure essence. The instrumentation and musical arrangements are like the drop of water added to the sacramental chalice-the vehicle for the lyrics to manifest in the aural sea of forgiveness.Hide is a demanding, inventive recording that pays the listener dividends in thoughtful consideration and insight. C. Michael Bailey (All About Jazz, Senior Reviewer)I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) A IMG{ border-style:none; } a I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 8/7/2005
Band Website: heidimartin.com/
Band Members: The Hide Experience: DeAndre Shaifer Piano/Keyboards, Kris Funn Bass, John Lamkin Drums. Wanna Be Live track at BOSSA For the HIDE record: Heidi Martin-vocals, piano, composer Eric Revis-electric and upright bass, Dana Murray-drums, Gregoire Maret-harmonica, Orrin Evans-piano on rice and peaceful, Kahlil Kwame Bell- percussion rice and workin' harder, Jamal Brown-flute on rice, James Hurt-b3, rhodes on black gandhi and I wanna comfort you, Thor Madsen-guitar on why do i?, Badal Roy-tablas on ISM, horn section Sherman Irby-alto sax, Vincent Gardner-trombone, Sean Edmonds- trumpet, on why do I? and I wanna comfort you
Influences: all the Gold that rhyme with stole an sold why some people can't stand to see you smile...Pictures worth a thousand words in frames in that blackman's mouth... One Word that paints a thousand pictures if you talkin' truth about the South...My father's incarceration, standin' in line the only caucasian had me question this nation an how it let freedom ring...Ruth J. Simmons, a great-granddaughter of slaves who is the first black president of an Ivy League institution, said in a report: “We cannot change the past. But an institution can hold itself accountable for the past, accepting its burdens and responsibilities along with its benefits and privileges.” ......the flip side: My Uncle's jokes (when I was about 4 or 5, sort of a head start program...)
Sounds Like: a fist beat a tripolet on the thymus just to release an remind us the grief a 3/5's ain't behind us... & DC where:"Gotdamn!" stands for "how you doin'?" when they KNOW YOU FINE....I seen what cha had to tolerate & that some still say it ain't so....and I know you love who you are and you are one with who you love...
Record Label: Bossa Beats
Type of Label: Indie

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Interview by Monty Wolfe on BraveSoulCollective.org

   www.bravesoulcollective.org/artistry/artist-feature/he idi-martin/
Posted by HEIDI MARTIN on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:52:00 PST

wonderful review...from NO’s writers Kalamu & Mtume ya Salaam

HEIDI MARTIN / "Wanna Be"Source: Hide (self-produced 2000) 16 Wanna Be.mp3 (3.16 MB) A deep enigma reveling in vulnerable openness. Singing some very, very personal experiences and emotions. You can...
Posted by HEIDI MARTIN on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:15:00 PST