The sound of Bluesette (named after Toots Thielemans' famous song) can be summed up as French café music, spanning Bossa Nova, jazz standards, and chansons françaises. With poetic songs and abundant nature imagery, our repertoire ranges from slightly melancholic to playfully rhythmic.
Adèle Martin is a native French speaker from Belgium, recently moved to Atlanta from St Louis. classically trained in music and voice from an early age, Her passion for singing was ignited early on, listening to her mother, an accomplished singer, sing extensively in France and Belgium. Having grown up speaking French, English, Dutch, German and learning Spanish, she has a love of languages and loves communicating the soul of other cultures through them. While studying French and German at the University of Cambridge, England, she sang with the Trinity Singers at Trinity College, Kings SingeRs at King's College, Cambridge, and with an a capella trio in Germany. She returned a few years ago from a year in Provence, France where she performed at the Legarde Paréol festival. She is passionate about imparting the music she grew up with and creating a bohemian atmosphere.
She is currently collaborating with a variety of highly acclaimed local atlanta jazz artists, and can provide authentic french music in a duo, trio or quatuor setting.
Adèle Martin is a native French speaker from Belgium, recently moved to Atlanta from St Louis. classically trained in music and voice from an early age, Her passion for singing was ignited early on, listening to her mother, an accomplished singer, sing extensively in France and Belgium. Having grown up speaking French, English, Dutch, German and learning Spanish, she has a love of languages and loves communicating the soul of other cultures through them. While studying French and German at the University of Cambridge, England, she sang with the Trinity Singers at Trinity College, Kings SingeRs at King's College, Cambridge, and with an a capella trio in Germany. She returned a few years ago from a year in Provence, France where she performed at the Legarde Paréol festival. She is passionate about imparting the music she grew up with and creating a bohemian atmosphere.
She is currently collaborating with a variety of highly acclaimed local atlanta jazz artists, and can provide authentic french music in a duo, trio or quatuor setting.
