With a powerhouse voice dripping with a haunting sensuality that slips easily into growling old school blues-tones, Kelli Baker speaks her heart like a beat poet in a late night dive. Her music is an amalgamation of authentic blues/rock and heart-on-her-sleeve singer/songwriter pop with folk/gospel roots. 

Known in some circles as “The Phoenix”, she was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to NYC in 2012 with $500 in cash, chasing the heels of Hurricane Sandy. Learning music like so many others in the church choir, Kelli graduated to fronting a hard rock band and a folk duo, writing her own music at an early age and appearing regularly at iconic NYC music houses such as The Bitter End, The Cutting Room and Rockwood Music Hall.