"Nothing can prepare you for the extreme feelings of losing both your parents," she says, "especially when it happens when you're so young.
Then tragedy struck, her parents passing away within two years of each other, and Andriette considers her time spent caring for them precious. The wine, the food, the song-every moment was chaotic and surreal!" My band and I were appearing on Italian TV, playing in the popular 'FestivalBar,' and hanging out with the Italian rock stars. "Performing in Itay was an absolutely 'Felliniesque' experience," she says. Soon after her arrival in New York, Andriette landed a recording contract with CBS Italia Records. "I loved her stories about playing for the Milwaukee Braves, the Green Bay Packers, and the German Chancellor."Īs adulthood approached, Andriette launched herself into world travel and musical exploration, learning about jazz at Berklee College of Music, classical at Hunter College, and punk, electro-pop, and Bulgarian folk singing in New York City. "Aunt Fran had me singing in front of audiences at the age of four in her cast-off silk and satin gowns," says Reddman. Sun Palace is the musical vision of vocalist, songwriter, and musician Andriette Redmann, who was raised on a Wisconsin cherry farm that doubled as an artist colony-a place she describes as "a combination of Ringling Brothers and a Bergman film." Andriette came from a musical family going back many generations and her earliest inspiration was her aunt, Frances Martinsek, a popular accordianist of the 1930's and 40's.
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