RUSS KENDRICK MARTIN
RUST BELT TROUBADOUR
Gritty, quirky, honest and familiar--Russ Kendrick Martin is a whiskey-throated singer with a ripped-from-the-headlines approach to his songwriting. Russ is a veteran of America's smoky barrooms and beer-soaked dance halls--He has performed on stages in the biggest music centers in the U.S., including Nashville, TN, Chicago, IL and A
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Russ signed with Nashville-based Lower Broadway Records in late 2016. He's currently working on an album for release in summer 2017.
Russ says his success as a songwriter is due, in part, to his years of working as a broadcast journalist at a small town radio station. "News writing helped sharpen the tools I need to put my experiences and observations into words," Martin says--Life as a reporter also provides plenty of material and characters for Martin's story songs.
A former welder, carpenter and truck driver, Russ also weaves the blue collar experience into his tunes.