We are Martha Jane & The Talisman
An Amsterdam based band. Our spirit speaks the tongues of art, music & freedom. The music is raw and groovy. Its fantasy will make you wonder. Creatures in your mind dance themselves into a ecstatic trance.
Country grunge drenched in Blues with a touch of voodoo
We've just put the last hand on the first Martha Jane & the Talisman album "Hello Demon". After the wonderful adventure of making it, we will release our first single soon.
Hope to see you soon at our gigs with our new live line up !
MARTHA JANE SETTLER / lead vocals, guitar
MAARTEN VAN DER GRINTEN / guitars, vocals
SUN MI HONG/ drums
Concerts
Concerts coming up:
News & Updates
September '17: recording the new single
April 14 '17: We will collaborate with the dynamic For The Road. Bookings from now on through them!
February '17: working on new songs and a new clip; creative life never stops!
December '16:
In top 5 of HCTF 2016
Here Comes the Flood (Blog)
Interviews in Dutch guitar magazines!
November 16
Niccce review on Here Comes the Flood (Blog)!
May 29: We made a nice live compilation to catch the atmosphere in P60, Amstelveen, during our burning set.
Martha Jane & the Talisman puts embers in the hair of the crowd. They started to burn and stomp their feet...that's how they got this voodoo hairdo in return! This fall Martha Jane & the Talisman is grooving at your town...so stay tuned!
Martha Jane & the Talisman starts with their new song "Some Good Advice" and watch where the song is taking the band and the audience. Put on your dancing shoes!
April: We're playing live with Mark and Sun Mi. Check out our brand new song "SOME GOOD ADVICE", played live @ De Taverne in Bergen.
February 12 The first gig with the new lineup in our hometown!
January: the new lineup is here
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2016
December 20 a listening session with a select audience. Weird expierience to sit still next to each other and just listen.
November 27 Finally the first master is ready, a thrill to hear everything in the right sonic perspective..
March 3 we'll be shooting our live clips!
3 or 4 songs of the upcoming album will be captured live and kicking'.
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2015
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#talisman still #recording but almost finished! #whenyouworklongenoughtogether youstarttolooklikeeachother… https://t.co/uatWJbUMft -
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#talisman in #recordingstudio #musicvideo #editing at the same time #synchronicity https://t.co/aEzytO9l4I
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Another day at the office #talisman in #recordingsession #groove #newstuff #newhair #drumbeat #blues https://t.co/PDG2nvmeAQ
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#talisman is still in a #recordingstudio #bubble. Let the the good times roll! #psychodelic… https://t.co/gJPEarh5hI
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Maarten inspecteert onze tracks op bruikbaarheid. Alle té luxe partijtjes gaan de deur uit… https://t.co/bXxdSBeDBy
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#talisman in #recordingsession again! Song When Nothing Comes To Mind, just #breatheintothefire… https://t.co/5fxmuxcqFS
" HELLO DEMON" is here!
by Martha Jane & the Talisman
[Listen to Hello Demon on the digital platforms]
On October 12016, Martha Jane & the Talisman released the band’s debut album Hello Demon.
The album is produced by sound guru Attie Bauw (a.o. De Staat, Raccoon, Judas Priest, The Scorpions) and recorded in the Bullet Sound Studios (NL).
The collective wish of the band and Attie was to make an album that would not yield to the usual production hurries, but with an eye for detail and an old school production.
And they succeeded! In the studio there was time for abundant experimenting. Ideas and songs received time to mature and flourish.
The result is a wayward, mystical and raw record: an alternative mix of blues, grunge and country music. Musically the band is inspired by The Black Keys, Tom Waits, Jack White, PJ Harvey and Nirvana on one hand and on the other hand by Lee Dorsey, Otis Redding, Nina Simone en Ike & Tina Turner.
Listen to Hello Demon on the digital platforms HERE
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