Ninamarie Bell
Bio
Ninamarie Bell 2024 HKF On the Rise Artist
As a singer-songwriter based in Kona, Hawai’i, Ninamarie Bell pens songs best described as dreamy, drifty folk made for gently stirring the heart, or perhaps as a soundtrack to moments under a soft ray of golden sunlight. She recalls her mom saying she was singing in her car seat at six weeks old. It was clearly music and none of her six siblings had done that, and that was a sign. Her dad, a keyboard player, was earliest mentor in her music journey and she sang songs with him at the piano and inspired by the music of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Cosby Stills Nash and Young, Billie Holiday, Sinatra, Etta James, Erykah Badu, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bon Iver and Ray Lamontagne.
She shares music as healing medicine, transmuting deep emotions with her emotive sound. Her main influences are the yellow birds outside her window, the longing created by the pace of modern life, and the turquoise blues stretching beyond the jagged coastline of home. She is releasing new music in 2024, all speaking
