Artist Summary

Artist Bio

When you first hear Vicci Martinez sing, you know immediately you are experiencing something special. Only 27, Vicci writes, sings and plays guitar with the touch of a veteran performer. When leading her accomplished band (guitarist Rod Cook, drummer Darin Watkins, bassist Jeff Leonard and newest member, keyboard player Eric Robert), she turns her concerts into full-on events, taking her fans on thrilling journeys of emotional peaks and musical adventures. Vicci is as comfortable playing an intimate solo gig to headlining festivals as she is sharing the bill with artists ranging from Sting, Annie Lennox, Jonny Lang, Brandi Carlile, soul man, Syl Johnson to blues legend BB King.

It’s a tricky balance she’s trying to achieve. The kind you get from a history that started as a 13 year old girl who balked at joining her school youth choir but thrived as a featured soloist that included a successful appearance on “Star Search” plus an “American Idol” audition that got her a ticket to Hollywood which she declined because she was not ready personally and professionally for that kind of attention at 16. Over the past ten years, she has released 7 independent solo projects plus a live DVD. This history defines Vicci as an artist who wants to build her career entirely from her heart.

Vicci is building on this rich history and taking her career to a new level. She signed on with management team Miki Mulvehill van Tyn (Luther Allison, Jonny Lang, Susan Tedeschi, Keri Noble, Double Trouble) and Beth Tallman, (A&M, Island Def Jam, Rykodisc). Working and writing with some of the finest songwriters/producers in the country: Peter Svensson, Tim Pagnotta, Jason Nevins, The Matrix, Max Martin & Shellback. The album "Vicci" is due out on Universal Republic May 2012