Photo by Corné de Weert
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
2025 - After some time of silence Elly performed live again in Gebouw-T in Bergen op Zoom during the reunion of the Botte Hommel. She was joined by Martin Putto on drums.
OOR: album review of Out Of The Flames
2023 - Album review by Willem Jongeneelen of Elly Kellner's new album Out Of The Flames in the biggest music magazine of the Netherlands. Listen to the music via all online streaming platforms.
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Looking back on the Hete Vuren exhibition
2023 - This video with Elly Kellner in the Markiezenhof was produced by BigBoy Film for Stichting M6. Made as promotion for the exhibition Hete Vuren; the concerts and events that were organised in Bergen op Zoom and the other events that are still yet to come in other city museums. More information on the other locations will be made available here.