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Kelli Rae Powell

New Words for Old Lullabies

About Me

Kelli Rae Powell is an old-timey albeit timely cabaret-style bad girl. Regarding her wry and original tunes, she has been described as a tiny uke-toting red-headed would-be step-child of Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash. She invented the Drinkaby: a song that is part lullaby and part drinking song.Born in Nebraska and raised in Iowa, she moved to New York City after she graduated from college. Kelli Rae will play the ukulele until the end.A great quote: "I'm not living the blues; I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am." -Alberta Hunter... Check out Alberta's music at myspace.com/AlbertaHunter...AND BUY KELLI RAE'S CD "THE SCANDALOUS ACCOUNTS OF MY YOUTH" HERE: http://cdbaby.com/cd/kelliraepowell

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/1/2006
Band Website: kelliraepowell.com
Band Members: Kelli Rae Powell is often joined by the lovely Miss Mary Morgan on clarinet and the fabulous Renia Shukis on fiddle. When the stars of fortune align, Jim McNamara (aka McNamazing) joins her on upright bass.
Influences: Billie Holiday, Dolly Parton, Wanda Jackson, etc...
Sounds Like: Billie Holiday, Dolly Parton, Wanda Jackson, etc...
Record Label: Firecracker Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Kelli Rae Powell: "The Craggy Shuffle" Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxseJdYfKro I can't resist sharing another excellent Timothy Caldwell video...can you guess the mistake I made when I performed this song?...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:22:00 PST

Kelli Rae Powell: "The Cowboy Song" Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hpjZ7w2xKw Thanks again to Timothy Caldwell, the man behind the camera. When he produced my video "Some Bridges are Good to Burn", my Grandma Donna said to m...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:56:00 PST

Kelli Rae Powell: "Some Bridges are Good to Burn"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmOKd48TMUI Timothy Caldwell made this video possible...during the writer's strike, he struck out and became a producer. If the shoe fits, Timothy, wear it! ...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:04:00 PST

Kelli Rae Powell - The Guy What Takes His Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_0RR2TRPA My cover of Mae West's "A Guy What Takes His Time" at the 07 NYC Uke Fest....
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Wed, 07 May 2008 06:50:00 PST

I Still Want To Be Dolly When I Grow Up

When I was a little girl I would shove my Care Bear, Cheerful Heart, up my shirt (Care Bears make excellent false breasts) and pilfer my mother's red lipstick and bright blue eye shadow.  We had ...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Mon, 05 May 2008 11:30:00 PST

Shayni Raes Truckstop or Why I Live in New York City

I've never been to the National Underground before.  It's a little dive bar on Houston&I don't know how long it's been there.  With dive bars it can be hard to tell.  I was late.  ...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:08:00 PST

Who am I?

Bryan Dunn's latest blog "Evolution, Identity and Art" got my head spinning about labels&   Many of the labels we use to define art were slapped onto the art after the fact as a means for people ...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:21:00 PST

My music appears in a play at the U of Iowa

My song "Some Bridges Are Good to Burn" is featured in this production at the University of Iowa...I wish I could have been there to see the show...it sounds fascinating: Here's the link to an article...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:26:00 PST

I got reviewed in a blog...written by my long lost bro...

..> Blog by Jason Powell: http://oceandoot.livejournal.com/   Friday, September 14th, 2007 3:24 pm Buying new music------Also bought: Kellie Rae Powell's album "The Scandalous Accounts of My...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:32:00 PST

Look, Ma! I'm on MNN!

28 minutes of LIVE me...Thank you to Jason Tagg (of Sonic Uke and the Ukulele Cabaret) for having me!  http://ukuleledisco.com/kelliraecomplete...
Posted by Kelli Rae Powell on Tue, 29 May 2007 12:31:00 PST