Kristen Martell - How a mentorship program led to her single "Photograph of Secrets"

Release Day Series Podcast

Today on the podcast Alex is joined by singer/songwriter Kristen Martell. On Thursday April 29th, Kristen released her new single “Photograph of Secrets” following up the song’s release with a behind-the-scenes music video on May 13th.The song is a collaborative effort between Martell and award-winning artist Gabrielle Papillon, along with award-winning Producer Dan Ledwell. We talk about the mentorship program Kristen enrolled herself in to make recording with the award-winning pair possible, her 10 years hiatus from the music world, and what brought her back to recording her ECMA nominated album “Coming Home”.We also take a moment to recognize the colonial history of Canada following the discovery of a mass grave containing the bodies of 215 indigenous children beneath a former residential school. Please see links below for we can better educate and take action towards reconciliation. We have a VERY long way to go.If you have music you would like us to hear, or have a great release day rollout plan you want the world to know about, send an email with your EPK and release plan to: [e-mail] you so much for listening, and Welcome to Release Day!Theme music composed by Evan Denley.Reference Links:Kristen Martell's Website: https://kristenmartell.com/homePhotograph of Secrets Music Video: https://youtu.be/N2Ju0z2wlcsIndian Residential School Survivors Society: https://www.irsss.ca/On Canada Project: https://oncanadaproject.ca/settlerstakeaction

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