Lost in the Woods
October 25, 2006 - 01:17 am | Posted by Dan Dippolito
It was a perfect day to call in sick. On one of the last comfortably chilly days of Autumn, I found myself pulled by
some significant and unidentified force into the quiet park. Tuesday morning, 10am, I was alone with the music of
Kelli Rae Powell, sitting on a green bench with paint peeling, an empty wire mesh garbage can to one side, basking
in the emptiness and the quiet before me. Kelli is known for playing the ukulele, but this was a piano day.
Kelli Rae Powell performs at the October 25 Songwriter Showcase.
Under the best of circumstances New York is a melancholy place. Unfortunately, only once in a while is something
able to make the city sleepy and slow. But Kelli Rae Powell’s Mea Culpa and Beauty is Pain managed to accomplish
the nearly impossible, compressing the groaning traffic bouncing off buildings into a tiny bird bouncing on a
branch. These cuts of voice and piano soundtracked a team of drifting clouds, a hustling squirrel, and some falling
leaves (the only things that moved) on my much needed “sick day.”
Kelli’s music is alive like these cool, colorful leaves (ironic as that is), and honest like the feelings of a friend. I sat for
a long while amongst the protection of tall trees and winding paths with these pretty sounds in my ears, forgetting
about the mess that surrounded me and any obligation to return.
www.jezebelmusic.com
Union Pool Brings Us Creaky Boards, Mother Nasties, Spastic Cellos
September 20, 2006 - 08:17 am | Posted by Ben Krieger
Kelli Rae Powell – What an absolutely charming performance. From the moment she stepped onstage with that
red & white polka dotted dress and her ukulele until the final curtsy (loved that), the heat was on. Did anyone else
notice how great the lyrics were to "Craggy Shuffle?" If you check out the version on her myspace page, try and
imagine it about ten times as sensual/flirtatious and you'll get a sense of how great the live performance was.
www.jezebelmusic.com
Girlistic.com's Featured Feminist
September 2006:
One year ago, Kelli Rae Powell was too shy to play her guitar in front of people. "I would go to open mics filled with
guitar-playing dudes who intimidated me. It struck me how, even though there are plenty of female musicians,
only 1 or 2 would show up at open mics. So, the next time I went, I brought my ukulele. The guys teased me about
my uke, but then a shocked hush fell over the group when they heard my songs." Finally getting on stage and
gaining the respect her talents deserve gave Kelli Rae the courage to be the bold female musician she is today. She's
proud to be one of the growing number of female musicians getting up on stages everywhere!
www.girlistic.com
Taking Deep Dark Doom Breaths to Salvage Whats Left Of Your Heart
by Brownbird Rudy Relic, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2006:
Kelli Rae Powell is amazing. Live. On Record. In thoughts. She is a song architect.
Where do songs breathe?
Songs are not conduits for conclusions; they endure through creased corners and populate a portion of the senses
that lay alongside our hopes and dreams in convoluted caskets brimming with vagaries. They conjure up a crooked
kinesis predicated within our own assumptions and zigzag through the folds of our cerebral understanding.
Goods songs are mysteries. The best of songs leave you with a borrowed haze and a heart spray-painted gold; they
taste of unknown nectar that sits at the tip of your tongue like lawn darts.
Kelli Rae's songs are a beautiful bash and mish-mash of melancholic moments and speculative suppositions that
skirt the gamut of genres; they leave you wandering through a fangled forest of finished trees that hunch claw
through the shadows and caress you with the hands of locked lovers.
How do songs breathe?
Through her songs; through her unabatedly angelic voice- they soar like the waving flags of forlorn nations who
boom with hope and pride and just a tad of swooning swagger.
These songs not only breathe, they are the hope of oxygen.
Buy Her CD.
Say Hello. Say Hello Again.
Catch Your Breath.
POSTED BY BROWNBIRD RUDY RELIC ON HIS ROOTS MUSIC BLOG: “TANGLED IN THE ROOTS”
http://brownbirdrudyrelic.blogspot.com
Jezebel Music Review by Gabriel Levitt
February 8, 2006:
Kelli Rae Powell: We learn once and for all that size isn't everything. With her little guitar and diminutive stature,
Kelli Rae's performance is kick-ass big. A cabaret bad-girl's persona sets the theme for many of her songs, yet you
know this is a vehicle for metaphor about all our desires and social human folly. Challenging songs, both in variety
among songs and within songs, and difficult melodies are performed with little effort. Her voice is to say the least
very strong, unique and one of the best out there.
www.jezebelmusic.com
Jezebel Music Review by Rebecca Capua
January 4, 2006:
Kelli Rae Powell: Kelli's got a phenomenal voice and she gets some very complex songs out of that ukulele. She's able
to go back and forth between songs that emphasize the more irreverent and slightly campy qualities of the
instrument, such as "Magical Mystical Thing," and songs that are more edgy and romantic where the ukulele is
played more like a harp or a zither. Very refreshing.
www.jezebelmusic.com
October 25, 2006 - 01:17 am | Posted by Dan Dippolito
It was a perfect day to call in sick. On one of the last comfortably chilly days of Autumn, I found myself pulled by
some significant and unidentified force into the quiet park. Tuesday morning, 10am, I was alone with the music of
Kelli Rae Powell, sitting on a green bench with paint peeling, an empty wire mesh garbage can to one side, basking
in the emptiness and the quiet before me. Kelli is known for playing the ukulele, but this was a piano day.
