Kristi Martel
Kristi Martel | |
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Birth name | Kristi Martel |
Also known as | Kristi Martel |
Born | 1973 |
Origin | Melrose, Massachusetts, United States |
Genres | soul rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, yogini |
Instruments | Vocals piano |
Years active | 1996–present |
Labels | Sealed Lip Records |
Kristi Martel (born 1973), is a singer, song-writer, performance artist and yogini based in Rhode Island. She has recorded much of her music, and has toured extensively across the United States and Canada, giving concerts in many cities.[1] She also teaches classes in a variety of yoga methods.[2]
Background[]
Martel was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1973, and moved to Rhode Island at age five. She studied music, theatre, dance, poetry, and performance art at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, earning a bachelor's degree in 1994. She pursued similar subjects at Mills College in Oakland, California, receiving a master's degree in 1998. She began performing and recording original music and performance art.[3]
From 1997 to 2001, she taught at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts in Richmond, California.[4] In 2000, she suffered a back injury while studying jiu-jitsu. She turned to yoga to rebuild her strength and improve her mobility.[5] This sparked a serious interest in yoga, which led to yoga teacher training Yogaphoria[6] in New Hope, Pennsylvania. She has studied with several prominent yogi and learned meditation, kinesiology, herbal healing, and integrated energy therapy to complement the more traditional yoga.[7]
She has since returned to Rhode Island, where she teaches yoga, voice, and piano.[8][9] Her musical style mixes jazz, soul and rock styles, combined with her classical training.[10][11][12] She incorporates her own personal experiences as well as yoga philosophy into the music and into the lyrics.[13][14] She continues to record and to give concerts, and for two years was music director at a local Rhode Island radio station.
Discography[]
Martel records with Sealed Lip Records, singing and playing piano and keyboards as well as composing and arranging:[15][16]
- Firewater (SLR12, digital single) April 2011
- Blessed Community (SLR11, digital single) February 2011
- Seeds (SLR10, digital single) December 2010
- The Sacred Whore Demos (SLR9, CD LP) June 2009
- Ravengirl (SLR8, CD LP) October 2006
- Quaint & Curious Ravendemos (SLR7, CD LP) August 2005
- The Mule (SLR6, CD LP) March 2004
- bound (SLR5, CD single) July 2003
- brave enough (SLR4, CD LP) November 2001
- give me a little... (SLR3, CD EP) October 2000
- With Mouth and Hands (SLR2, cassette) September 1998
- 4-track and live recordings (SLR1, cassette) August 1996
References[]
- ^ "Kristi Martel: 'Littlebird's Flight'". NPR. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Kristi Martel Biography". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Kristi Martel Biography". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "East Bay Center". eastbaycenter.org. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Kristi Martel – Yoga & Wellness". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Yogaphoria". Places to Yoga. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Kristi Martel – Yoga & Wellness". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Kristi Martel – Yoga & Wellness". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ All That Matters Yoga and Holistic Health Center
- ^ "The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music – Kristi Martel". ectoguide.org. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Bay Windows Interview". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Kristi Martel – Experimental from South Kingstown, RI". ReverbNation. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "WERS 88.9fm Artist of the Week: Kristi Martel". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Motif Magazine – Ravengirl Review". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Kristi Martel Biography". kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "Sealed Lip Reca Sto..." kmetal.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- American soul singers
- American rock singers
- American jazz singers
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Singers from Rhode Island
- American yoga teachers
- 21st-century American singers
- 21st-century American women singers