ABOUT AMBER

Amber Martin is an internationally acclaimed, NYC-based vocalist and comedic cabaret star, greatly inspired in the traditions of Lily Tomlin, Carol Burnett, Bette Midler and Dolly Parton. Her Drammy Award winning shows have been likened to “watching Ruth Draper after she’s come back from an acid trip during which she thought she was Janis Joplin.” Amber was named one of the top performers of the year by The New Yorker.

Onstage, Amber is a powerful, chameleonic vocalist with a deep love for all genres of classic American pop music, which also inspires her own original songs. Amber serves a stylish combination of saucy cabaret, pitch-perfect vocals, ballsy comedy and true, relatable stories to her live, raw, genre-hopping musical performances, casting light on her uniqueness from her own contemporaries, and bringing a diverse range of inclusive, button-pushing entertainment to her equally diverse audiences.

Amber's collaborations include belting the backing vocals on The Scissor Sisters single “Inevitable” from their album, Magic Hour (Sony Music), as well as in the hit single, "Too Much Music", on Jake Shears' newest album, Last Man Dancing (Mute Records). Amber guest starred in John Cameron Mitchell's sold out Origin of Love Tour, in Australia (including Sydney Opera House), S. Korea, Mexico, on Broadway & all over the US. She also appeared on Broadway in Tales of the City at the Music Box Theater.

Amber and John Cameron Mitchell are currently touring their own co-written live variety show, Cassette Roulette, having opened with hugely successful runs at MASS MoCA, BRIC/Celebrate Brooklyn & Joe's Pub NYC. She is also the featured special guest in Jake Shears' UK album release tour, where she sang her new single, "Devil Came Down The Dance Floor", co-written with Jake & featured on his album, Last Man Dancing as well as her own new album,  UnbreakableHeart, due to release this summer.

She also continues to evolve as writer, curator and star of her own shows, such as her acclaimed international performance series', Bathhouse Bette: A Musical Celebration of Early Bette Midler (Adelaide Cabaret Fest, Joe's Pub NYC, Rude Mechs Austin, Oasis SF & Atlantis Cruises), Amber Alert! (Wild Project NYC,Joe's Pub & Allways Cabaret NOLA), Janis:Undead (Joe's Pub, Adelaide Cabaret Fest & Southeast Texas Music Hall of Fame). Amber's shows have included luminary guest stars, Karen Black, Patti Lupone, Rufus Wainwright, Sandra Bernhard, John Cameron Mitchell, Jake Shears, Justin Vivian Bond, Cole Escola, Joyce Dewitt and Bridget Everett.

Amber is currently mixing her own forthcoming original solo Country album, Unbreakable Heart, with songs written by herself and her friends, Rufus Wainwright, John Cameron Mitchell, Jake Shears, Brett Every and her mother, Cheryl Kirkland Martin,  among others.

She will be debuting some of these great new songs in her triumphant return to Rude Mechs In Austin this March.

NOTS 28 Amber Martin sings "Landslide"

Amber Martin and her mom Cheryl Martin sing together at 54 Below.

Southeast Texas entertainer, Amber Martin, goes country

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