Kelli Rae Powell performs at the October 25 Songwriter Showcase.
Under the best of circumstances New York is a melancholy place. Unfortunately, only once in a while is something
able to make the city sleepy and slow. But Kelli Rae Powell’s Mea Culpa and Beauty is Pain managed to accomplish
the nearly impossible, compressing the groaning traffic bouncing off buildings into a tiny bird bouncing on a
branch. These cuts of voice and piano soundtracked a team of drifting clouds, a hustling squirrel, and some falling
leaves (the only things that moved) on my much needed “sick day.”
Kelli’s music is alive like these cool, colorful leaves (ironic as that is), and honest like the feelings of a friend. I sat for
a long while amongst the protection of tall trees and winding paths with these pretty sounds in my ears, forgetting
about the mess that surrounded me and any obligation to return.
www.jezebelmusic.com
Union Pool Brings Us Creaky Boards, Mother Nasties, Spastic Cellos
September 20, 2006 - 08:17 am | Posted by Ben Krieger
Kelli Rae Powell – What an absolutely charming performance. From the moment she stepped onstage with that
red & white polka dotted dress and her ukulele until the final curtsy (loved that), the heat was on. Did anyone else
notice how great the lyrics were to "Craggy Shuffle?" If you check out the version on her myspace page, try and
imagine it about ten times as sensual/flirtatious and you'll get a sense of how great the live performance was.
www.jezebelmusic.com
Girlistic.com's Featured Feminist
September 2006:
One year ago, Kelli Rae Powell was too shy to play her guitar in front of people. "I would go to open mics filled with
guitar-playing dudes who intimidated me. It struck me how, even though there are plenty of female musicians,
only 1 or 2 would show up at open mics. So, the next time I went, I brought my ukulele. The guys teased me about
my uke, but then a shocked hush fell over the group when they heard my songs." Finally getting on stage and
gaining the respect her talents deserve gave Kelli Rae the courage to be the bold female musician she is today. She's
proud to be one of the growing number of female musicians getting up on stages everywhere!
www.girlistic.com
Taking Deep Dark Doom Breaths to Salvage Whats Left Of Your Heart
by Brownbird Rudy Relic, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2006:
Kelli Rae Powell is amazing. Live. On Record. In thoughts. She is a song architect.
Where do songs breathe?
Songs are not conduits for conclusions; they endure through creased corners and populate a portion of the senses
that lay alongside our hopes and dreams in convoluted caskets brimming with vagaries. They conjure up a crooked
kinesis predicated within our own assumptions and zigzag through the folds of our cerebral understanding.
Goods songs are mysteries. The best of songs leave you with a borrowed haze and a heart spray-painted gold; they
taste of unknown nectar that sits at the tip of your tongue like lawn darts.
Kelli Rae's songs are a beautiful bash and mish-mash of melancholic moments and speculative suppositions that
skirt the gamut of genres; they leave you wandering through a fangled forest of finished trees that hunch claw
through the shadows and caress you with the hands of locked lovers.
How do songs breathe?
Through her songs; through her unabatedly angelic voice- they soar like the waving flags of forlorn nations who
boom with hope and pride and just a tad of swooning swagger.
These songs not only breathe, they are the hope of oxygen.
Buy Her CD.
Say Hello. Say Hello Again.
Catch Your Breath.
POSTED BY BROWNBIRD RUDY RELIC ON HIS ROOTS MUSIC BLOG: “TANGLED IN THE ROOTS”
http://brownbirdrudyrelic.blogspot.com
Jezebel Music Review by Gabriel Levitt
February 8, 2006:
Kelli Rae Powell: We learn once and for all that size isn't everything. With her little guitar and diminutive stature,
Kelli Rae's performance is kick-ass big. A cabaret bad-girl's persona sets the theme for many of her songs, yet you
know this is a vehicle for metaphor about all our desires and social human folly. Challenging songs, both in variety
among songs and within songs, and difficult melodies are performed with little effort. Her voice is to say the least
very strong, unique and one of the best out there.
www.jezebelmusic.com
Jezebel Music Review by Rebecca Capua
January 4, 2006:
Kelli Rae Powell: Kelli's got a phenomenal voice and she gets some very complex songs out of that ukulele. She's able
to go back and forth between songs that emphasize the more irreverent and slightly campy qualities of the
instrument, such as "Magical Mystical Thing," and songs that are more edgy and romantic where the ukulele is
played more like a harp or a zither. Very refreshing.
www.jezebelmusic.com
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Acoustic LI
10/23/06 | posted by Dave & Rob Dircks
Get ready for a "one-of-a-kind" performance by this cabaret bad-girl
and her Ukulele sidekick. With a vocal style reminiscent of the 20s'
and 30s', Kelli mesmerized our cafe audience with songs from her
recent CD entitled "The Scandalous Accounts Of My Youth" as well
as some new songs she has been working on. A strong theatrical
background was evident in both her music and her interplay with the
audience as she transformed us all into bad-girls for a night.
www.acousticli.com
10/23/06 | posted by Dave & Rob Dircks
Get ready for a "one-of-a-kind" performance by this cabaret bad-girl
and her Ukulele sidekick. With a vocal style reminiscent of the 20s'
and 30s', Kelli mesmerized our cafe audience with songs from her
recent CD entitled "The Scandalous Accounts Of My Youth" as well
as some new songs she has been working on. A strong theatrical
background was evident in both her music and her interplay with the
audience as she transformed us all into bad-girls for a night.
www.acousticli.com
photo by emily rawlings