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kelly de martino

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About Me

The very beautiful and very strange American, Kelly De Martino is a magnetic character. With a voice that Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star might envy and minimalist folk songwriting, slow and fragile, she unveils treasures of a marvelous and venomous beauty... somewhere between smoldering melancholy and starry epiphanies.
-LES INROCKUPTIBLESMysterious Cinderella, Kelly De Martino exudes a fully regal grace from the first bars of "Please Don't Call Me" which opens RADAR, her very first recording effort. Gentle voice, imprinted by a poignant crack, minimalist folk music crossbred from the Velvet Underground and sixties pop.
-VOGUE
A beautiful American, Kelly De Martino possesses the unabashed quality of the gorgeous stranger that we pass on the street. You have to be bold to ask, in the very first song, "Please dont love me, I'm not ready." The first album from this ballad-singing Francophile (Californian, lived in New York, composes in Paris, records in Bordeaux) doesn't aim for a quick seduction, doesnt risk everything on making an easy pass at you. Like on the albums of the Swedish Stina, she is, on RADAR, not afraid to stumble on an instrument that gets in her way. Plus, she works her fragile charm all the way to "My Little Fighter", the last caress on this disk of finest porcelain. The pop asthetes may just take this detour.
-ROLLING STONE
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Member Since: 6/20/2006
Band Website: villagevert.com
Band Members: Kelly De Martino
Paris Dominique Depret - guitars
Philippe Sirop - drums Christophe Malherbe - bass

Influences: Sparklehorse, The Flaming Lips, Lucinda Williams, Richard Ashcroft, Mary Lou Lord, Wilco
Sounds Like: Mazzy Star, Portishead, Emiliana Torrini, The Sundays, Radiohead, Eels, Cat Power
Record Label: Village Vert (France)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SEPTEMBER RESIDENCY, BORDELLO

im going to spend every monday night in september playing music at the dark and moody, chandelier filled BORDELLO in los angeles. the first two mondays, september 3rd and 10th, will be new music from...
Posted by kelly de martino on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:56:00 PST

black olive

i am proud to announce that my sparkling new music project, BLACK OLIVE, comprised of james combs and myself is up and running. you can hear what we are doing at www.myspace.com/loveblackolive. you ...
Posted by kelly de martino on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:15:00 PST

HONEST to be released January 2008, France

My record label, Village Vert, will be releasing my second full length cd, HONEST, in January 2008. i will be heading back to Paris for its release. More details on the tour to follow. My first rec...
Posted by kelly de martino on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:44:00 PST

bumblebees (acoustic)

this past weekend i was locked up in elliot smith's old recording studio. i recorded one last song for my next record which should be released in france in early 2008. at the end of the session, i p...
Posted by kelly de martino on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:24:00 PST