Carolina Coast-based singer/songwriter, Kelly Zullo’s voice melds seamlessly with her “funk finger style guitar” folk. Her original music has been noted for its impressive guitar accompaniment, using “some speedy finger work and hard hitting right hand technique while she sings at the same time” (Guitar World Magazine).
A lover also of great songs, she re-brands iconic 80’s and 90’s songs with refreshing new arrangements of classics that clearly and concisely honor the lyrics while transforming them often into a previously unimagined entity.
Keep up with Kelly and learn more here: www.kellyzullo.com.
“Kelly Zullo writes songs that are very personal and therefore come across as credible. This, a dash of passion, a bit of quirkiness and healthy self-confidence - that is the perfect one-woman concert evening...
This American free spirit turns out to be true pearl in a sea of ??singer-songwriters.." - Von Sandra Knobloch - www.donaukurier.de
"Live review @ Neuewelt, Ingolstadt, Germany"
““NPR Tiny Desk Concert”
-standout entry in the Tiny Desk Concert.”
“Winner, 2011 Best Female Artist, International Acoustic Music Awards.
Kelly Zullo stands out from a sea of singer-songwriters. Her strengths lie in her unique slamming and rapid fingerpicking on her acoustic guitar. She wows listeners with her Outstanding guitar accompaniment. ”
“Check out this sick acoustic guitar assault by Kelly Zullo. It’s the song “When We Get There” from the upcoming January 2015 release. Here, Zullo uses some speedy finger work and hard hitting right hand technique while she sings at the same time. It’s kinda like tapping your head and rubbing your belly on fast forward. But she makes it look easy. ”
"Kelly .. has developed her own unique, extremely rapid, percussive, yet finely melodic style of picking-while-pounding-out-rhythm on her guitar."
-Dr. Ron Emoff, Professor of Music, Ohio State University
"Kelly Zullo swings her axe wisely, tempered by years of working at songwriting, and she delivers these songs in an acrobatic voice, at times backed up by a fiddle and upright bass. she has gained some notoriety for her style, particularly among the guitar community."
--"Modernfolk.net"
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