PLUME on the road!
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 5 pm
For artist Violet Jen’s show, I will perform a few songs from my new album “Plume” (chosen by Violet)
At the North Houston Art Gallery & Gift Shop
14259 Liberty Street
Montgomery TX 77356
Friday, June 20, 2025, 8 pm
with Maxime Perrin and Olivier Cahours
and visual artist Olivier Popof
At Mi Barrio
14 rue plan d’Agde
Montpellier, France 34000
(Reservations recommended!)
PRE-ORDER digital format
Plume
Ilene Martinez
Available October 1st, 2024
download English presskit – download French presskit
Ilene Martinez – PLUME (English review)
by Frankie Pfieffer (editor in chief – Paris-Move)
Ilene Martinez left France to return to the States, and her departure brings a touch of melancholy that this new album reinforces even more. During the Covid lockdowns, she wrote and composed quite a few songs, always with just guitar and voice. A musical interlude outside of time, outside of that strange period of enforced confinement. To write, compose, play, and make the songs live and bleed, to offer an ode to resilience and hope that resonated with artists and musicians during the pandemic.
Album “Plume” first review in France on “JAZZASEIZEHEUR”
The singer ILENE MARTINEZ is releasing a new CD, ‘Plume’, on October 1st, with music that draws as much from folk as from jazz, in the vein of Joni Mitchell or Rickie Lee Jones. After a careful listen to this recording, which you can find on all platforms, I can assure you that the lady has quite a sample of talents, which are revealed throughout the album’s tracks.
The three tracks I prefer are:
Saint-Mars
Going Bananas
Prowling
I hope we will have the pleasure of seeing her on tour in France soon.
Jean-Luc Martin
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