Charlotte Martin

Charlotte Martin Born Charlotte Ann Martin In Charleston Illinois On October 31 1976 Is An American Singer-Songwriter And Voice Coach Who Performs Predominantly On The Piano. Martin Got Her Start Singing Opera While Attending Eastern Illinois University In The Late '90s. Her Father Was A Respected Professor In The Music Department And Naturally Martin Followed His Footsteps. She Began Playing Piano When She Was A Little Girl And Her Childhood Was Surrounded By Music. While Attending School Martin Experienced "real Life " From Living With Her Goth Roommate And Dealing With Typical College-Like Drama To The Tragic Suicides Of Two Close Friends. Martin Turned To Music For Solace. She Desperately Wanted To Make Music Into A Career Therefore A Whirlwind Move To Los Angeles Seemed Like The Right Thing To Do. Martin Eventually Made A Record One Girl Army With Producer Tom Rothrock Badly Drawn Boy Beck Elliott Smith But It Was Never Released. Before 2002 Came To A Close Martin Got Her Own Studio And Recorded A New Batch Of Songs With Ken Andrews Air Pete Yorn . The Melodic Dreamscapes Of In Parentheses Arrived In August 2003 And Martin's Bright Voice Drew Comparisons To Fiona Apple And Kate Bush. Dates With Howie Day And Damien Rice Also Coincided With The Release Of The EP. On Your Shore Followed In 2004. Unfortunately Martin's Relationship With RCA Proved Creatively Trying As The Singer/songwriter Continued Writing And Recording New Material. A Decision To Leave The Major Label In 2005 Allowed Martin To Accomplish Her Creative Goals Thus Reconnecting With Test-Drive Records To Issue The Veins And Darkest Hour EPs Before The Year's End. Additional Support Dates Around North American Followed Into The Fall And Martin Rounded Out The Veins Tour With Her First DVD Recording The Limited-Edition Something Like A DVD. She Also Married Her Long-Time Collaborator And Co-Producer Ken Andrews Pete Yorn Year Of The Rabbit Failure In The Midst Of Recording Her Second Album Stromata. The Album Arrived On Martin And Andrews' Own Dinosaur Fight Label In September 2006. In 2009 Martin Released The Instrumental Album Piano Trees A Collection Of Improvised Piano Songs. In 2011 Martin Released Her Album Dancing On Needles. In 2014 Martin Released Water Breaks Stone. On October 5 2018 Martin Released The Second Of Her Instrumental Piano Albums After Piano Trees Entitled Clear Blue Sky. The Following Year In 2019 Two More Albums In A Similar Vein Were Released Monotonous Night On March 8 And Dawn On December 27. Http //www.Charlottemartin.Com read less