THE MOST MELANCHOLY LADY OF THE LOWLANDS
Singer-songwriter Elly Kellner serves up melodic sad songs that have a way of disturbing and comforting the listener all at the same time. With radically honest lyrics and a guitar with just four strings she occupies a unique piece of territory somewhere between jazz and folk.
Wether it be in her songs or other creative works, Elly always tries to create from the core of her inner world. All with the firm belief there must be others who’ll recognize the mutual feelings and hopefully feel less alone as a result.
Elly previously worked with Grammy Award-winning producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchel, Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan), Iain Matthews (Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort) and was awarded with the Tamoil Culture Award for the Arts & Literature. Jury report excerpt: “Elly is able to write about what is sharp and painful in a way that makes it slightly muffled and vague and therefore easier to digest and look at. At the same time she knows how to make the vague visible with exactly the right words...”
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OOR: album review of Out Of The Flames
Album review by Willem Jongeneelen of Elly Kellner's new album Out Of The Flames in the biggest music magazine of the Netherlands.
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Available in stores everywhere from Tuesday 6th June 2023.
New album out!
Read more about it here: Out Of The Flames
Photo: Marcel Otterspeer
Concert & interactive workshop for Hete Vuren
On 9th July Elly will be giving the last concert for the project Hete Vuren at the citypalace Het Markiezenhof. The exhibition Hete Vuren is the result of a collaboration between M6 (Markiezenhof and the Rijksmuseum.) Original compositions for paintings, an album release, two concerts and two interactive events are all part of it. Read more details here: Live dates