{"id":9,"date":"2022-10-06T12:50:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-12-02T01:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:09:11","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">Ilene&#8217;s album Plume<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nVoted <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paris-move.com\/paris-move-and-blue-bayou-radio-2024-jazz-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best folk album 2024<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nby the editors of Paris-Move and Bayou Blue Radio<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilenemartinez.bandcamp.com\/album\/plume-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Buy this album now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilenemartinez.bandcamp.com\/album\/plume-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-235\" src=\"http:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Coverfor-Reels-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Coverfor Reels 150x150 - visual content\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Coverfor-Reels-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Coverfor-Reels-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Coverfor-Reels-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<div class=\"x9f619 x1ja2u2z x78zum5 x2lah0s x1n2onr6 x1nhvcw1 x1qjc9v5 xozqiw3 x1q0g3np xyamay9 xykv574 xbmpl8g x4cne27 xifccgj\">\n<div class=\"x9f619 x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z x78zum5 xdt5ytf x193iq5w xeuugli x1r8uery x1iyjqo2 xs83m0k xamitd3 xsyo7zv x16hj40l x10b6aqq x1yrsyyn\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<h4 class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">June 20, 2025 &#8211; France &#8211;\u00a0 Montpellier\u00a0 &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Mi-Barrio-100063693754178\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mi Barrio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Date: May 24, 2025- H-Wines Montgomery TX<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Date March 29, 2025 &#8211; H-Wines Montgomery TX<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Date: February 8, 2025 &#8211; H-Wines Montgomery TX<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-255 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Coverparimovefinal 300x226 - visual content\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-1536x1156.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal.jpg 1713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Ilene Martinez<\/strong><\/em> is supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/bayoublueradio.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayou Blue Radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; min-height: 150px; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/bayoublueplayer.com\/public\/bayoublueradio\/embed?theme=light\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, November 16, 2024, 5 pm<\/strong><br \/>\nFor artist Violet Jen&#8217;s show, I will perform a few songs from my new album &#8220;Plume&#8221; (chosen by Violet)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>At the North Houston Art Gallery &amp; Gift Shop<\/strong><br \/>\n14259 Liberty Street<br \/>\nMontgomery TX 77356<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, June 20, 2025, 8 pm<br \/>\n<\/strong>with <strong>Maxime Perrin<\/strong> and Olivier <strong>Cahours<br \/>\n<\/strong>and visual artist <strong>Olivier Popof<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At <strong>Mi Barrio<\/strong><br \/>\n14 rue plan d&#8217;Agde<br \/>\nMontpellier, France 34000<br \/>\n<em>(Reservations recommended!)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">PRE-ORDER digital format<br \/>\n<strong>Plume<\/strong><br \/>\nIlene Martinez<br \/>\nAvailable October 1st, 2024<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"English presskit\" href=\"http:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Album-Plum-English-Promo-compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download English presskit <\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Album-Plum-English-Promo-compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download French presskit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1336677503\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=63b2cc\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilenemartinez.bandcamp.com\/album\/plume-3\">PLUME by Ilene Martinez<\/a><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-255\" src=\"http:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Coverparimovefinal 300x226 - visual content\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-1536x1156.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CoverPARIMOVEfinal.jpg 1713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ilene Martinez \u2013 PLUME<\/strong> &#8211; by Alain Hiot<\/p>\n<p>In 2019\/2020, Ilene Martinez graced us with a decidedly folk-leaning album, <em>Reasons<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/alain-hiot.com\/chronique-ilene-martinez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review here<\/a>), but for this new release, she has resolutely returned to jazz, thus surprising many listeners. Crafted during the confinement period, this latest opus exudes at every turn an irresistible yearning to return to the United States, her native land.<\/p>\n<p>The album comprises thirteen elegantly stripped-down tracks, on which Ilene delivers her captivating voice\u2014a voice that seizes you instantly\u2014masterfully accompanied by Maxime Perrin, whose accordion is omnipresent throughout <em>Plume<\/em>. Guitarist Olivier Cahours, clarinetist Samuel Theze, and Mickael Gashe, whose trumpet delightfully evokes the timbres of a certain Miles Davis, further enrich the sonic landscape. Go watch the video for <em>Melt<\/em> on YouTube, and you\u2019ll be utterly convinced!<\/p>\n<p>This is an album few might have expected, and therein lies the originality of this singular artist. Now residing in Texas after spending nearly twenty years lighting up stages across southern France, Ilene Martinez seems to have rediscovered her roots. We can only hope she will gift us with more works as remarkable as this one.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alain Hiot<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><strong>Ilene Martinez \u2013 PLUME (English review)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">by Frankie Pfieffer (editor in chief &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paris-move.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris-Move<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"FR\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bayoublueradio.org\/ilene-martinez-plume-english-review\/\">continue to read here! <\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-253\" src=\"http:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screen-Shot-2024-09-22-at-9.14.41-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2024 09 22 At 91441 Am - visual content\" width=\"230\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screen-Shot-2024-09-22-at-9.14.41-AM.png 505w, https:\/\/ilene-martinez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screen-Shot-2024-09-22-at-9.14.41-AM-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Album &#8220;Plume&#8221; first review in France on &#8220;JAZZASEIZEHEUR&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe singer ILENE MARTINEZ is releasing a new CD, &#8216;Plume&#8217;, 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&#8217;s tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The three tracks I prefer are:<\/p>\n<p>Saint-Mars<\/p>\n<p>Going Bananas<\/p>\n<p>Prowling<\/p>\n<p>I hope we will have the pleasure of seeing her on tour in France soon.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Luc Martin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazzaseizheur.over-blog.com\/2024\/09\/ilene-martinez-plume-sortie-le-1er\/10\/2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Melt \u2013 Ilene Martinez - From her upcoming album Saint Mars\" width=\"990\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EhpQ8FKzZIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>REASONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1877905538\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilenemartinez.bandcamp.com\/album\/reasons\">Reasons by Ilene Martinez<\/a><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 687px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2921652882\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilenemartinez.bandcamp.com\/album\/lm-austin-remix-2019-hq\">LM &#8211; AUSTIN (remix 2019 &#8211; HQ) by Ilene Martinez<\/a><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilene&#8217;s album Plume Voted best folk album 2024 by the editors of Paris-Move and Bayou Blue Radio Buy this album now! 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