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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Aftermovie concert 9th July 2023
Watch the aftermovie of the concert Elly Kellner gave with BJ Baartmans in the Markiezenhof for the Hete Vuren exhibition on 9th July 2023.
Visuals by hetperkeffect.
Video by Keographics.
Looking back on the Hete Vuren exhibition
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.
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. Listen to the music via all online streaming platforms or purchase CD in our store.
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Available from June 2023.
New album out!
Read more about it here: Out Of The Flames